Suggest Treatment For Shooting Abdominal Pain

Posted on Thu, 25 Sep 2014

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Thu, 25 Sep 2014 Answered on

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Question : Sharp shooting pains in left abdomen

Answered by Dr. Sudhir (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Many things can present like this.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Many things can present with sharp pain on left side.Common causes are kidney stone, colitis , ovarian cyst, ovarian torsion, intestinal stricture/obstruction.

Ideal step in all such pains is to get clinical evaluation and ultrasound done.

Most such pains need early care before there are complications.So see doctor sooner.

Regards.

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