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OK ... I Figured i'd try and ask ... It all started about 2 months ago ... i had stomach problems ... cramping fullness nothing really "moving" ( which isn't normal for me) My Right Shoulder blade was hurting ... my Neck and back of my head and my arms were falling asleep easily ... i have no insurance so i went to a Urgent Care Clinic ... Took blood said my White Count was up ... took an Xray of my stomach and they said i was very Constipated .... Put me on Cipro and told me to take Mag. citate ... told me for my back neck and shoulder i needed a deep tissus massage... i thought if that's it i'll just drink the stuff and see what happens ... got some things "moving" but still had fullness in stomach ... back neck head still hurt and my chest started to get strange pains ... first dead center then it felt like it was moving along my ribs to my pecs ... went back my White count was normal so she put me on An Antispasmatic and told me i had IBS ... that stuff changed nothing all symptoms still there .... then she added Zoloft for anxiety ... hasn't seemed to change anything ... made an Appt with a Gastro Doc who also just took blood, said it was fine, said i was losing weight... gave me a check up and told me to stay on the stuff the other Doc gave me and come back in a month... so the situation is ... I'm 30 when this start i was 200lbs ... now a month and a half later i'm at 205lbs ... smoker ... I'm never hungry ... stomach still feels weird ... "movements" more normal but still not quite ... i get random pains all over ... something my legs feel weak or sore ... my chest hurts sometimes from center toward pecs ... back and neck stiff and achy ... yesterday it felt like they had a sunburn ... it went away but now my left shoulder feels extremely sore ... i can move it just fine but its like a knot top frontish and pops a bit... no coughing ... no shortness of breathe... no fever ... no vomiting or anything like that... just extremely worried cause as the days go by something else begins to hurt or hurts worse... if anyone could give me any ideas or suggest the right Doc to go to so i'm not spending Billions finding out what wrong.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi
Well, you had earlier mentioned right shoulder ):. This changes the picture. Pain under the left shoulder blade is usually a referred pain from abdomen like stomach ulcers, pancreatitis, or from the chest like in heart attack, pericarditis, pleuritis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolus, and aortic dissection. As I mentioned earlier it could also be an inflammatory bowel condition like Crohn’s disease, IBS or ulcerative colitis, which due to malabsorption and poor diet can cause weight loss. All these are generally diagnosed by endoscopies and colonoscopies.
The other possibility is intolerance to food—gluten, lactose, starch etc.
Please consult an internal medicine specialist and rule out all the causes one by one and a confirmed diagnosis cannot be given on net.
Hope this helps. Take care!
Well, you had earlier mentioned right shoulder ):. This changes the picture. Pain under the left shoulder blade is usually a referred pain from abdomen like stomach ulcers, pancreatitis, or from the chest like in heart attack, pericarditis, pleuritis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolus, and aortic dissection. As I mentioned earlier it could also be an inflammatory bowel condition like Crohn’s disease, IBS or ulcerative colitis, which due to malabsorption and poor diet can cause weight loss. All these are generally diagnosed by endoscopies and colonoscopies.
The other possibility is intolerance to food—gluten, lactose, starch etc.
Please consult an internal medicine specialist and rule out all the causes one by one and a confirmed diagnosis cannot be given on net.
Hope this helps. Take care!
Have they checked your gallbladder? The pain can radiate to your shoulders and of course cause stomach pain and bowel problems. A quick x-ray and they can tell if you have gall stones.
The thing with your arms falling asleep could be a different matter. It sounds like a pinched nerve.
I hope you find out what's going on. Take care. Remar
The thing with your arms falling asleep could be a different matter. It sounds like a pinched nerve.
I hope you find out what's going on. Take care. Remar
I forgot to mention that when they checked my blood they said they checked my Liver Enzymes and they were fine .... The Gi Doc said he wanted to do a Ct of my Abdomen but about 5 months ago i went to the ER for back pain and chest pain ... the gave me pain meds and a IV to rehydrate me ... did a CT scan of my abdomen and found nothing so i went home ... the Current Gi just pulled that information and said i was it was fine and take when he told me to continue to take what i was taking and see you in a month.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
You have been to a GI doctor so it might sound strange to you but a GI doctor only can help you out. Since you have stomach issues along with right shoulder blade hurting get a liver function test, ultrasound or CT of abdomen, and pancreatic enzymes. Liver dysfunction like alcoholic liver disease, liver infection etc can all cause this problem. Liver problems can cause weight loss.
It could also be an inflammatory bowel condition like Crohn’s disease, IBS or ulcerative colitis, which due to malabsorption and poor diet can cause weight loss. All these are generally diagnosed by endoscopies and colonoscopies.
The other possibility is intolerance to food—gluten, lactose, starch etc.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
You have been to a GI doctor so it might sound strange to you but a GI doctor only can help you out. Since you have stomach issues along with right shoulder blade hurting get a liver function test, ultrasound or CT of abdomen, and pancreatic enzymes. Liver dysfunction like alcoholic liver disease, liver infection etc can all cause this problem. Liver problems can cause weight loss.
It could also be an inflammatory bowel condition like Crohn’s disease, IBS or ulcerative colitis, which due to malabsorption and poor diet can cause weight loss. All these are generally diagnosed by endoscopies and colonoscopies.
The other possibility is intolerance to food—gluten, lactose, starch etc.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
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