Hi. Male 28 y/o obese. I have recently had alot of discomfort down the
left hand side. I am feeling some chest discomfort too, but mainly
pain around my spleen and kidney areas. I have been checked for liver
and heart problems and all clear. The discomfort I feel pretty much
all of the time for the last month or so. It's worse if I eat alot of
food in one go. It's also alot worse at night when it's very
uncomfrotable to try and get asleep with the pain down the left. I am
waking up most nights around 2am-4am with bad stomach aches. The sort
that you get when you hold a "number 2" too long, down at the base of
the stomach. I then often have to go to the loo to try and help, but
the pain often continues for many hours. No diaorhea. If it's really
bad the pain will be over the entire central part of my abdomen -
right up to the base of my chest. The chest discomfort feels like I
was given a good kicking a few days before - sore all around.
Sometimes pani between shoulder blades. I also get some feelings of a
lump in my throat, but whether that's anxiety about what I'm
experiencing I do not know. Also getting alot of air movements down
left hand side, down from under my armpit to about midway down the
abdomen. I did have one episode a few weeks back when I had bad
stomach aches and was repeatedly sick four times over the course of
about 12 hours. Every time I consumed something (even water) I waould
get the pains again about 20 mins later and was then sick. Anyone have
any ideas. I am quite worried about it, without being at all panicy.
Dcotor said he didn't think it was typical of anything particular like
peptic ulcer.