Hi, I ve been having leftside upper abdominal pain for 5 days now. I went to the er on monday and they couldn t find anything wrong on x-ray . Just that i had stool and gas build up in that area. They gave me some stuff to clean me out and it worked, but the pain didn t go away. Could this be soreness or should i head back to the er to see if its something else? I don t really wanna go back unless i really have to. I am not throwing up or any blood in stool . The pain is dull for the most part. Only happens when i get up and walk or move at times.
Dear Concerned., Thanks for writing to us. Analysis:-The dull aching abdominal pain associated with bloating could have been caused by, A)Simple Indigestion // Dyspepsia //due to consumption of unusual food habits- It could be self limiting for which you can have a wait and watch policy for a day. If you have taken some unusual seafood/tinned or stored foods kindly always take freshly prepared food from now on. B)Mixed Amoebic/bacterial infection;-A course of antibiotics/anti-amoebic medicines with antacids and plasmolytic will do. Kindly HY Chat Doctor. In addition, some probiotic supplements will help. In a case of infection of this nature you would have fever also in addition to above symptoms. C)Acid Peptic Disorder: You may have developed Hyperacidity due to irregular food habits.popularly called Hurry/Worry and Curry disorder. Pls take bland soft timely food. Prevention;-Timely food habits/Abstain from Smoking/Alcohol/Tea and coffee spicy and oily food. Investigations:-Kindly get your routine blood /urine and stools tests done in a Pathology Laboratory. The gold standard diagnostic procedure if it does not get relieved by above measures is Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy by a Gastroenterologist and following advice thereafter. Wishing you a quick recovery, Best 