I am a 23 year old female, and I've been
experiencing severe upper right quadrant
pain for the past two weeks. It's at its
worst within an hour or two after I eat,
along with severe nausea (doesn't matter
what or how little I eat), but can occur
even when I don't eat. Activity also seems
to bring it on, as does taking a deep
breath. This pain is debilitating, and
lasts anywhere from half an hour to six
hours, depending on the attack. I've also
lost my apatite since then, and have lost
13 pounds in these two weeks.
The day after my first attack, I went to
my university clinic and had an abdominal
ultrasound done (results normal). I was
given Donatal, but this only seemed to
make the symptoms worse, including
diarrhea within an hour of eating and some
shortness of breath, and occasional asthma
like reactions that only lasted a few
minutes. After four more days of these
symptoms, I went to the ER. Another
Ultrasound and abdominal CT came back
normal, I was released with an anti acid
and pain killers. The next day I followed
up with a GI doctor, who thought my
symptoms were severe enough to be admitted
to the hospital.
After a week in the hospital, the doctors
were still clueless. I had every test
imaginable run, most came back with
unremarkable results. Ultrasound was
normal, abdominal CT showed a distended
stomach but otherwise normal, pelvic CT
was normal, HIDA scan triggered a severe
attack when CCK was injected, but had a
70% ejection rate. Chest CT and X-rays
were taken to rule out broken ribs, normal
results. Endoscopy came back with
esophagitis NOT caused by acid reflux
(otherwise normal), and colonoscopy came
back with normal results. I was given
multiple antispasmodics, anti acids and
ulcer medicines, with no change in
symptoms. CBC and other blood tests showed
nearly everything as running low (though
this may be caused by not being able to
eat), and WBC came back extremely low, at
299. The surgeon seemed to believe that
this was still somehow gallbladder
related, but didn't have enough proof to
operate. The GI doctor was very
apologetic, saying that they didn't handle
a lot of unusual cases, and was given
orders to follow up with another GI
specialist that's use to dealing with
unusual cases. The appointment is set for
next week.
I've been out of the hospital for two
days, and the symptoms are still the same.
If anyone has any ideas as to what may be
causing this, any insights would be
greatly appreciated!
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krissyholland
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 04-19-08 21:49pm
I know this is an older post, but I have
been experiencing identical problems. I'm
curious how you have made out? All the
same symptoms and I had a hida scan done
last week with normal results. I was very
dissapointed because this pain is getting
old and was hoping for an explanation. I
see the doctor on thurs and am scared I
will get the brush off. His cure for
everything seems to be more excersise. I
agree it helps in many situations, but not
this one. I would be grateful for your
imput or anyone who has gone though this.
Thanks..
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mini1976
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 5
Posted: 04-27-08 04:09am
hey im having same problems all tests
clear i went to see my gastro doctor and
he wants to take my gallbladder out as im
in alot of pain im on 160 mg of morphine
tablet aday plus morphine solution
inbetween i have to see a surgeon now so
its a waiting game but atleast they are
doing something now and i know its not all
in my head and im not going mad keep the
pressure on your doctor they will do
something in the end hope you all the best
and hope you get well soon
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