Left side of Abdomen. Dull Ache

[Eme91]

All I often have a feeling of fullness or dull ache on the left side of my abdomen. Or sometimes tenderness. I have been told by a physician that this location only has muscles and bowel in them

Sometimes when I drink water I get this heavy sensation like a sack of water dropped in my stomach

When I poop after being constipated I feel a release! Almost like letting water out of a balloon

I have had it for 5 years it’s suddenly getting worse and feels heavy

Otherwise my stool is normal, no blood streaks I go once in 5-7days when I don’t consume fiber

[Krn210]

The left is where your sigmoid colon is. That area is smaller in size compared to your intestines so you may just be feeling the pressure of things trying to move through this area. Do try to keep your bowel movements regular as you can develop diverticulosis (pockets in the colon).

[Eme91 in reply to Krn210]

Thank you. I assume you meant keep bowel regular to avoid developing pockets in colon

[Derron256]

hey hope all is well im experiencing the same thing did you figure out what is was

[Eme91 in reply to Derron256]

Hi. I’m good I did a Colonography. CT scan of the bowel and entire abdomen. They found NOTHING. This is my 4th scan in 4 years. However I was told it’s Muscular or Nerves or transferred pain. I was also told it could be psychological ie stress can present in many ways and it make be that my nerves on the left side are super sensitive. I still have no answers

[Derron256]

I also did a colonoscopy a while back and they found nothing I guess I’m just gonna change my edit and see if that helps with my issue

[HowNowWhatNow]

What happens if you take a laxative and poop more frequently?

[Eme91 in reply to HowNowWhatNow]

Hi. When I poop more frequently with use of laxative I have less of the dull left side pain