Pain lower left abdomen and sometimes in left shoulder too!

GR · Guest

I started feeling this pain in my lower left abdomen and sometimes in left shoulder also around 2 months back. It pains me more when I take deep breath, or I burp or when there are hiccups.

I visited a doctor and initially doctor asked me to undergo CT scan for Kidney and appendicitus, but it was all clear and fine. Doctor asked me to take the medicine for the diverticulitus.

After taking the medicine the pain was not there for one week but it again started, this time I was asked to undergo rib, and colon x-ray but it was all fine, I was asked to take the medicine for the gas. Again I was fine for one more week but since then its almost one month I am again feeling pain in lower left abdomen and sometimes in left shoulder too with deep breathing.

I do not know what to do. I look forward to get some helpful information from you on what this could be and what should I do now.

pseudonim · Site Admin Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 485

I think you should visit a Gastroenterologist to make sure your digestion is fine. Have you had any problems with your gallbladder before? I hope you did blood test before you went to CT? Do you feel pain in lower or upper left abdomen? Do you have problems with heartburn? How looks with your bowel movement? You should add more info so we could try to help you... Anyway, I think the exam by a good gastroenterologist is the best solution for you.

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kawaiiisoul · Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 10

Hi, I'm having all those sypmtoms too, I'm 24 years old female and I have been having a lot of problems with my dygestion, for the past 2 days I haven't been able to eat almost anything, and I've been having a lot of burps, I mean really a lot or gas and air is comming out of me, I've vomited too. Today I woke up with a lot of pain on the left side of the neck, the shoulder (left), and ,my left abdomen below my breast. The pain is sharp whenever I took a lot of air or have a hiccup, or even If I try to lay down on my left. also, I vomited a little twice and I got a little bright red blood. Could this be related to oral contraceptive Yasmin? is this serious?

sickofthis · Guest

I'm a 17 year old female and I was diagnosed with IBS and acid reflux disease. Maybe these things have something to do with my pain but I'm not so sure. On thursday I was walking to my locker with a heavy bookbag on my right shoulder and I sudddently got a sharp pain in my lower left abdomen after walking up a flight of stairs and I didn't think much of it until now. I remembered yesterday that I had woke up feeling sore on that left side for a few weeks but it comes and goes. On friday my boyfriend came over and we were wrestling and I woke up on saturday with my left abdomen feeling extremely sore like someone punched me in the rib and below it. I can't get up out of bed or bend down properly or it starts hurting so I'm be really precautions because I'm afraid that I might pull something and make the pain more extreme. I have been feeling tired, have cold symptoms, and have a feeling of tighness in my throat along with mildly sore lymph nodes for more than 2 weeks. I think I might have caugh mono and ruptured my spleen but I don't want my mom to take me to the doctor if it is something that isn't major but I am soo worried.

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RisnwthHim · Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

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I have exactly the same problem. It has been bothering me for over 3 months. Doctors cannot figure out what it is and it has been deemed as a pocket of air in the abdomen. My suspicion is that it has more to do with nerves-maybe a pinched nerve. If you ever figure out what it is - please post back - I am very curious. I can certainly live with this pain as long as it is not life threatening.

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hi my name is amber ive just started having the exact same smyptons im going to visit my local gp today, ive had the day off school i am currently in year 10 and im 16 the pain has only been around for three days Sad

k-dubya · Newbie Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

I have very similar symptoms as described, only my pain in my left shoulder is only super-noticeable after eating a large meal. I feel it after a deep breath, but it is tolerable. My lower-left abdomen pain comes and goes in sharp waves usually, and it is quite sensitive to a slight push from my fingers. I have also been experiencing excess gas, but mainly as flatus as opposed to belching. I can also feel my pulse throbbing just above and to the left of my navel sometimes, too. I was diagnosed with Acid Reflux/GERD a while back and was taking Prilosec for about 3 years. Last march (2006) i spent most of a weekend in an ER due to my abdomen pain getting so bad I woke up sweating, shaking, and could hardly move. Please do not under-estimate this pain. I am a 24 year old male, and I have been through a lot of pain, including a fractured neck, severe concussions, broken bones, lacerations, migraines, surgery recovery, and nothing EVEN COMES CLOSE to this pain. Seriously, I thought I was dying. I was begging them for a third dose of morphine in the ER, it was this bad. They found nothing in the ER. Blood work, x-ray, CT, stool sample, the works. After about 18 hours in bed, the pain had receded back to a tolerable level. They sent me to a Gastroenterologist to get some answers. A full endoscopy, colonoscopy, and almost $500 in facility co-pays later, they said I look very healthy, end to end. They changed my PPI from Prilosec to Nexium and I made significant changes in my diet (almost entirely cut dairy, alcohol, spicy foods, high-acid foods like coffee and citrus). Combined with my recent system purge (as prep for GI exams) I think this bought me some time. But now it is all slowly getting worse again and I'm worried. I do not want to have another agonizing attack like last year. Please someone tell me who I can speak with to find out what is wrong with my digestive system. The oh-so-omnipotent gastroenterologist who came so highly recommended told me absolutely nothing helpful, and took a lot of my money, too. I thought it might have been related to my gall bladder, but wouldn't this affect my right side instead? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! Thank you.

Dpark · Newbie Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

It looks like I have the same symptoms. In march I went to the E.R. because the shoulder pain was to much. I had trouble breathing, pain in my left side. They did a CT scan. Said I had fluid inbetween the two outer layers of my lung. They gave me steroids and antibiotics. The pain went away. But three weeks later a small pain in my side came back. Another hospital MD Anderson a cancer hospital in Houston TX because I am a cancer patient. But not related to the pain. The doctor did another CT scan. Found a blood clot in my right lung. But he said it had nothing to do with the pain. Had to go to the ER again today. The pain got worse in my shoulder again. The doctor believes it might be, (Pleurisy, inflammation of the pleura) (the membrane that covers the lungs and lines the chest cavity). It is sometimes accompanied by pain and coughing. The inflammation may be dry or it may be accompanied by an effusion, or fluid, that fills the chest cavity; when the effusion is infected, the condition is known as empyema. The dry type of pleurisy usually occurs in association with bacterial infections such as pneumonia. Pleurisy with effusion is often associated with such chronic lung conditions as tuberculosis or tumors. Immune disorders such as lupus and rheumatic fever tend to have recurrent pleurisy, with or without effusion. Epidemic pleurodynia, a pleurisy attributed to a virus, is a mild disease of short duration. Treatment of pleurisy is directed at the underlying condition as well as the symptoms. But since I am taking blood thinner now. I can't take antibiodics. Only could give me pain pills.

Pain lower left abdomen and sometimes in left shoulder too!

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