any doctors? please help!?
I am now 20 and have had pain right below my left rib cage for over a year and a half now. It’s a very sharp pain. Just recently it has felt like a bruise, when nothing visible was there. sometimes it will feel like there is a cut right below my rib, and still nothing visible. These pains will come and go, sometimes lasting days sometimes minutes. I thought of the pain as a broken rib on my left side protruding through my external oblique. I went to the doctor and had an x-ray and they found nothing at all. I can feel an abnormal bump..all most like the last false rib was turned sideways, but again the doc could not feel what i can. Just recently my fiance felt it, assuring me that I wasn’t over reacting. I feel that I have some sort of digestive problem. Although I’m not sure if it relates. I think (DON’T ACTUALLY KNOW) that there is a problem with my parastalsis after I eat. Instead of burping, it’s like I growl. The air slowly comes back up bouncing off the walls because of the waves caused by ongoing parastlsis when the food has all ready been passed through. Also, my bowl movements are not always regular. Sometimes I do feel constipated when I shouldn’t because my diet is pretty much the same. I have looked at an anatomy book and the colon is located directly in the area that hurts, But I’m not for sure if that is what it is. Please help me figure out what is wrong. I have found several others with my symptoms, but yet they too have not found any diagnosis. I feel so helpless and frustrated.
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angie (68)
Possibly Crohns or Colitis? Crohns and colitis can take years to diagnose. IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)? This syndrome can make a person feel incredibly ill, with abdominal cramping, lack of energy, visceral pain, diaphoresis, palpitations, dyspespia, mucus in the stool among other symptoms. Care must be taken with your dietary habits as well. While it’s been demonstrated that eating a bland diet does not really affect the course of symptoms associated with IBS, the high intake of liquids during meals can produce complications making any pre-existing dysregulation worse.
Stress and/or anxiety has also been shown to be associated with an increase in IBS symptoms. Since I am unaware of your circumstances in this regard, I’ll refrain from suggestions other than it’s important to counteract stress with exercise and time to simply relax, with good sleep habits.
I would also Like to say that I am no doctor, I’m just going by what i’ve read.