Can anyone diagnose me?

[kben7063]

Hi there. I am a 22yo female in good general fitness (apart from this problem), with a BMI~22 and don't experience any period pain or have a history of abdominal pain. I have never had surgery.

Over the past 8 weeks, I have been experiencing the following symptoms.
started with
- severe nausea and diarrhea for 2 days.
- after a week I started to get severe stabbing pains under the bottom left rib, close to the centre of my chest.
- I felt more nauseous in the morning (but i am not pregnant)
--> I had antibiotics
--> I went on nexum for a week
--> I  had a blood test- low iron but otherwise no issues
--> I had an endoscopy but all showed ok
--> I had an abdominal ultrasound but all ok
--> I went on antibiotics again- no change.
- a week later i had severe pains on the inside of my left hip, like someone was pressing down really really hard. Only happened for about a second at a time, but i almost crashed my car they were so bad.
--> I had an ovarian ultrasound- all showed ok
- since I have been on rare occasion (one every few days or so) had this stabbing pain, but not as severe, and usually only when I need to do a #2.
- i have continued to have a general feeling of nausea and extreme bloatedness during this entire episode.
- i have also had bouts of constipation and then diarrhea and oscillating between the two.
- in the past week, when i get upper left pains under the rib I have had some trouble exhaling, just needing to force it out more.
- all pain over the entire 8 weeks has only been on the left hand side.

If anyone can shed some light on the matter I would really really appreciate it.
I have an appointment with a gastroenterologist, but not for another 6 weeks coz they're so busy.

Thanks a lot!! xx

[SSSSNAKELady]

While you were getting your ultrasound, did the technician (or doc) happen to scan over your gallbladder and kidneys to take a peak for stones (in either location?)

Of course, they would all say "You're too young to have gallstones" (That's what they told me but I was full of gallstones).  They can cause heartburn, nausea, pain, diarrhea, etc.  I've heard of folks having "sludge" in the gallbladder, which evidentally doesn't show up in ultrasounds.  

Also... have them look at your appendix.  Yes, gallbladder & appendix are both on the right side of the body... usually, but you could be one of those "mirror image" folks.... or the nerves could be confused.

In any case, good luck!

[NC44]

Honey, try a colon cleanse.  You can get one at GNC called the Ultimate Cleanse or search the web for one that kills parasites.  I think you'll find that you are constipated and the full large intestine is causing your pain.  Good luck.  

[pjck0330]

This mey not be the answer, but I had a similar problem. Have you had your thyroid checked? I was having much of the same symptoms. The diagnosis I had for the longest time was that I had ovarian cysts. They would say that was causing the pain. They explained the fact that they wern't showing up in ultrasound as being the fact that they were ruptering (which caused the pain) and that was their reasoning for them not showing up on ultrasound. I also had the issues with my bowel movements. I personally also had extreme fatuigue during the day, and insomnia at night. This went on for over two years until a new doctor decided to check my thyroid which is done by a simple blood test. Good Luck!