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What Causes Sharp Pain In Upper Left Abdomen With Diarrhea?

Over the weekend I felt nauseas every once in a while. Then on Monday morning I was getting pretty sharp pains in my upper left abdomen. Deep breathes would bring more pain. Tuesday it was feeling better, only hurt ever so often when I took deep breathes. Today I have almost no pain but I woke up with diarrhea last night. What could be wrong?
Fri, 26 Jun 2020
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Hi,

There can be various reasons for pain upper abdomen. It can be due to gastritis or reflux or peptic ulcer.

The symptoms can be associated with oily spicy food, excess of tea or coffee or smoking.

Sometimes bacterial infections like h pylori can cause pain and nausea. Even stress and anxiety can also lead to such symptoms.

Besides it can be due to problems related to diseases of pancreas or intestines (infection or inflammation), or muscle strain.We also need to rule out problems related to heart, lungs or spleen.

Diarrhea if present points more towards indigestion or intestinal or gastric infection.

So I feel that first of all focus on your diet.Eat plenty of fruits and vegetable. Avoid excess of tea, coffee, oily and spicy food.Take plenty of fluids and small frequent meals. Maintain proper posture especially while sleeping or working on compute.

Also if still your symptoms persist then go for some investigations like complete blood count,FBS,stool examination,tsh,Ecg, chest xray and ultrasound abdomen.This will give you a proper diagnosis.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr. Milinda Gupta
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What Causes Sharp Pain In Upper Left Abdomen With Diarrhea?

Hi, There can be various reasons for pain upper abdomen. It can be due to gastritis or reflux or peptic ulcer. The symptoms can be associated with oily spicy food, excess of tea or coffee or smoking. Sometimes bacterial infections like h pylori can cause pain and nausea. Even stress and anxiety can also lead to such symptoms. Besides it can be due to problems related to diseases of pancreas or intestines (infection or inflammation), or muscle strain.We also need to rule out problems related to heart, lungs or spleen. Diarrhea if present points more towards indigestion or intestinal or gastric infection. So I feel that first of all focus on your diet.Eat plenty of fruits and vegetable. Avoid excess of tea, coffee, oily and spicy food.Take plenty of fluids and small frequent meals. Maintain proper posture especially while sleeping or working on compute. Also if still your symptoms persist then go for some investigations like complete blood count,FBS,stool examination,tsh,Ecg, chest xray and ultrasound abdomen.This will give you a proper diagnosis. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Milinda Gupta