Some days it's so bad that my side swells and it hurts so bad, other days it's not so bad, but I can always feel it if I bend to my right side. I got a $2500 abdominal scan but they found nothing of course... This has been going on for 4 months, some nights I can not sleep because it's so painful to move. It doesn't go away even if I stretch it. It doesn't even get better even if I take Advil. I can eat clean food Or crap food and it still hurts at night. The only time it went away was when I got a deep tissue massage and she dug in my side so deep I almost cried. But I did have some relief for 2-3 days, then it came back. Maybe gal stones? But why would it get worse at night? Maybe being sedentary makes it worse, as I am pretty active during the day but not when I get home.
Any suggestions?
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Hi I get similar symptoms to that. A pain below my left ribs that is so sorry I cannot lie on it & feels really uncomfortable. I've had an ultrasound and a flexible sigmoidoscopy which looks with a camera around to that area I side & nothing has shown up! My gastroenterologist is not sure what is causing it but I am seeing him in clinic in August & said he is going to start me on some medication which may help but I don't know what yet. My GP said he thinks that it is related to my IBS & I have noticed that it seems to get worse when I am stressed. It went away completely when I was on holidays abroad! I take fybogel as I get constipation but it doesn't seem to help with this pain. I think it may be inflammation causing it, hence the periodic problem. Sorry I haven't got an answer but you're not alone.
It sounds like a loop of bowel that gets gas in it, I too have a sluggish higher large colon, moving about during the day helps to distrubute the gas, and your bowel is not very active during the night which allows it to collect. I had every scan known to medical science with very little to show for it. Do you have IBS ? (D) or (C). I found out that dispite the fact that I had IBS (D) I had an impaction high up in this lazy loop, after it was cleared I got less pain in that side, I was also started on another drug which has been a godsend for me, for the first time in 18 months I feel human, can go out without planning a bathroom route and have managed to put a little weight on. I do hope you find some relief from your symptoms, have you tried a hot water bottle on the sore area? Or taking some pepermint oil capsules ?
Thank you very much for this! Ni tried heat pad and no it didn't help but the loop bowel sounds about right... I don't have IBS but I did get my tubes tied and the week after I picked up my heavy massage table a felt something, then that night I had this pain, I thought I tore something inside. So I figured that's what it was, but it only got worse not better..
Hi, unfortunately I don't know what this is, it could be trapped gas, which can be very painful. Gallstones would be at the right hand side. I hope you can find something that helps soon. Have you tried a hot water bottle? I find it helps with some pains as it makes the muscles relax. Roberta.
Wow! So glad I got on here! No Doctor would help me! Spent a ton of money just to be at the same point. I tried heat pad, would that be the same? As this did not help ☹️
That probably would have the same effect. I'm sorry to hear it didn't help you, it's probably not a muscle thing then. I find heat doesn't help with trapped gas, so it could be that? Not that that helps you much!
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Unidentifed pain in lower right abdomen
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