Consistent pain in lower right abdomen?

Hi,

Well, I'm a 17 year old female and have had this pain for a little over 3 months. It's a consistent sharp pain in my lower right abdomen, that is consistently there. I've been admitted to hospital 3 times, and been to my doctors several times. I've had X-Rays, Ultrasound scans, an MRI scan, blood tests, and everything is showing up clear and perfectly normal.. but the pain isn't getting any better, but gradually worsening.

My first attack 3 months ago proved excruciating. I couldn't sleep at night, and in this rare case I basically cried myself to sleep in agony. The pain was severe and sharp in the lower right abdomen, however, this came on without warning. I was consistently feeling nauseous, and suffered when walking, and eating in real bad pain. I was admitted into hospital for 4 days for observation, and then released after being on IV fluids, and told to take paracetamol, and tramadol, and return if the pain worsened.

The pain never left, but subsided to be what I call just about bearable. A few weeks later, I had another attack when I was in college. As I study a horse care course, I was currently riding when it happened. In the matter of moments, I went really weak and light headed, and extremely dizzy. My entire mouth and throat went dry, and I started struggling to breathe. The pain in my lower right abdomen worsened and was severe. The pain was extremely sharp, and my abdomen extremely painful to the touch. My oxygen levels dropped from 99% to 93-94% in less than an hour, I nearly collapsed, felt extremely weak and nauseous, and even lost the ability to move for a while. Still the pain in my abdomen remained, and I was shaking pretty badly, from the pain. Again, I was admitted into hospital, for a further 2-3 days, put on IV fluids, and then given blood tests which showed elevated white blood cells. I was also give X-rays and an Ultrasound scan (of the pelvic region), which proved to be normal. They suspected appendicitis or ovarian cysts that were possibly ruptured, but passed them off due to the tests being clear.

Again, the pain subsided to be just about bearable, once again. I was coping just about, however the pain was there, and made me feel uncomfortable often. But this lasted for around a month, until I had my last attack around 2 weeks ago. It was around 4-5am, and I was awake, sitting down and talking to a few friends on my computer. Suddenly I had sharp pains in my lower right abdomen, which I have never felt anything like before. It made me keel over in utter agony, and brought me to tears. I had really bad pain just above and below my navel, that when touched felt like an excruciating 'burning' sensation. Later that day, around mid-day, the pain worsened. I couldn't walk, and when I tried, I nearly collapsed. I felt extremely week and nauseous, and really light-headed/dizzy. I was in tears from the pain. This happened on the Wednesday, by Friday, I went to my doctor, and was sent to hospital with suspected acute appendicitis. II spent a further 8 days in hospital. I had also lost my appetite, and never ate for 4 and 1/2 days. Eating, drinking and movement proved to worsen the pain, as did lying flat on my back. I had blood tests, X-rays, an Ultrasound scan of my entire abdomen and sides, swabs, and all came back clear. A week prior to this I had an MRI scan of my bowels, and this also proved clear and normal. However, when the surgeon examined my lower right abdomen, it was extremely tender and I began guarding when touched. When pressed on the lower left abdomen, it referred pain to the right lower abdomen. My lower right abdomen was tender, and slightly swollen, most specifically over 'McBurney's Point'. He then suggested it was my gallbladder, but proven wrong when the tests came back clear.

A few days ago, I was to have a laparoscopy and possibly an appendectomy, but then the next day, dismissed from the operation and released from hospital, to be told to again, take paracetamol and tramadol, and return if the pain worsened.

I'm so confused on this, I've had blood tests, swabs, X-rays, Ultrasound scans, an MRI scan, and all are proving to be clear? Yet my second attack proved to have elevated white blood cells? But nothing since. I've never had anything like this before these past 3 months. The pain seemingly came from nowhere, and now I'm having regular attacks, which result in nausea, excruciating lower right abdominal pain, lower back pain, pain occasional felt around the navel, and a little left of my right hip bone. I've also had bouts of chills and slight fever, and I find I'm shaking a lot. I frequently lose my appetite, and find that I don't eat several days on end as eating/drinking and movement worsens the pain. Again, the pain is still present as a sharp pain in my lower right abdomen and is consistent. The medication fails to subside the pain, and does not affect either of me, or the pain...

I'm clueless, should I give up or keep looking for answers? Has anyone else had any similar problems to this, or have an answer to what it may be?

Many Thanks;


Nicole-Louise.