Abdominal pain relieved by eating
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Thank you for the answer Dr. Kini. My pain is not relieved by eating. When I eat I get very bloated and have a lot of belching. My pain is worsened when sitting or laying down as compared to standing up. Is it possible to have hiatal hernia or GERD cause pain in the upper abdominal area and it not be associated with an ulcer or does this area typically mean there is an ulcer present? Also, does a barium xray test show hiatal hernias and ulcers? Thanks.
I am 43 years old, a female with Ehlers Danlos syndrome, 5"8" and 94 pounds (have always been tall and very thin- think Marfan habitus). On Cardizem, Pantoloc, Estrace, Motilium (just started), and Triduril. Have had cholecystectomy in my 20s, appendectomy in my 20s, tonsillectomy in late teens, hysterectomy 4 years ago (still have ovaries) and left lung resection and pleurodesis after 4 lung collapses in 2010.
The only way to diagnose IBS is by your symptoms and trapped gas causing pain which is relieved when passing the gas is a biggie. Look at what you are eating and drinking on a regular basis and eliminate one thing and see if this improves....if not add that food back into your diet and remove another...this is how you will find out if it's food causing the problem. Other symptoms of IBS is constipation or diarrhea and alternating between the two.
It sounds like a gut issue to me. Bloating plus pain radiating to the back can suggest problems related to the pancreas (and possibly the gall bladder).
You might google something like 'left quadrant abdominal pain.' youtube has a good video titled "Differential diagnosis of abdominal pain according to abdominal regions.
Often, symptoms can be relieved by prolonged, repeated burping. If one has Roemheld syndrome, which, according to the article bel;ow, is fairly common, training oneself to breathe abdominally - where you push the diaphragm into the abdomen, i.e. away from the heart - rather then breathing predominantly into the chest, can also bring major relief.
http://www.xn--dpmartinjunghfer-ywb.de/pdf/Breath%20Training%20for%20Roemheld%20Syndrome.
For the past month or more, he has complained about a lower abdominal pain that he also feels in his testicles. He went to his doctor who found nothing out of the ordinary wrong, and simply told him "it's part of aging."
Yesterday, after being in bed most of the day in our well air-conditioned bedroom since he was feeling very low energy, he slept and ate all day.
The symptoms are basicly episodes of mild to severe momentary lower abdominal pain, sometimes relieved by defecation (normal, diarrhea, hard stool, you name it, it varies, but it has never been bloody). These abdominal pains may last from 30 seconds to around 5 minutes max. at a time, and they may occur several times within a few hours and between the pains there's usually a feeling of mild discomfort.
Hello yatisme,
Abdominal pain is caused by inflammation (for example, appendicitis, diverticulitis, colitis ), by stretching or distention of an organ (for example, obstruction of the intestine, blockage of a bile duct by gallstones, swelling of the liver with hepatitis), or by loss of the supply of blood to an organ (for example, ischemic colitis).
To complicate matters, however, abdominal pain also can occur without inflammation, distention or loss of blood supply.
Since December I have been getting severe lower abdominal pain on the right side. sleeping was agony. i had the pain for 8 weeks consistently. I was unable to sleep on that side, and if I rolled onto it, I awoke. The pain is a low grumbling, griping pain, occassionally becoming a stabbing pain. no painkillers, including a diphene injection calmed it, and anti- spasm drugs did nothing to relieve the pain.
Gas pains in the tummy can be relieved by drinking alka seltzer. Constipation can be relieved over time by a change in eating habits, which includes eating 100 percent whole wheat bread every day, a salad every day, and plenty of water. Also, consuming acidophilus products, like Nu-Trish milk or Activia yogurt, will help break down waste.
If the pain is similar to the pain you had before your gallabladder was removed, you may want to check into SOD. Here's a link: http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/pages/latin/templates/index.cfm?pg=disease1&organ=3&disease=12&lang_id=1
Are you following a low fat diet? If you aren't, you may want to consider doing so. Did the blood work also include checking your liver and pancreatic enzyme levels?
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