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I Have Been Having Extreme Lower Stomach Pain And Constant Diarrhea
I have been having extreme lower stomach pain and constant diahhrea. The pain prevents me from eating and is extreme. It has seemed to settle in my pelvic area all the way around. I went to a GI and had an upper and lower scope. They told me nothing except for moderately inflamed stomach (unexplained). Take pepcid and maalox. No effect of course. None of this happened until I had two back surgeries. A failed laminectomy and a double fusion later in the L4-5 S5-1 discs. They just tell me to go back to my GI (in their group), but it seems a waste of cash since work fired me for my back injury, so no insurance. I am also under psychiatric care for bipolar/ manic depressive conditions. Any ideas? I am also getting constant leg and hand cramps/spasms. Sometimes my hand will clamp up and I have to stretch it and wait it out. The leg spasms make me jump out of bed thrashing until it stops. Pls help if possible. It feels like I have a piece of metal lodged in my gut/upper duodenal area.
I am sorry to hear you are struggling with these debilitating symptoms. Some of these may be triggered by medications, so I suggest you carefully review your meds with your doctors to see if any of these are an issue. Another thing which cannot be ignored is the mind-body connection. If you have a variant of irritable bowel syndrome, stress and anxiety can cause changes in bowel habits. I seems unlikely that this would be related to your surgery. If you are not happy with answers you are getting, you might seek a second opinion as sometimes a fresh perspective might provide additional answers and options.
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I Have Been Having Extreme Lower Stomach Pain And Constant Diarrhea
I am sorry to hear you are struggling with these debilitating symptoms. Some of these may be triggered by medications, so I suggest you carefully review your meds with your doctors to see if any of these are an issue. Another thing which cannot be ignored is the mind-body connection. If you have a variant of irritable bowel syndrome, stress and anxiety can cause changes in bowel habits. I seems unlikely that this would be related to your surgery. If you are not happy with answers you are getting, you might seek a second opinion as sometimes a fresh perspective might provide additional answers and options.