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What Causes Intermittent Lower Abdominal Cramps?
I am a 53 year old Asian male. 5 8 170lbs, Non-smoker, Non-drinker, HIV +, 3 cardiac stents recently, have had idiopathic acute pancreatitis circa 1999, nephrolithiasis on and off, BPH, HTN. I have intermittent lower abdominal cramps (pain 8). It is temporarily relieved by defecation. Then it returns and I run back to the bathroom. This continues throughout the day, by evening it subsides. Now I am on week 2. I had this same episode in 2011, surprisingly activated charcoal helped. Is it a parasitic suspect?
Fri, 18 Jul 2014
hello n welcome. here is ur plan I read ur history carefully. the fact that the pain is relieved temporarily by defecation suggests irritable bowel syndrome. I advise tab mebeverine 200 mg daily for 2 months. tab eucarbon for 2 months. to confirm presence of worms plz get a stool R/E done. thanx
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