Abdominal pain, billary colic, and dysentry Posted: 01-21-07 09:28am
I am a 34-year-old female, I will give you
a little history of my self, I was
severely abused by my ex-husband, and he
often refused to take me to the hospital.
He even seemed to enjoy the pain, if I
showed any, I was in and he would hit or
kick me more so he could see it. I learned
not to show the pain I am in because of
this.
I have been having dysentery and pains in
my abdomens upper right side just below
the rib cage and it travels around my side
then up my back just between my shoulder
blades and sometimes I can feel the
outline of my liver since 1995, when I was
pregnant with my son.
In 2003 they found out I had Gallbladder
Disease and I had it removed. However, the
dysentery and pain never went away. I even
had an ultra sound done of that area in
2004, and it showed a small cyst like lump
on my liver, it was so insignificant that
they said it was nothing to worry about.
In 2005 and the first part of 2006 I have
had extensive liver blood testing done for
liver functions and hepatitis B and the
only things out of whack are my white
blood cells being up and my Iron is a
little low. Another thing is is that I
cannot take Iron or calcium supplements
because I double over in severe pain, the
pain comes from my upper right Abdominal
side just under the rib cage and travels
around my side and up my back to between
my shoulder blades.
My doctor also said this could be Dumping
Syndrome from the Gallbladder surgery. He
also said that this could be Adhesion from
the surgery, but will not do any sonograms
to look into it. I do not agree. I have
had this since 1995. My doctors are trying
to tell me that the pain I am in is all in
my head because I am not showing any pain
on my face when they examine me.
My question is; What could this be? In
addition, should I ask for a liver
specialist?
According to the symptoms you describe
(abdominal pain that appears similar to
billiary colic and mucous-bloody diarrhea
(dysentery)), your medical history
(gallbladder removal, liver cyst,
depression) and the results of the medical
examinations that have been performed
(blood work with liver status…) it is
hard to diagnose the condition without
additional diagnostic procedures. You'll
need to request microbiological
examinations of the stool and colonoscopy
to explain the dysentery symptoms. A
gastroscopy with an Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangio-Pancreatico-graphy (ERCP) can be
performed to identify the pain that comes
from the upper abdomen. An abdominal
ultrasound and CT -scan should also be
done.
You can consult a
gastro-entero-hepatologist, an internist
for gastrointestinal and liver diseases,
for more help.
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