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Severe Abdominal Pain After Natural Cleared Up Bowel Obstruction. Pain, Nausea, White Flaky Stools, Burping After Enema For Endoscopy. Report Normal. Advice

I am a 39 year old female. Approximately 4 years ago I lost 50 lbs and then started having severe abdominal pain on the lower right side. This pain has become a dull, aching pain since then. 2 months ago I had a complete bowel obstruction that did not require surgery and cleared up on its own. Since then, the abdominal pain has gotten alot worse, and seems to peak after eating greasy foods. Today, I was scheduled for a scope to see if there were any abnormalities that would be causing the pain. To prepare for this I had to administer 2 enemas, 3 hours apart. The first one was fine, no problems. The second one was very painful, I had trouble breathing and felt nauseous and faint. When I evacuated, it was a white, flaky type of stool that sank. I was in a lot of pain after this as well. The scope showed nothing, everything was pink and healthy. I have been burping a lot since the scope as a way of passing the gas instead of what the doctor said. Any ideas??
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Hello, thanks for contacting HCM with your question.
You mention that you lost 50 lbs. about four years ago
and since then you have had right sided upper abdominal
pain , periodically. You also mention that greasy foods make
it worse. With these symptoms , I strongly suspect gallbladder
problems. Gallstones and acute gallbladder attacks are known
to occur after significant weight loss.
If you have not had a sonogram or a HIDA-Scan (Nuclear) , you
should get these done.
I am glad the endoscopy was O.K.
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Severe Abdominal Pain After Natural Cleared Up Bowel Obstruction. Pain, Nausea, White Flaky Stools, Burping After Enema For Endoscopy. Report Normal. Advice

Hello, thanks for contacting HCM with your question. You mention that you lost 50 lbs. about four years ago and since then you have had right sided upper abdominal pain , periodically. You also mention that greasy foods make it worse. With these symptoms , I strongly suspect gallbladder problems. Gallstones and acute gallbladder attacks are known to occur after significant weight loss. If you have not had a sonogram or a HIDA-Scan (Nuclear) , you should get these done. I am glad the endoscopy was O.K.