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What Causes Severe Abdominal Pain In Elderly?

My father-in-law - 72 years of age, since last year has had multiple admissions in the hospital for right-sided abdominal pain.
The following diagnostic tests were carried out

Sonography - normal except for prostate enlargement.
Colonoscopy - showed multiple diverticuli in the sigmoid colon
CT can - again showing multiple diverticuli

Whenever he has severe pain, he has absolutely no other symptom.. no fever, nausea, vomiting, blood-per-rectum, constipation or anything related. Its only the severe abdominal pain on the right side
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
Twitter Wed, 9 Jul 2014 Answered on
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
The Sigmoid colon is a mobile part of the large bowel. When moving this can reach the right side causing pain in the right side of the abdomen.
You have an obvious reason diagnosed as sigmoid diverticuli.

I think the sigmoid colectomy should solve the problem. And your Father-in-law would be fine.
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What Causes Severe Abdominal Pain In Elderly?

Hi. Thanks for your query. The Sigmoid colon is a mobile part of the large bowel. When moving this can reach the right side causing pain in the right side of the abdomen. You have an obvious reason diagnosed as sigmoid diverticuli. I think the sigmoid colectomy should solve the problem. And your Father-in-law would be fine.