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What Causes Pain In Both Sides Of The Abdomen?

Hello. I am a 26 year old male. I have been doing the HCG oral drop diet protocal for almost a month now. It seems to be working great as I have lost 30 pounds so far. When I stick to the protocol I feel fine. A couple times now on days when I have been out of town and ate a little bit different foods, I wake up at about 2 in the morning with a pretty bad pain in my right side. Below my ribs and to the side of my abdomen. It usually lasts for a couple hours. But during that time is pretty horrible. What could this be and how could I prevent it?
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hi ! Good afternoon. I am Dr Shareef answering your query.

If I were your doctor, I would not advise you for any chemical or drug treatment for reducing your weight but for regular exercises. Fast reduction in weight might give rise to gall stones, which might be responsible for your pains after food from outside. Apart from this, food from outside might also get intestinal infections with it and cause your symptoms. Therefore, I would advise you to go for a routine stool test for ova and cyst, and an ultrasound abdomen, and also a serum amylase and lipase if you are used to consume alcohol. Till the investigation reports are out, you could go for a proton pump inhibitor, along with a probiotic and an anti spasmodic drug. Further management would depend on the reports of clinical examination of your abdomen, and the reports of investigations.

I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.

Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.
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What Causes Pain In Both Sides Of The Abdomen?

Hi ! Good afternoon. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. If I were your doctor, I would not advise you for any chemical or drug treatment for reducing your weight but for regular exercises. Fast reduction in weight might give rise to gall stones, which might be responsible for your pains after food from outside. Apart from this, food from outside might also get intestinal infections with it and cause your symptoms. Therefore, I would advise you to go for a routine stool test for ova and cyst, and an ultrasound abdomen, and also a serum amylase and lipase if you are used to consume alcohol. Till the investigation reports are out, you could go for a proton pump inhibitor, along with a probiotic and an anti spasmodic drug. Further management would depend on the reports of clinical examination of your abdomen, and the reports of investigations. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.