Upper Extreme Left Stomach Pain Like Pinch

I'm only 16 and I've had these symptoms since I was 14. I used to get them a lot on mondays, the day of my piano lessons. The same, gnawing, burning, gassy, swollen feeling everyone has referred to, I mean. My mom used to think I was just trying to get out of piano lessons for the week, but it really was a serious pain that made me unable to concentrate. About 2 months ago, I missed a day of school because of my familiar stomach aches. Usually, they fade or come in short waves, but this one was persistent, and by the end of the night, I was in the er, not because I was seriously ill, but because it's the quickest way to receive blood tests without appointments. The only thing they could tell me was that my potassium was low, so they gave me a potassium suppliment and I had to get bloodwork done 3 days later. Well, three days later, I went for bloodwork and had the chance to talk to my doctor. He referred me to a gi specialist, but unfortunately, gi's in my area don't receive patients under 18. Lame. So I had the have all of my insides looked at with an ultrasound. Of course, I couldn't eat any fat at all the day before the tests. They told me I was normal, but they didn't look at the place that hurt-my stomach! Somewhere along the road, I had more blood drawn for some reason. Then, my doctor put me on prevacid for however long it would take. I took the prevacid every morning with a bowl of oatmeal. I was taken off of dairy and caffene. All the while, the pain became more frequent throughout the week, from once to three times a week. I had another consult with my doctor, and he referred me to a surgeon who would scope me. The surgeon said he wouldn't scope me until I had some sort of radioavtive tracer injected into my body to test the function of my gall bladder. So I had yet another (2 hour long) procedure involving even more needles. Of couse, that test came back normal. (very glad not to have to have gall bladder removed) By today, I have pain every single day, missed school yesterday, and missed half a day a few weeks ago. I will finally be scoped 5 days from today, the test I've been waiting for all along, since I know what hurts on me, and I've known that it is my STOMACH that has needed checked. I am hoping to be told about a minor ulcer, although the pain has been moving around lately, from my stomach, down to a spot right below my ribs, and then down to a spot about an inch to the left of my belly button. I really hope my results will come back abnormal so they can just diagnose me, give me medicine, and get me out of their hair!

This is usually from bacteria in ur stomach intestine eat garlic at night two three cloves as it destroys some bacteria and helps with the pain ...

Hi does the pain hurt more when you breathe. My daughter has had the same problem, she has been in and out of hospital, had all the tests you said and has been off school for 4 weeks. The docs said it was gastritis, and put her on antacids, but still no joy. The pain seems to get worse at around 10 pm to midnight. She says the pain is sort of where her heart is and can go to the left side of her body, she has also complained about it being around her tummy button, but I think this could be the straining she is doing when she screams in pain.I have now discovered that she may have Precordial Catch Syndrome. Have a look on the web and see if this relates to you. We have now tried doing breathing exercises and this has helped a bit, she now only has 3 to 4 attacks a day and not 8 to 10. She is also coping now she knows what it is. We are going to see doc tomorrow and go from there.

When i was in my twenties i had t stomach problems after  night's of drinking. When i turn 50 my stomach problems on my left side started to swell when i would drink or eat certain foods. One night i ate around 11:00 pm i went to bed. I woke up with so much pain until i was scared and i knew this was not the norm for me to experiance. This started to happen alot when i would eat chocolate, nutts, spicy foods, citruis, and to much meat.

So i went on line to find out what was wrong with me. This help me to beware of foods that made me experiance pain and swelling. So i completely changed my eatting habits, and quanities. My stomach did not like alot of food in it. So i cut my portions and eliminated all the foods that caused me pain. Alcohol was out of the question for me now i do not drink and i feel so much better because it caused me so much pain.

My stomach is not completely at 100% i believe it is totaly up to me if i want to have stomach pain. I want to feel free of pain so i choose to stop eatting foods that my stomach do not like anymore.

 

                                                                 Sabrina Edwards

check symptoms for hiatal hernia....it sounds like what you are describing.

All of you folks suffering from stomach irritation must know from the symptoms it's something you eat , drink, or take as pain meds. NEVER, take Ibruprophen with this condition, and STOP drinking alcohol and coffee. The very best remedy I have found is watermelon. Eat it everyday. Lots of it and in time the irritation will heal. Been there, done that, had that for several years, but no more. God Bless, hope it works for you.

i had this pain in my upper left part of my stomach just under my ribs. i went to a stomach doctor and he did a scope and found i had a bad gall bladder and a hiatal hernia. this is where the flap in your esophagus that keeps food down gets weak and part of your stomach starts coming up into your esophagus causing sever pain that feels kinda like your insides are being pinched. my options were either to lose weight to bring my stomach down or have surgery to move it down and repair the flap. i chose the surgery since i had to already have it to remove my gall bladder anyways. i have been pain free for 7 years. the only side effect i had was they shrunk my esophagus too much and couldnt swallow food so had to go in and have them stretch it. one huge plus side was i have never had heart burn even once since then and i used to have it before surgery really bad on a daily basis. i would suggest you ask your doctor to do a stomach scope to check the gall bladder and posibility of a hiatal hernia

I just came back from hospital and they could not find anything wrong,& sez get apt at gastroinaligst asap K?

This sounds like Angioadema, if you notice a slight itching, swelling or burning on your skin anywhere that would also fall in line with this condition. i have it too, the heat after eating and light sweating, my stomach gets a small pinch and then nothing more other than fatique when its all through. Angioadema is the blood vessels in the stomach having a response to something eaten or something hitting the small intestines when digestion continues after it leaves the stomach. I take a zantac and or drink bubbly water like gyser , perrier , also a alka zeltzer gold ( only available online & has no asprin in it) . So the thing about Zantac is has a second kind of anti histimine in it that works on the allergy response in the stomach ( Zantac is called H2 blocker)
Hope this helps.

I know this is an older thread, but hopefully you will see this. If you haven't had your Vagus Nerve checked, have it done. Sounds like that is what you have going on. Very hard to diagnose, most docs scream Costiochondritis (spelled wrong I am sure), but once you figure out it is the Vagus, it is easy to control.

Do you feel much better though? Being gluten free?

Omg same here I have the same symptoms I'm 22 years old . Plz help doctors said my blood was completely normal and right now I'm under the drug call omeprazol ! I'm so desesparate the problem seem to be worse :(

I too had terrible symtoms similar to your sweats. I had cramping pangs and eventually it was so bad I ended up in the ER. I had bleeding and a distinct change in bowel movements. They wanted to give me an antibiotic and send me home. I refused and they kept me for 24hrs observation. They did a CT scan to discover my whole colon was swollen. I ended up being in the hospital for 4 days to clear up what they thought was a fluke infection. A colonoscopy was done to rule our chrones, diverticulitus and other physically noticeable colon issues. A month after release from the hospital I still had some symptoms. It was like a flare up in my lower colon and burning would occur. Then it hit me....the only thing I changed was switching from Prilosec to Nexium. So I stopped taking the Nexium to see if my theory was right. I had many of the "rare" side effects of Nexium. Now the only symptom I have is this pinch and burn at the bottom of my left rib cage. It doesn't hurt... its just annoying and concerning. So here I am.... I also had my throat and stomach scoped and other than a narrow esophagus that they stretched, my stomach was supposedly fine. I would love to figure this one out. But for you, switching from Nexium may help.

rabeprazole sodium {before food} - 1 or 2 tab daily

troxip od (troxipide) 300mg {after food} - 1 tab daily

I also have been having pain in my upper left abdomen since Oct 2013. Was coming to work and vomitted all this bial c**p. Had an X-ray and CT done. Radiologist first thought aneurysm but then said couldnt really see. This pain gets worse as time goes on. Taking omeprazole and have had colonoscopy done. Also have been taking Gabapentin, but not doing any good. Want an MRI but my doctor says CCF would not cover this. Seeing doctor again tomorrow on this same situation. Want my intestines checked along with anything else. SOMETHING IS CAUSING THIS PAIN.