“No one can figure out what's wrong with me”
My stomach hurts on the middle/upper right side. It's spreading from there to my back and shoulder. I have diarrhea every time I eat something and get nauseous quickly. I'm only on birth control but I've been to my OBGYN and she says it's nothing with my reproductive organs. I've been to the ER multiple times in the last few months and they diagnosed me with constipation and UTI and sent me home.
Female | 16 years old
Complaint duration: 16/09/21
Medications: birth control
1 Answer
You need a good doctor to take a thorough history to figure out what is happening. Having a bowel movement after you eat is called a gastro-colic reflex. The colon contracts and becomes more active after the stomach fills with food. This is often normal but can also happen more in irritable bowel syndrome.
Details regarding the pain are needed to try to determine if the pain is coming from your stomach, the diaphragm, the abdominal wall or somewhere else.
Details regarding the pain are needed to try to determine if the pain is coming from your stomach, the diaphragm, the abdominal wall or somewhere else.
