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What Causes Abdominal Pain Below The Belly Button?
Question: I've been having abdominal pains below the belly button. I feel severe pressure, my bowel movements have been small. At times the pressure and pain is so much I just have to stand up. I can't sleep, last 3 nights no sleep. I feel sick like I am going to throw up and to the point of nearly passing out. I am miserable I don't know what has caused this. I have been to the doctor and nothing. I have suffered great pains, cannot lay down and sleep. it is 4:00am and I am absolutely miserable...I feel like I could take a knife and cut across my abdomen to release the pressure and pain. Please help me !!!!
Brief Answer:
Investigation is needed
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
abdominal pain of this severity and duration needs urgent investigation. Why does your doctor think that you have pancreatitis? Have you done any tests? If you have, please upload the reports.
Pancreatitis usually causes severe pain in the upper abdomen. Nausea and vomiting are almost universal.
Pain in the lower abdomen are usually caused by the intestine (diverticulitis for example) or the internal female organs.
Clinical examination is of paramount importance. Absent intestinal sounds may mean that the intestine has stopped moving. This condition accompanies serious cases of abdominal inflammation. Specific signs can be elicited that may help diagnosis like the McBurney sign for acute appendicitis.
Radiological evaluation may be required for certain diagnoses to be established (like the diverticulitis that I've mentioned).
I'm afraid I can't give you an easy solution for your problem, without clinical and laboratory data. Taking drugs for the pain or the nausea may cause trouble in some cases (depending on the cause of your symptoms). For example if you've got a mechanical obstruction of the intestine you shouldn't take prokinetic drugs that help with nausea.
If you do have test results, please let me know and I'll be happy to comment on them and help you as much as I can.
Kind Regards!
Investigation is needed
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
abdominal pain of this severity and duration needs urgent investigation. Why does your doctor think that you have pancreatitis? Have you done any tests? If you have, please upload the reports.
Pancreatitis usually causes severe pain in the upper abdomen. Nausea and vomiting are almost universal.
Pain in the lower abdomen are usually caused by the intestine (diverticulitis for example) or the internal female organs.
Clinical examination is of paramount importance. Absent intestinal sounds may mean that the intestine has stopped moving. This condition accompanies serious cases of abdominal inflammation. Specific signs can be elicited that may help diagnosis like the McBurney sign for acute appendicitis.
Radiological evaluation may be required for certain diagnoses to be established (like the diverticulitis that I've mentioned).
I'm afraid I can't give you an easy solution for your problem, without clinical and laboratory data. Taking drugs for the pain or the nausea may cause trouble in some cases (depending on the cause of your symptoms). For example if you've got a mechanical obstruction of the intestine you shouldn't take prokinetic drugs that help with nausea.
If you do have test results, please let me know and I'll be happy to comment on them and help you as much as I can.
Kind Regards!
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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