Left side abdominal pain for years

[hjk233]

Have had left side abdominal pain (i guess upper rather than lower) on and off for the past 6 years or so. I originally went to gastro and they did ultrasound and found nothing. Then another gastro who did no diagnostics (other than physical exam) suggested muscle. But now it is 6 years later and I'm still dealing with a muscle? Seems weird. About the pain. It is not super painful. Like a 2-4 level out of 10. It's just often present. When lying flat and not moving I rarely feel it. But when moving certain ways, lifting my legs up, etc. I feel it most. It also hurts when pressing into it with a finger or two. After intense pressing the pain will be higher for awhile. No other symptoms, i.e. no weight loss, no change in bowel movements, no fever, no nausea etc. Any thoughts?

[Sara_MHModerator]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I'm sorry you haven't gotten any answers here or from your doctors. That's a long time to have a pain. And unfortunate that it gets written off if there aren't other pressing symptoms. When I think of upper left abdominal pain, the spleen comes to mind. If it is swollen, it can cause this type of pain. A spleen chronically swollen could be because of different issues such as a metabolic condition or anemia. Has anyone ever looked at this for you? https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17829-enlarged-spleen  It might be worth having this investigated.