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Abdominal Pain / Chest Pain
by kym2, Dec 14, 2007 09:04AM
I have been having pain now for the past month. It started with burning pain on the left of my chest and under the rib cage and down the left abdominal region with sweating and my heart was racing. I was sent to ER and they did ECG, blood tests etc and found nothing. Then a week later I was feeling a little better but I got an inner ear infection which I was prescribed medication for. As I finished the 5 day course I got what looked like hives and diarrhoea. The hives after a week went away but I had odd yellowish bowel movements from then on. It was just after that the pain in the right abdominal region started with shooting pains from around the navel and towards the back and also lower and higher burning pains,shooting pains, fullness and tenderness in the upper middle of my stomach. I also lost my appetite and had a terrible taste in my mouth. The pain never seems to fully go away and it hurts to breath in deeply and I am sore under the ribs. I have been back to ER twice and on the second visit they removed my appendix and checked with a camera to see if anything was there, they found nothing. My blood tests were also normal and an ultra sound on the right area was normal, but I have had a fever each time I have been to ER. Now I am home and the burning and shooting pain in the chest and abdominal areas is still there. I am finding it hard to sleep with the worry and I am not sure what else I can do. Please help.
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Since when are you having these symptoms? Do you have any other associated complaints?
Are you on any medications currently?
You could take some antireflux antinausea medications and see if they help with your symptoms - this could be pain due to reflux or GERD.
Consult your doctor if the symptoms persist and discuss whether you need to get any investigations.
You should eat a high fibre diet with fresh fruits, salads and vegetables and try to avoid junk food.
You would probably need an ultrasound abdomen and endoscopy if your symptoms persist.
Has a chest xray been done to rule out any rib fracture, chest infection, or air in the pleural space?
There could be several causes of the symptoms you are having including a muscle pull, injury or trauma at the site, chest infection, gall stones, etc.
You should apply some local pain relief medications, take some oral pain relief medications, maintain a proper posture throughout the day, try some warm compresses.
You could take some antireflux antinausea medications and see if they help with your symptoms - this could be pain due to reflux or GERD.
Consult your doctor if the symptoms persist and discuss whether you need to get any investigations including a chest xray and ECG done.
Let us know if you need any further information and post us about how you are doing.
Regards.