What Causes Severe Stomach Pain When Stretching And Moving?

Posted on Sat, 19 Mar 2016

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Question : Hi when I stretch and sometimes its just when I make a sudden move I get a real bad pain in my stomach. It feels as if a ball or a mass goes under my ribs and it just gets stuck there for a while. Its very painfull. Every so often you can actually see the bulge under my skin like under my breast. I haven't mentiin it to my doctor because it's even hard to describe. All I know is tgat it happens often and its excruciating.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Please give additional information

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted your history of severe pain in stomach on stretching or when you make a sudden move. It feels as if a ball or a mass goes under ribs - gets stuck. Can actually see the bulge under skin under breast. You have not mentioned to you Doctor - What makes it to describe.

I was wondering the reasons for not telling your Doctor; he/she would have by this time examined clinically and might have ordered the required investigations.

Such a problem can occur because of the following reasons:
Intestinal obstruction.
Internal herniation.

Please give additional information:
Do you get nausea or vomiting?
Bloating, constipation?
Since when has this started?
Any aggravating or relieving factors?

Awaiting for your feedback.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (16 minutes later)

It gets aggravated if I contract my stomach. It gets better after a long while sometimes I need to just stretch out that part of my body and go through the pain until it slowly starts to go away. Yes, I do get nausea but not necessarily when I'm going through the pain. I don't suffer from constipation. On the contrary, I was diagnosed with ibs a while back. I haven't been to the doctor because it's always something with me. I've had 1O surgeries in the past 13 years. I always feel like here we go again. But it's getting to the point where am going to have to go. I can't even laugh on the spur of the moment because the pain gets me. The thing is it's not necessary on one side

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
details of surgeries.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
The expanded history helps.
Please give a bit detail about the 10 surgeries you have gone through, were they on abdomen?

Getting a plain X-ray of the abdomen in standing position when in pain can help the diagnosis as also the contrast study for the intestines.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (6 minutes later)

Yes . I've had 2 laricopic surgeries done. One for a historic XXXXXXX another one for an incisional and umbilical hernias. The incisional hernia surgery was because I had a disk replaces and they entered through my stomach. That produced the incisional hernia.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Enteroclysis

Detailed Answer:
Thanks again for the detailed history.
Your problem looks to be due to partial obstruction of the intestines post surgeries.
I would advise you the following:
Please get the enteroclysis- the contrast study for the intestines and your problem may be diagnosed.
Once diagnosed, further treatment can be planned as per the reports.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (3 minutes later)

What specialist should I go for this? A gastroenterologist?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
The ones who operated on you.

Detailed Answer:
Surgical Gastroenterologist- preferably the ones who operated you.

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Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (14 minutes later)

Can you tell me how bad this could be?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
May be a partial obstruction.

Detailed Answer:
Since you have no vomiting, generalized bloating, this looks to be a partial obstruction hence not serious/bad as such.
But definitely warrant investigations to plan a treatment, either conservative or so.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (7 minutes later)

Thank you so much. You've been very clear. Have a good day.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (8 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Thanks for your appreciation.

Detailed Answer:

You are most welcome.
Wishing you all the best for proper diagnosis and treatment to get a cure.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar