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I Have Pain In Abdomen, Sometimes In Back And Shoulder
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Wed, 11 Mar 2020
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Question : i have pain in abdomen, sometimes in back and shoulder area, this pain gets relieved after bowel movement, I am doing 4-5 bowel movements per day which are not loose
Brief Answer:
Please give additional information and post reports of investigations
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Please give additional information for me to assist you better:
Your age and gender please.
Since when are these problems present?
Any other symptoms like bloating/gases, nausea, vomiting?
What are the factors, foods, beverages that instigate or enhance the problems?
Any relieving factors or medicines other than bowel movements that reduce the symptoms?
Stool details: color, mucus, blood, foul smell?
Where exactly in abdomen that you get pain? Severity, types of pain: twisting, colicky (comes and goes), dull and continuous?
Any investigations or consultation with Doctors or Gastroenterologist?
Medications tried? Please give names/composition.
Any other information please.
Dr T Chandrakant.
General Surgeon.
Please give additional information and post reports of investigations
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Please give additional information for me to assist you better:
Your age and gender please.
Since when are these problems present?
Any other symptoms like bloating/gases, nausea, vomiting?
What are the factors, foods, beverages that instigate or enhance the problems?
Any relieving factors or medicines other than bowel movements that reduce the symptoms?
Stool details: color, mucus, blood, foul smell?
Where exactly in abdomen that you get pain? Severity, types of pain: twisting, colicky (comes and goes), dull and continuous?
Any investigations or consultation with Doctors or Gastroenterologist?
Medications tried? Please give names/composition.
Any other information please.
Dr T Chandrakant.
General Surgeon.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
age -32
gender - male
since last 1 week
yes feel gas, not sure about foods that cause it, mostly on roti and sabzi
stools are dark in colour but no blood or foul smell, pain is near belly button which comes and goes also right and left side, last week doctor ordered LFT ,URINE CULTURE AND URINE INVESTIGATION which all came normal
medications tried were ciprofloxin and amciline
gender - male
since last 1 week
yes feel gas, not sure about foods that cause it, mostly on roti and sabzi
stools are dark in colour but no blood or foul smell, pain is near belly button which comes and goes also right and left side, last week doctor ordered LFT ,URINE CULTURE AND URINE INVESTIGATION which all came normal
medications tried were ciprofloxin and amciline
also feeling a bit fatigue
Brief Answer:
As detailed.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for feedback.
Your history and feedback indicates that you most probably are suffering from the following:
Colitis.
This can cause pain in abdomen at the sites and other symptoms as you have mentioned. Ciprofloxacin is a good medicines that would have helped.
Which other medicine has been given.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Send the samples of stool for three consecutive days.
Symptomatic treatment with antispasmodic.
Specific treatment as per stool report, say like Metronidazole, change-over to another antibiotic.
Probiotics, supportive treatment.
Pain is relieved after bowel movements indicates that colitis is present.
Please discuss these additional points with your Doctor, get investigated and treated accordingly.
I hope this answer helps you.
Take care and give feedback.
Dr T Chandrakant.
As detailed.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for feedback.
Your history and feedback indicates that you most probably are suffering from the following:
Colitis.
This can cause pain in abdomen at the sites and other symptoms as you have mentioned. Ciprofloxacin is a good medicines that would have helped.
Which other medicine has been given.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Send the samples of stool for three consecutive days.
Symptomatic treatment with antispasmodic.
Specific treatment as per stool report, say like Metronidazole, change-over to another antibiotic.
Probiotics, supportive treatment.
Pain is relieved after bowel movements indicates that colitis is present.
Please discuss these additional points with your Doctor, get investigated and treated accordingly.
I hope this answer helps you.
Take care and give feedback.
Dr T Chandrakant.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I hope it's not serious
Brief Answer:
May not be
Detailed Answer:
With one week history, this may not be serious, further investigations and proper management should solve your problems.
May not be
Detailed Answer:
With one week history, this may not be serious, further investigations and proper management should solve your problems.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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