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What Can Cause Cramps After Dinner On Left Side Of Abdomen?

Hi - Twice in the past week, I had severe cramping after dinner on left abdomen side. It s a painful tightness that comes and goes for about an hour until I hear a gurgling and feel movement followed by diarhea. At the onset my mouth starts to salivate like I m about to vomit too. I m thinking IBS, but not sure. I m a 55 year old male, no blood in stool. I take 50 mg Losartan for 1 year with no problem. I didn t eat anything unusual and I ve been taking Metamucil every night before bed for past 30 years. Not sure what to do.
Wed, 24 Dec 2014
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Hi.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.

You have a typical problem.
The mouth starting to salivate like feeling of vomiting, pain after food and need to go for passing a motion - diarrhea , gurgling all indicate that you have an inflammatory problem in the intestines.
This is a classical problem always forgotten .

I would advise you the following:
-Initially a 5 day course of an antibiotic, metronidazole, probiotic to see the results.
If no complete relief , then you have to undergo CT scan of the abdomen and upper GI and lower GI Endoscopies ..
The further treatment will depend upon the diagnosis .

Please continue the medicines as you already have been taking as these medicines have no such complications .
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What Can Cause Cramps After Dinner On Left Side Of Abdomen?

Hi. Thanks for your query and an elucidate history. You have a typical problem. The mouth starting to salivate like feeling of vomiting, pain after food and need to go for passing a motion - diarrhea , gurgling all indicate that you have an inflammatory problem in the intestines. This is a classical problem always forgotten . I would advise you the following: -Initially a 5 day course of an antibiotic, metronidazole, probiotic to see the results. If no complete relief , then you have to undergo CT scan of the abdomen and upper GI and lower GI Endoscopies .. The further treatment will depend upon the diagnosis . Please continue the medicines as you already have been taking as these medicines have no such complications .