What Do Severe Lower Abdominal Pain And Unintended Weight Loss In A Teenager Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 12 Dec 2016

Question: my 18 year old sons has lost a lot of weight, has a lower abdominal pain, eating hurts, cat scan has found a spot in lower abdomen area, colonoscopy and visual camera down his throat found nothing, they want to perform surgery this coming week and we are terrified, any info would be helpful

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Please give details and post actual reports.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query about your son, albeit short.
To recapitulate:
Male/18 - lost weight - lower abdominal pain - pain on eating - CT shows spot in lower abdomen - Doctor wants to perform surgery this coming week - colonoscopy and visual camera down the throat normal ...
Please give additional information and post the CT scan report:
- Since when the problems started?
- Does he go for bowel movement after food?
- Character of stool?
- Any other symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bloating, loose stools or constipation?
- Any other investigations of blood, urine and stool?

Please give details an post all the reports forme to assist you better...

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