Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by : Please help! Pain in lower right side of abdomen; any ideas?
I’m a 20 year old female who has been experiencing a pain in my lower right hand side of my abdomen for about a year now. It’s a fairly dull pain, usually, but sometimes it can get very sharp. I’ve been to my doctor several times about it- at first we thought it might be Appendicitis, but I didn’t think that the pain would last thing long if it is. We then thought it might be irritable bowel syndrome, but then why would it stay only on my right side, and not my entire lower half? Endometriosis has run in my family for about two generations now- My grandmother and my mother (mother’s side), so then my doctor and I figured it might be that; however, the symptoms that I have been experiencing don’t seem to be very consistent. This includes lower back pain, painful menstrual cycles, sometimes pain during sex, depression, anxiety, etc. Again, although I have experienced these, they don’t appear to be consistent with each of my month cycles; sometimes I get them, sometimes I don’t (and I figure if I DO actually have endometriosis, they WOULD be consistent). The pain is also predominately on my right side, and I thought endometriosis would cause pain all over the pelvic region. A close friend also told me that it might be an overactive ovary, however sometimes the pain, although still on my right side, is not where my ovary [should] be, which is closer to my hip bone. More often than not, the pain is just above my hip bone, in line with my belly button; once again, I’ve been tested for appendicitis, because I know that is where that pain usually is, but my results have come back negative for any sort of infections. I’ve also been told it may be a cyst of some sort, but ultrasounds have resulted negative for those, too.

I’ve been to my gynecologist, who doesn’t seem to be taking me seriously, and all she did was throw me on birth control around August off last year. Although it seems to be taking the edge off of the pain, it is STILL here. I’ve had ultrasounds, x-rays, CT scans, and blood tests, and nothing has shown up on them. I have also lost a lot of weight since the pain has began, which is unusual, since I am STILL on the birth control. I have yet to get an internal, which I know would at least give me a further idea of what is going on, but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this; What did you do, or how did you deal with it? At this point, any clues or ideas would really take a load off my plate.

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Answer by No way
It could be intestinal. Try a different doctor

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Question by Eyota Xin: Will poor and other lower income republicans pay into Obama’s universal health care plan to fix the?
irritable bowel syndrome they are sure to contract after Obama wins the presidency?
Hillarys is mandated
Obama’s is optional
whcwarrior_10
maybe.. it should hopefully , at no extra expence, cover ex president derangement syndrome like CDS that many republicans suffer from to this day.

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Answer by carlyjj941
“poor and lower income republicans”, blahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha !

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Question by Sammy ding a ling: Why does my lower stomach hurt every time I cough? And how I can I put a stop to this?
I have had a cough for a few days now, but today it is worse and at school my lower stomach started hurting every time I coughed (so I tried not to but that failed). Someone told me it might be abdominal pain or a cyst, but I do not know. Also I was wondering if it might have to do with my irritable bowel syndrome?
it doesn’t matter how hard or soft i cough..it hurts all the same. but if my cough is bigger it hurts more. very sharp

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Answer by blondie18
Well first off you may just be having muscle cramps because your coughs are going to clench your lower stomach. I wouldn’t be concerned with serious things like a cyst, trust me. You would have noticed that before now. I get this a lot after I’ve worked out in the past week, and I laugh or cough. Don’t worry, you’ll be fine. But if it doesn’t go away after you short sickness, just talk to your parents, they’ll let you know if its something to worry about.

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Question by Christina: Irregular period, bleeding between periods, brown and black blood, pain and pressure on lower left side HELP?
I am 23. I am prone to UTI’s which I have gotten on and off for the past few years. I have also had some ovarian cysts in the past, but usually the doctor says they are very small and shouldn’t be causing much pain. In the past, the pain has always gone away with my period after 1 or 2 cycles. Now this started in June. I had symptoms of what I thought was a UTI. Went to the doctor and got antibiotics. Everything was fine. This probably was a UTI since I didn’t have any problems for a month.
A month later, the symptoms came back, but I had lost my health insurance so I went to someone I know personally that is a doctor and got antibiotics. They didn’t help and the familiar pain started on the lower left side again so I thought I had another cyst. In the past when I had cysts, I had some urinary problems with them. I waited until the end of my cycle, hoping it would go away, like it had before. My period hardly even came! I had light spotting, mostly brown and black. The pain on the left side continued and I had spotting all month. The urinary symptoms subsided. I went to a doctor who did a chlamydia test and pap smear which were both negative for problems. By this time, my period came again and it was super heavy, again very dark blood. I continued to have some spotting after my period should have been over. Then I started experiencing severe pain and bleeding after intercourse. I went to another doc who said I had cervicitis and gave me an antibiotic. She also had me go for an ultrasound which turned out to be negative for any abnormalities as well. The antibiotics seemed to help. But I still have the pressure and sometimes pain on the left side.

Also, I should mention, throughout these past few months I have experienced nausea, mostly just in the beginning, and extreme bloating. I am an avid runner, and for a solid two weeks I felt too sick to run, but now it’s not so bad and I can exercise comfortably. I just got my period again, and it was very, very light, almost non-existent again. I have been taking low birth control pills since I was 16 (7 years). My doctor, upon receiving all these negative test results flat out told me she doesn’t know what’s wrong and that I should have another doctor examine me when the bleeding starts again. Problem is, since she said that, I haven’t had any bleeding, except light spotting from my period! I only tried having intercourse once because I was scared of the pain and bleeding, but it was okay and I didn’t have any problems. I asked if the problem could be intestinal, something putting pressure on my reproductive organs and the doc said no, i would have rectal bleeding or something else. I also have irritable bowel syndrome and started treating that again recently so the bloating has gone down a bit. I’m still having the pressure on the left side, which is almost constant and sometimes painful. And the irregular period are freaking me out. I’ve always been very regular, since I started the pill. I plan to stop the birth control for a month or two to see what happens, at my doctors suggestion.

Any help would be appreciated. This is getting very expensive since I don’t have insurance.
I saw a doctor at planned parenthood for a the pap and chlamydia test. I went to my regular gyno’s office and saw someone there.. not an MD, i think she was a midwife because she was the only person available. they also did a urinalysis which was negative as well.

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Answer by Steph
If it weren’t for your ultrasound I would have suggested either an ectopic pregnancy or ovarian cysts. You didn’t specify what type of doctor you went to, is it an OB/GYN? or a family or general practice physician? If you haven’t seen an OB/GYN you need to see one immediately. There are lots of clinics who have scaling fees if you’re having difficulty paying.

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Question by falloutgirl: burning feeling around lower right side pelvic!?
i have this burning stinging feeling my lower right pelvic & sometimes get a raditing burning around where my right fallopain tube is, but when i press down on it it doesnt hurt & iv gone to the doctors 3 times worried about it! & he doesnt seem think anythings wrong! but when i was lying down & put lightest pressure to lower right pelvic i get this slight raditing burning feeling :\ its stressing me out! im not sexualy active or nothing im still virgin & i dont bleed in between periods, my periods used to be 22 & they would always come on 22 now they changed to the 27th or 28th & i think i always had a 32 day cycle anyway! i know irritable bowel syndrome runs in my family on my mothers side!

whats the symptoms of IBS?

& what is that burning feeling?

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Answer by gazeygoo
Paranoia maybe?

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