I haven't yet. I'm still waiting for a letter from my Docs about an ultrasound scan. Pain is still variable ranging from crippling agony coupled with shallow breathing to avoid exacerbating the pain, to nothing at all. When there is no pain, a violent sneeze or a deep yawn is always a reminder that it's there.
Lying in strange positions seems to help and I get the feeling that bones/muslces/cartlidge is re-arranging itself sometimes depending on how I move. I'm hoping that it is simply muscular and that the other symptoms I described previously (tiredness, S&D etc) were just a coincidental bug or something.
Still, watching what I eat and trying to sit properly can't hurt.
I'm considering doing a liver cleanse to try and flush some gall stones out. Again, it can;t hurt. Search for "The amazing liver cleanse". The PDF is freely avallable. I don't know if it's genuine or not but it's essentially a healthy eating plan and a few early nights. I did it a few times before and always had a few weeks of feeling good after it. Make sure you've got plenty of loo roll!!!
The so-called "Flush cures' which include lots of olive oil and some sort of acidic drink (variously lemon, apple, grapefruit, whatever), are false-hope hypes. What happens is the fat in the olive oil combines with the pancreatic enzymes (alkali), to form a kind of soap that balls up into pellet nugget shapes and passes through your gut out the other end. It's called saponification. Look it up, and find all sorts of recipes to make soap of your own at home, using, of course, something different than pancreatic enzymes for the alkali! ;)
The gallbladder is a fairly small organ. It can hold quite a few stones, but when you see the "hundreds" of stones that resulted from these flushes, you would realize any gallbladder would have long since burst and the person would have been dead, had his gallbladder actually been congested with that many stones.
But as Barnum and Baily said, there's a sucker born every minute.
On to the pain issue: Heating pad and rest. Sometimes it helps to lie on about 3 pillows, with one softer pillow under your right side/belly area, and the other two pillows propping you up at an angle. Some people find it helpful (believe it or not!) to use a massage/vibrating heated pillow/pad on the painful area. I guess if nothing else, the vibrations can provide a distraction!
Upper right abdominal pain can be caused by any number of things, from gallbladder inflammation/obstruction, gallstones, to liver problems, pancreas problems, or IBD/lactose intolerance.
Things to try immediately which should start bringing relief within a day or two:
Eliminate all aspartame, sucralose, and artificial sweeteners except saccharine from your diet. -- Sucralose (Splenda) has been shown to cause swollen liver in animals. This can be a very painful condition. (By the way, if you have a history of higher than normal cholesterol, chances are you also have fatty liver. Fatty liver is serious because it IS liver inflammation caused by replacement of liver cells with fat cells, and causes permanent scarring which can lead to cirrhosis, Make no mistake, fatty liver HURTS. It is very painful, once the inflammation gets bad enough to start causing pain. If your tests show no problem with your gallbladder or pancreas, but your doctor mentions off-hand, "Oh, you have fatty liver," GET SERIOUS about losing weight now, before you suffer permanent damage and need a liver transplant. Your pain will start to subside significantly after about 5% weight loss, and you can start to reverse fatty liver after about 9% weight loss.)
-- Aspartame (Equal) has been shown to cause pancreatitis by overstimulating the pancreas. And it seems to be in just about everything "diet" these days.
Many people notice improvement within 24 hours of eliminating these two artificial sweeteners from their diets.
-- I'm not advocating saccharine (Sweet n Low etc) by any means. Ideally you should just go cold-turkey from all chemical sweeteners because they are all, after all, chemicals, which put heavy demand on your body's filtering systems. But this is the one that, in SMALL quantities, doesn't seem to irritate liver, gallbladder, or pancreas as much as others.
Eliminate all sugar, alcohol, processed grains, corn, coffee, milk, fat, and fructose from your diet. Check labels carefully for any of them. All of these can cause a gallbladder attack and/or make liver and pancreas pain worse.
Drink a lot more water. Herbal and green teas are fine. Try Milk Thistle, 600 to 1000 mg a day divided up into 2 or 3 doses. Avoid aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen etc if at all possible; these add work to an already-overburdened liver. For gallstones or gallstone sludge, research Rowachol, a German preparation that has been used in Europe for about 3 decades now. Best article about this was published in 1979. Look up at NIH.gov the article entitled "Rowachol -- a possible treatment for cholesterol gallstones". As the study demonstrates, though, just a few of these per day does NOT dissolve gallstones or have any/much effect on bile sludge. But at very high doses, 9 to 16 per day (4 capsules 4x/day .. I shudder to think of taking that many), they DID see gallstones shrink, in fact, many completely disappeared, even stones over 1.5 cm in diameter, but it can take months or years for ones that size to disappear - pretty much the same effect as prescription Ursodiol and similar drugs.
Increase your intake of soluble fiber, especially oat bran and whole, unprocessed oats (NOT instant!). Soluble fiber can help bind with the fats iand help transport it away. However, stay away from chia seeds if you are already in pain. These, although a good soluble fiber under most circumstances, must be allowed to swell before ingesting, and then also taken with LARGE quantities of water. If not, they can cause an obstruction or irritation in the intestine or bowel which will add immeasurably to your problems.
If you are having a fever, or fever with chills; jaundice, or nausea, go to hospital asap - this indicates something that can be life-threatening emergency.
Try putting pressure on your side, or laying on your side to see if breathing is more comfortable. Find something to release gas from your body, it could relieve the pain. A doctor told me it could gas, intergestion. acicid reflex, and to change your diet, you should see a physician to resolve any medical issue's.
I had the same symptoms, I found out it was a bacterial infection called pleurisy. It was easily cured with antibiotics.
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It's a side stich...
This is a side stich - which has also been called...exercise related transient abdominal pain (ETAP).
Most researchers believe that a side stitch is caused by stretching the ligaments that extend from the diaphragm to the internal organs, particularly the liver. The jarring motion of running while breathing in and out stretches these ligaments. Runners tend to exhale every two or four steps. Most people exhale as the left foot hits the ground, but some people exhale when the right foot hits the ground. It is the later group who seem more prone to get side stitches.
Exhaling when the right foot hits the ground causes greater forces on the liver (which is on the right side just below the rib cage). So just as the liver is dropping down the diaphragm raises for the exhalation. It is believed this repeated stretching leads to spasms in the diaphragm.
Stopping a Side Stitch
To stop a side stitch when running, stop running and place your hand into the right side of your belly and push up, lifting the liver slightly. Inhale and exhale evenly as you push up.
Preventing a Side Stitch
To prevent a side stitch, take even, deep breaths while running. Shallow breathing tends to increase the risk of cramping because the diaphragm is always slightly raised and never lowers far enough to allow the ligaments to relax. When this happens the diaphragm becomes stressed and a spasm or "stitch" is more likely.
Some other ways to alleviate the pain of a side stitch include:
Time your eating. Having food in your stomach during a workout may increase cramping by creating more force on the ligaments (avoid eating one to two hours before a workout)
Stretching may prevent or relieve a cramp. Raise your right arm straight up and lean toward the left. Hold for 30 seconds, release, then stretch the other side.
Slow down your pace until pain lessens.
Breathe deep to stretch the diaphragm.
Drink before exercise; dehydration can increase muscle cramps.
Massage or press on the area with pain. Bend forward to stretch the diaphragm and ease the pain.
I've had this happen to me a few times, even once during a marathon and I each time I basically had to slow to a walk. So I feel your pain.
Good Luck with the advice!
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having the exact same problem .
I think mine is gas. It gets worse on weekends when I sit around and do nothing but on weekends where I am busy it goes away completely. I moving around for work during the week.
It defintely feels like a good fart would make it all go away but it's not in the traditional place to brew a good fart. I think that it's something I eat couple with inactivity that cause the gas to get trapped. It can give me sleepless nights for days on end but I don't think it's life threatening. I've had all the tests they can do and I'm apparently quite healthy. This came as a bit of a surprise considering my hedonistic lifestyle over the last two years.
I suppose I'll pay for it at the other end. Is it better to burn out or fade away?
I do not get it all the time. It is an occasional thing but when I get it if i take shallow breaths I dont feel it. It is when I breath regularly that it hurts. Like a sharp jabbing pain. I will usually just sit and take shallow breaths for a few min. Then it goes away.