Abdominal pain

[SimonHunter]

Current medication is clopidogrel , atorvastatin and lansoprazole

For past few years I’ve been getting abdominal pain mostly right side and back but I’ve had blood tests and various ultrasound scans and scopes over the years but thankfully they all come back as clear .

Think the doctors are getting bit fed up with me now but the pain is real and just having to put up with it

Quit alcohol couple years ago and watching my diet, down to about 75 kg but could the pain just be part of having APS

[lupus-support1 Administrator]

Hi Simon,

On another note, for the matter of privacy, if this is your real name, please change it.

I’m sorry to read this; unexplained pain is troubling. Do you keep a diary of your pain? If not, do so and note when the pain occurs, food eaten. Any allergies?

I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful. It can be very worrisome and frustrating.

With good wishes,

Ros

[GinaD in reply to lupus-support1]

Ditto abo e. I had intermittant a dominal

Ditto above. Years ago I was suffering from intermittent abdominal pain. An elimination done under the supervision of a dietician revealed a cashew allergy, Now my ab pain is gone excepting when I ignore my lactose intolerance for yummy seasonal egg nog.

[debatwistow in reply to GinaD]

Take lactase for your lactose intolerance, works for me.

[SimonHunter in reply to lupus-support1]

Hello thanks for your reply

I’ll watch what I’m eating now and see if I can eliminate anything.

It’s no letting me change my name again but really no got much to hide on the privacy matter .

[MaryF Administrator]

My endless pains in stomach, went when I ditched gluten completely, obviously this will not be the case for everybody! I also found I had low B12 and low Thyroid Function, I do take probiotics and other things, (with GP and consultant knowledge of this). I hope you get to the bottom of it. MaryF

[SimonHunter in reply to MaryF]

I do have problems with low thyroid function as well and never sure if it’s the prescription I’m on that’s causing the problems.

I do have my yearly long term health conditions check due soon so I’ll check with them again

Thanks for your reply

Simon.

[MaryF Administrator in reply to SimonHunter]

Really not unusual to have a problem with gluten when faced with a Thyroid problem, I have that also! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articl... MaryF

[snorkle272]

Hello. I’ve felt your pain. And it went on for years. I was scoped every which way, and many times. I got to the point that eating anything solid or chunky caused even worse pain.

Eventually thru a ton of reading and research I concluded that I had intestinal eschemia. The surgeon I saw detected a blockage in my right upper superior mesenteric artery.

After years of tests and pain, a simple procedure inserting a small stent proved to repair the blockage.

That was twenty years ago, and worked wonderfully ( until recently).

No scoping could find the problem. Only dye infused MRI detected the problem.

Good luck with getting the proper diagnosis.

[SimonHunter in reply to snorkle272]

I’ve often thought about going private to get a MRI abdominal scan done but I’ll try the local GP again

It’s trying to convince the doctors that the pain is real

Thanks for your reply

Simon

[snorkle272]

You are very welcome. I’m Canadian with free health care. But I had to pay out of pocket to get the correct diagnosis. None of the previous specialists could figure out what was wrong with me. It was frustrating and expensive at the time, but well worth it. Good luck in your hunt for the correct diagnosis. Please let me know when you do finally have one.

[Lure2]

Hallo Simon,

I read that you have got a stroke and that you write you have got APS. Who diagnosed you and are you now eating anticoagulation? there are many symptoms together with this APS-diagnose but it is vital you have got a Specialist as so few Doctors know about our symptoms.

Best wishes from Kerstin in Stockholm

[SimonHunter in reply to Lure2]

Hello Kerstin.

After the mri scan showed I’d had a stroke it was a heomotology consultant that diagnosed APS after two positive blood test for lupus anticoagulant.

Currently on clopidogrel was offered warfain but didn’t take that because of work Medicals ( seafarers ML5).

And yes very difficult to see a specialist especially here in Lerwick , Shetland islands.

Simon