Undiagnosed abdomnial pain

[No on can tell us whats wrong]

My husband and I moved from New Mexico to Los Angeles about 2.5 years ago. 2 years ago is when this all started.  My husband (age 24), after he has a bowel movement, gets severe cramping in his lower left quadrant.  The pain is so intense it causes him to cry out in pain and vomit uncontrollably.  He will vomit non stop until we can get him pain meds through iv (he cannot keep pills down).  We have seen 3 specialists, at UCLA and Cedar Sinai.  He does not drink or smoke. He has had: upper GI, Lower GI, bowel emptying studies, endoscopephy, colonoscophy, ultrasonic endoscopephy,ultrasounds of the abdomen,urine and feces tests, he's changed his diet, he's even seen a psychologist. You name it we've down it. No one can provide answers.  Currently they have him working w/ a pain specialist, which is not solving the problem just putting a patch on it.  This problem caused him to loose his job and day to day life is unbearable.  The pain used to come in episodes a couple of weeks every month, but now it happens after every bowel movement. If anyone has any ideas we are willing to go anywhere and try anything. Thank you for your time.

[Duchess47]

He has had so many tests, but has he had a Gastric Emptying Scan?  I have Gastroparesis which basically means slow stomach emptying.  When I eat, the food that is normally supposed to leave your stomach stays in mine for longer than it's supposed to. (My gastroenterologist calls this stomach constipation).This causes stomach pain, nausea (vomiting for people who have more severe case), bloating after eating and constipation .  Fiber and a variety foods are bad for this.  Drinking liquids with meals makes it worse.  Ask the Gastroenterologist about this.  Some people who have this have to have I.V. or feeding tube because they can't keep food down.  Another thing that can cause this is Celiac Disease.  He was probably tested for this when he had the colonoscopy or gastroscopy.  Keep the food diary as Chrystaly suggested.

[giddychic]

has he ever had any surgeries that has affected that area of pain--------I have a first had knowledge of abdominal pain and have had every thing possible done to me to figure out what it was that was causing me so much pain------it came down to "scare tissue"  not just a little  "alot"  it slowed my bowels down until they and my bladder quit completly.  When I would eat---I would cramp and get so sick at my stomach.......I have dealt with this for 7 years and still doing it-----I have many surgeries behind me and seeing a very wonderful specialist who was the one who figurered out the problem-----he said it looked as though someone cut my stomach open and pourd white cement into my intire belly......so he had to go in and separate all the organs-----not once but twice in 4 months.......that is not including all the exploratory surgeries.........just keep "scare tissue" in the back of your mind------and try to stay calm throughout the ordeal------stress, worry and nerves-----scare tissure feeds off of it.........

Giddychic

[crystaly]

Hi This must be awful for your husband! I know you said your husbands changed his diet but has he tried keeping a food diary to see if he can pinpoint anything in his diet which he may have a reaction too ? Thats the only thing I can think of .  I,m sure other people on the forum will have other suggestions.

[cheery]

Is this his only symptom? How often does he have a bowel movement? Is the pain sharp or dull? Is it in one spot or does it radiate out?