Lower Abdominal Pain! Please Help Posted: 08-16-04 12:27pm
I am a 35-year old woman who has been
experiencing lower abdominal pain since
7-3-04. (it began suddenly.) the pain is
localized below the navel. (the area is
about the size of a closed palm centered
at the navel and extending downwards.) the
first two weeks the pain was unbearable,
and I was unable to sleep. The pain was
more intense in the early a.M. Hours.
The pain went away completely for about 5
days and then came back. Then it was
manageable for several days. (pain was
periodic.) but- for the last 3 days the
pain has been constant and quite painful.
If pain is present, it’s almost always
present in the morning. My stomach will
also sometimes make gurgling noises. When
the pain was at it’s worst, the noises
were loud. I have no other related
symptoms, such as fever, constipation,
diarrhea, or nausea. My bowel movements
and appetite are fine. I was in china on
vacation for 1 week in late may.
I went to the er on 7-11-04 and the docs
concluded that fibroids were causing my
pain. (i had a 7 cm. Ovarian cyst
surgically removed in 04/2003). I’ve seen
several obgyn’s and had urine/blood tests,
ct-scan, ultrasounds, and an mri. All the
tests came out negative. The mri did show
small fibroids, but the last obgyn
concluded that fibroids are not the cause
of my pain. (my uterus is fine.)
-what could be causing my pain????
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karensweet
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Columbus
Medications Posted: 08-17-04 10:47am
Are you taking any medications such as
nsaids (non-steriodal anti-inflammatory
drugs) such as celebrex? Do you take
birth control? If so, are you taking them
at night before you go to bed? These
taken on an empty stomach can cause severe
pain, especially in the morning. Good
luck.
Karen
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Venugopal
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 192 Location: India
Lower Abdominal Pain Posted: 08-24-04 04:44am
Do you have any other symptoms?
How is your appetite?
How is your thirst?
How is your urination, urge, urgency,
burning pain etc?
How is your bowel movement? Any mucus in
stool, loose stool etc.?
How is your menstrual cycle?
Do you feel that the pain gets worse or is
better by any one of the above metabolic
features?
Fibroids also do not cause the amount of
pain.
Dr.Venugopal gouri.
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Pauli
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 7 Location: California
Re: Lower Abdominal Pain Posted: 08-24-04 22:27pm
Do you have any other symptoms? No,
except for occasional gurgling noises.
Noises were loud when the pain was at it's
worst.
How is your appetite? Fine.
How is your thirst? Fine.
How is your urination, urge, urgency,
burning pain etc? Fine. No burning
pain
how is your bowel movement? Any mucus in
stool, loose stool etc.? No.
How is your menstrual cycle? Okay.
Do you feel that the pain gets worse or is
better by any one of the above metabolic
features? Not really. I've been keeping
a journal and it seems when the pain is
present, it's almost always in the
morning. When the pain was at it's
absolute worst, the pain was horrible in
the early am hours. That's when I went to
the er.
I'll be seeing a gi next week. I saw
another obgyn last week and he did a
thorough pelvic exam, read all my exam
results (e.G., mri), and concluded that my
pain is not originating in my pelvis. I
was very concerned that I may have
endometriosis, but both my obgyn and this
doc don't seem to think so. I'm hoping
the gi will have some answers. My doc
listened to my stomach and said that
there's a lot of bowel movement going on.
