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.

I asked a question if squatting is the proper way of defecating, and a doctor in this section responded: "So you are blissfully unaware of human anatomy, huh? Putting the knees above the colon would make things much worse. Standing would actually be the best in terms of physiology… however, most people without a toilet would squat so low as to not get **** all over themselves. Or is that too obvious?"

SO, is it anatomy or physiology then that is the issue with squatting? How would putting the knees above the colon make things worse? Because he was able to type that it is self evidently true? How, PHYSIOLOGICALLY does standing change anything for the better? Does he know what the difference between anatomy and physiology is?

Pardon the "anatomy speak." It’s just cleaner language. But your help is greatly appreciated.

The head of the pancreas lies in the "C-shape" of what structure? a.) Jejunum b.) Ileum c.) Stomach d.) Duodenum e.) Asending colon

1: which of the following is NOT involved in the swallowing reflex?
a. esophagus
b. soft palate
c. tongue
d. pharynx
e. larynx

2: swallowing and peristalsis both assist in:
a. chemical digestion
b. propulsion
c. ingestion
d. mechanical digestion
e. absorption

3. which of the following is continuous with the esophagus?
a. linguopharynx
b. edophagopharynx
c. oropharynx
d.nadopharynx
e. laryngopharynx

4: gas exchange occurs by:
a. osmosis
b. simple diffusion
c. passive transport
d. active transport
e. facilitated diffusion

5: the auditory tubes, which drain the middle ear, open into the:
a. laryngopharynx
d. palatopharynx
c. oropharynx
d. nasopharynx
e. tracheopharynx

6. which of the following alimentary segment has no digestive function?
a. esophagus
b. stomach
c. ascending colon
d. ileum
e. duodenum

7: which of the following is NOT one of the carbohydrates that our digestive system breaks down to simple sugars?
a. starch
b.cellulose
c. maltose
d. lactose
e. sucrose

help on any of these is greatly appreciated