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Reason for Pain?

I have a question about abdominal trauma (Thank you for ANY help you can give)

I’m a 26 year old female that was involved in an accident where I was knocked unconscious with a “head concussion ruptured L5 S1 and lacerated right kidney/ liver” That caused a lot of internal bleeding.
Most of the pain in my torso area has been on the right and since the day of the accident (6 months ago now) there’s been a strong pain in the lower right part of my abdomen but esp. in genital area. This pain just pops up, sometimes like being stabbed,sometimes like flaring, sometimes squeezing or even like cold drops, bee stings or even prickly it's worse & will just stay there if my mid section is bent and I’ve noticed that every now & then a pain will follow down the top inside of my right or left thigh (whichever side the pain was on)

I haven’t started Therapy for my back yet because of having to wait on my kidney & liver to heal & I still after all this time hurt in I hurt in my torso and find it hard to breathe and tingly. Although this concerns me, my reproductive area is my main focus right now. ( I didn't have a period for a little over 2 months after the accident & there was no chance of pregnancy.)

If you could please help me, I would appreciate it so very, very, much.
Thank you sincerely

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Heel and Welcome to the Pain Mangement Forum. I am glad that you found us.

I assume that they preformed a CT scan following your accident and that is how they discovered your liver and kidney damage. Have they repeated the CT scan lately? If not it may reveal why this pain continues.

As you know your liver is located on the right side of the body and I am wondering if this pain may be referred from your liver. Additionally there is a large muscle that begins in your lower mid-back and runs into your groin. It is called the psoas muscle. Some medical practitioners beleive it is the most important muscle of the body.

The relationship of the psoas (and it's supporting tissues and structures) and trauma is significant. It can account for back pain, hip, pelvic and even pain in your upper inner thigh.  This may be something that you want to investigate.

Have you discussed your pain and asked for reasons for it with your physician. If not I would do so. You deserve answers that you are comfortable with. I hope you will soon be feeling better. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. I will look forward to your updates.

Take Care,
Tuck
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Thanks for your considerate thought. Honestly I'd never heard of that before so I looked it up and it sounds like it's connected with surgery & They talked about it but never cut my in any way, but still I appreciate you Totie
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Just a thought, but have they check for adhesions?
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