I had a doc at an ER recently wonder if I was having an abdominal migraine. I was having persistant upper right abdominal pain (I am having it occasionally at the moment). I have two hemangiomas on my liver, but the largest is only up to 2.5 cm. I've been wondering if that was irritated somehow by my ribcage or something as certain positions seem to set the pain off. I also had a doctor theorize another time that I was having esophageal spasms (I thought maybe it was my heart). I don't know if I have abdominal migraines or not. But it does sound like you went through a real nightmare and I'm glad they are not as bad as they used to be for you.
I should add that an endoscopy done fairly recently showed mild gastritis and esophagitis.
I do not have that type of migraine...but I found this article...http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/47/4/353
Hope this helps, wish I knew more..
Tracy
Correction: Recent discovery-MRI proved not hemiangiomas (thought to be (at least probable) with ultrasounds previously.
Well, MRI w/different dye prove hemangiomas after all! I had been getting nauseated at times with the abdominal pain. The doc today felt I had costochondritis, etc..
I do have a lot of gastro symptoms, but I don't get such terrible extremes that you described. I will definitely feel unwell and I do get plenty of nausea, but I don't usually throw up. Lately I've been having new symptoms--for me. They did do a CAT scan, but they didn't find anything unusual. There is no doubting that I have daily migraines and that most of them are silent migraines. I don't know what the other kind of migraine is. I also get other headaches, because I definitely get migraines combined with tension headaches.
I am doctor and my wife was a medical mystery to me and all her doctors. Finally, started treating these 6-8 hour episodes as abdominal migraines... Her symptoms abdominal pain (global), nausea (occasional vomiting), nocturnal (not exclusively), with associated symptoms of hyperesthesia, pain that also seemed to occur in chest, back of neck/shoulders, occasional midline over spine. After several years she ended up on tons of morphine and it didn't give her any quality to life. When her docs started treating as abdominal migraine first tried topamax (helped but side effects) then keppra (modest help) FINALLY LYRICA. It was like a light switch! Kept them from being almost every day down to once every three months or so.
I am interested in the imitrex injectable. Glad to see someone has used it and it helped.
I am doctor and my wife was a medical mystery to me and all her doctors. Finally, started treating these 6-8 hour episodes as abdominal migraines... Her symptoms abdominal pain (global), nausea (occasional vomiting), nocturnal (not exclusively), with associated symptoms of hyperesthesia, pain that also seemed to occur in chest, back of neck/shoulders, occasional midline over spine. After several years she ended up on tons of morphine and it didn't give her any quality to life. When her docs started treating as abdominal migraine first tried topamax (helped but side effects) then keppra (modest help) FINALLY LYRICA. It was like a light switch! Kept them from being almost every day down to once every three months or so.
I am interested in the imitrex injectable. Glad to see someone has used it and it helped.
She has been off of all morphine for several years. When she does get an attack. Ativan and extra lyrica maybe zofran. Goes to sleep wakes fine.
She has been off of all morphine for several years. When she does get an attack. Ativan and extra lyrica maybe zofran. Goes to sleep wakes fine.
She had been scoped many times. Many CT scan. Had her gall bladder and appendix out. Have does have ulcerative colitis but this abdominal migraine pain does not coincide with UC flairs. Those are clearly separate.
She had been scoped many times. Many CT scan. Had her gall bladder and appendix out. Have does have ulcerative colitis but this abdominal migraine pain does not coincide with UC flairs. Those are clearly separate.
Wow, this sounds like me. The stomach spasms and eventually vomiting and often when I have my period. Have had ultrasounds and barium meal but no clue what is going on. I thought it might be gluten but have almost cut that out completely and still having problems. Dr's have no idea. I really need to go into ER when I am having an ''attack' to see what they say.