I am having severe upper right abdominal pain that radiates to my lower back constantly for 17 hours now. The pain woke me up @ 3am went to ER @ 9am they gave me pain meds, demoral & morpheme, that only helped for about 30 minutes. They said my white blood cell count is high & they took an ultrasound of my gallbladder & kidney on the right side & said everything looked fine. They then gave me a drink that said it would help me poop bc they thought the pain was due to being full of poop. That was at 3:00pm & said to come back in 12-24 hours if still not feeling well. I have not pooped almost 6 hours later & the pain is still excruciating. Even though my gallbladder looked fine on an ultrasound could that still be what is causing this severe pain? Oh yea I am also 13 weeks pregnant & I am 31 years old. Please help I don t know what to do & the pain is excruciating.
Hi. Thanks for your query. Read and understood that you are 13 weeks pregnant and 31 years old, that you have severe upper abdominal pains radiating to the lower back, ultrasonography is normal, laxatives given in a hope that passing stools may help. I would suggest you to visit the ER again, explain to them that you have severe pain and that you are pregnant also. The causes of placental separation or such a severe cause like some vascular accidents has also to be borne in mind. Insist on admission and further investigations is a must as such a pain can induce abortion and its complications.