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Cramps In Stomach, Irregular Bowel Movements, Soft Stools And Nausea. What Is The Problem?

Hi doctor, i have moderate cramps in my stomach for the past week and have been having regular bowel movements but the stool is always soft, pale in colour and with white flecks uniformly spread throughout and there are small pits along the stool too. The cramps range from mild to moderate and is accompanied with nausea. Do you know what the problem might be?
Mon, 22 Apr 2013
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General Surgeon 's  Response
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Pale or whitish stool with abdominal pain and nausea can be caused by bile ducts obstruction due to gallstones. The pain should be present int he upper right or middle abdomen, radiate to the back. Urine should be dark.
The strang findings in the stool could be also undigested parts of the food. In such case pancreas disease should be also considered.
Sometimes such flecks in the stool can appear due to lots of bananas intake.
Other possible reasons of your symptoms are intestinal inflammation due to bacterial or viral infection, partial bowels obstruction, inflammatory bowels disease.

I suggest you to visit your doctor and have some basic tests performed. Abdominal X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, blood work, liver tests (AST,ALT,GGTP), bilirubin, amylase, urine amylase, urine analysis should be done at first. Depending of the results other tests and gastroenterologist consult might be necessary.

Hope this will help.
Regards.
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General & Family Physician Dr. Muhammad Ishfaq Habib's  Response
Hi
Welcome to HCM

The description you have provided seems to be more likely due to gastroenteritis or worm infestation which is persistently there. It is recommended to have complete stool analysis for ova and cysts. The soft or loose stools result due to improper water and electrolytes absorption which might result in the decreased level of the water and electrolytes and may cause dehydration. So try to increase your fluid intake. Moreover consult a good gastroenterologist for detailed evaluation and management.

Thanks
Regards
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Cardiologist Dr. Anantharamakrishnan's  Response
Hi friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic

You have not stated which part of the abdomen...
You have not stated your age, gender, personal habits, family history or co-morbidities
Probably, it is an infection / colon usually - and an Internist or gastro-enterologist should see you...

Take care
Wishing speedy recovery
God bless
Good luck
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Dr. Rajinder Singh's  Response
Hi,
It seems you have an impaired liver function, My advise to you is to consult your physician and get examined as per the procedures required in your case. I would say you need to get done your Liver Function test and may be ultrasound of abdomen..

You can also consult Homoeopathy, it is also quiet effective.


Wish you a speedy recovery to health.

Regards
Dr.Rajinder Singh

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Cramps In Stomach, Irregular Bowel Movements, Soft Stools And Nausea. What Is The Problem?

Hello! Thank you for the query. Pale or whitish stool with abdominal pain and nausea can be caused by bile ducts obstruction due to gallstones. The pain should be present int he upper right or middle abdomen, radiate to the back. Urine should be dark. The strang findings in the stool could be also undigested parts of the food. In such case pancreas disease should be also considered. Sometimes such flecks in the stool can appear due to lots of bananas intake. Other possible reasons of your symptoms are intestinal inflammation due to bacterial or viral infection, partial bowels obstruction, inflammatory bowels disease. I suggest you to visit your doctor and have some basic tests performed. Abdominal X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, blood work, liver tests (AST,ALT,GGTP), bilirubin, amylase, urine amylase, urine analysis should be done at first. Depending of the results other tests and gastroenterologist consult might be necessary. Hope this will help. Regards.