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Suggest Treatment For Abdominal Pain And Growling Of Stomach
I have abdominal pain not going away. Not servere pain. It may subside , but returns. The pain is strongest in the upper abdomen. Abdomen feels swollen, hardened and tender. I drink 3 alcohol drinks every other day or sometimes more. The pain seemed to start, be strong and persist when I drank a lot last week. Sometimes, the pain lessens when there is growling in the stomach or elsewhere in the abdomen. The pain feels like it should go away if I can relax enough and it would do enough growling. In other words, it seems like gas, but it is not resolving like gas. Flatulence NOT a problem. Normal eating doesn’t seem to increase pain.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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This sounds like pancreatitis which would be related to drinking alcohol. This can be a life threatening disease which can be avoided if you avoid drinking alcohol. The confirmation of this is a blood test to look at "lipase/amylase" enzymes from the pancreas. Do not quit drinking alcohol "cold turkey" or all at once. slowly wean yourself. The detox from alcohol can be life threatening with seizures. consider medical care to help stop drinking if you have had shakes or seizures if you don't drink.
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