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What Causes Upper Abdominal Pain?

Hi I have had this problem since August 2008. I have severe pain dull and achy and sometimes sharp in my upper left side of my stomach. I have symptoms of pain, wheezing in the exact spot of my pain and alcohol causes it to be more painful. I also feel the pain radiate to my back. Its literally one particular spot but because my stomach is always distended and swollen its hard to know where it is sometimes. I have seen several doctors but nothing. I have taken several tests, but nothing. I have tried different diet but nothing. Any ideas what this sounds like? The pain is always there, never leaves, but the wheezing comes and goes, like the back pain.
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Hi.
Thanks for your query. Read the history and understood the problems.
You have a long standing problem, severe pain - dull and achy and sometimes sharp in the left upper abdomen. Increases on alcohol, radiation to the back; there is a particular spot in the abdomen which is always distended, hard, Visited many Doctors, several tests done, tried different diets. Pain is constant, wheezing is there.

All the symptoms taken together are suggestive of the following probable diagnosis:
Pancreatitis with a cyst
Cancer of the Stomach or pancreas or transverse colon.

The best way to get a proper diagnosis is Investigations:
-Upper GI Endoscopy
-Colonoscopy
-CT scan of the abdomen.

Further treatment will be as per the findings of the investigations.
Till then No Alcohol, soft bland diet.
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What Causes Upper Abdominal Pain?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Read the history and understood the problems. You have a long standing problem, severe pain - dull and achy and sometimes sharp in the left upper abdomen. Increases on alcohol, radiation to the back; there is a particular spot in the abdomen which is always distended, hard, Visited many Doctors, several tests done, tried different diets. Pain is constant, wheezing is there. All the symptoms taken together are suggestive of the following probable diagnosis: Pancreatitis with a cyst Cancer of the Stomach or pancreas or transverse colon. The best way to get a proper diagnosis is Investigations: -Upper GI Endoscopy -Colonoscopy -CT scan of the abdomen. Further treatment will be as per the findings of the investigations. Till then No Alcohol, soft bland diet.