Gas and side pains

One night I had severe pains in my lower right back and in my stomach to the right of my belly button. From that day it continued for several months. I have been a vegetarian for a number of years, and I heard from another veggie that consuming too many soy products can cause imbalances in estrogen and sometimes side pains and gas problems. I used to lay sitting up in bed for hours before falling alseep, also I had trouble sleeping on my left side. After cutting down on the soy products (soy milk, soy bean patties, soy protein bars, etc), the severe pains stopped and I could sleep once again without fear.

I was relieved! I had been to the doctor's several times, had spent money on an ultrasound (kidney, liver, pancreas checked out ok), an EKG to check out the chest pains. But in the end it was the soybean overdose that had caused the pain! I hpe this helps other women and veggies figure out their gas and side-pain problems.


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[JMK125]

I have the exact same thing, I went gluten free 7 months ago and have been experiencing these pains that keep me up half the night until I tip over and fall asleep of exhaustion. I can't lay down or sleep on my sides as this makes it worse and intolerable.

It had gone away after a very bad period this January/February and just came back yesterday again.

I had been to the doctor before and he thought I might have mono, but all those tests didn't show anything.

For me it starts with a faint syptom (symptom) of shallow breathing, then lots of gas and some belching, then I bloat up like crazy and ultimately this crazy back pain that seems to wonder, usually on my right side. I read somewhere this can be caused by intestines not moving right and pushing against the rib cage etc.

I will try going without soy now and hopefully that will help. Thanks for posting your situation and advice!