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Hi I Am A 43 Year Old Female For The

Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019

Question: Hi I am a 43 year old female For the past year or so I have been experiencing random bouts of sharp pinching like pain in my lower abdomen more towards center not by ovary. The pain sporatically happens and lasts a second or two. It can be gone for a month or two and then come back lasting a few days. In July I had a workup done by my gyno had blood work swabs and ultrasound all came back clear. My question is should I be concerned about the pain what could be the cause.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please give some more details and post actual reports, if available.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history well and understood the concerns.

Please give additional information for me to assist you better:

Any other symptoms during the pain?
Like nausea,
vomiting,
noisy movement of intestines,
Feeling to pass urine or stool,
Bloating localized to the area of pain,
sweating?
Does the stool change? Like loose, fouls smelling, sticky/mucus during those few days?
Any relation to the menstrual cycle?
If possible post the reports of blood and ultrasound or any other investigations?
Any medications given/tried?
Any other relevant information, please.
Detailed history helps a lot in proper diagnosis and prognosis.

Awaiting your feedback...
Dr. T Chandrakant
General Surgeon

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
As discussed

Detailed Answer:
The congestion caused by changes during or just before periods can cause such symptoms.
Since the symptom is momentary and not accompanied by any other symptoms, not to worry.

Please observe for more details and associated symptoms next time and give feedback.

I hope, this answers your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Dr. T Chandrakant

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (21 minutes later)

No other symptoms usually occurs right before or directly after my period. Was not provided with any medication

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (4 hours later)

There are times where I feel crampy like I need to have a bowel movement I am currently awaiting a colonoscopy gastro feels like I may have ibs I also had a few rounds of bacterial vaginosis last year could either of these cause such pain in a localized area

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (10 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please post Colonoscopy report once done.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your additional feedback.
IBS can surely cause the symptoms as you have mentioned.
But to say this to be IBS, it is better to get the GI related investigations to be within normal limits.
Bacterial vaginosis can cause PID that is pelvic inflammatory disease which in turn cause continuous pain in the lower abdominal area. Hence Can not cause momentary pain as you have mentioned.
I hope this answer helps you further.

Dr T Chandrakant.

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