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To be considering going to A&E?

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 16:05

Woke up at 4am this morning with pain high in the middle of my stomach. Thought maybe trapped wind, took buscopan and windeeze , went to loo twice and no better.
I've not eaten all day cos of this pain. It's like an intense stitch or wind type pain?
I don't know if I should go to a&e or if I should just wait. It's probably a 6 on the pain scale, I can walk around kind of but it's always there. It's about here (see photo)
I don't know what to do.

To be considering going to A&E?
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DWMoosmum · 07/09/2022 19:31

@leopardprintlover88 yes, almost exactly the same place. It started with a sensation of food sticking in my oesophagus and then the pain started under my breast bine but would radiate up to my shoulder which worried me. The meds have worked wonders though. The esomeprazole is a bit stronger so started working quicker as well. Im still waiting for an 'urgent' appt with the gastroenterologist form June but hey ho, it's all but fine now. Mine started up during a period of real upset. Have you had anything upsetting or unsettling recently? x

iwannabea · 07/09/2022 18:58

mariominder · 07/09/2022 18:49

If you can't drive and have no-one who could drive you I do hope you're taking a taxi. Good luck.

are you also waiting for the ‘I’ve phoned an ambulance’ update?

TabithaTittlemouse · 07/09/2022 18:52

Obviously I hope that you are okay op but this really is mumsnet at it’s worst. You’ve been given a variety of diagnoses by people who may or may not be getting information from holby city.

EgonSpengler2020 · 07/09/2022 18:51

Daysy · 07/09/2022 16:13

Yeah YABU.

Why don’t grown adults know what A&E stands for? It’s weird.

I think the E stands for Emergency, is that right?!

An Acute abdo (acute abdominal pain) is an Emergency until proven otherwise. The statistics for acute abdo are actually quite eye opening, with around 50% of presentations being nothing much and 50% being something serious that needs treatment, with I think about 10% that could land the HCP in coroners court if they fuck up and miss it (it's a while see I listened to a podcast on it), but you get the idea.

CookieCoo · 07/09/2022 18:50

Sounds like gallstones. Excruciating. Hope it gets sorted soon OP

mariominder · 07/09/2022 18:49

If you can't drive and have no-one who could drive you I do hope you're taking a taxi. Good luck.

LakieLady · 07/09/2022 18:41

chimpandzee · 07/09/2022 18:31

my gallbladder pain was much higher up - under my rib cages. My sister had pain in a similar position to yours which turned out to be an inflamed cyst on one of her ovaries. good luck at 7.

So was mine, and it radiated into my right shoulder, and made me vomit.

I only get it if I eat something fatty though, so I'm hoping to avoid surgery.

SwordBilledHummingbird · 07/09/2022 18:39

RedRosie · 07/09/2022 17:09

I would call 111. This could (possibly) be appendicitis and my doctor missed it when this happened to me. They will ask you the right questions.

I'm not disagreeing with you about the OP getting further advice but 111 missed my appendicitis and gave me terrible advice. I ended up in A&E later that day after my temperature just started to rocket. I was feeling very unwell though and had absolutely zero appetite, which is fairly typical for appendicitis.

Really she needs examining as it could be any number of things.

LakieLady · 07/09/2022 18:37

leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 16:39

@hedgehoglurker I had a light tea about 5pm as I felt a bit nauseous and had a meeting so ate early, then took 2 ibroprofens before bed for some back pain I've been having. I very rarely take them as I used to take them a lot when I was younger but they were the first thing I came across. I took them around 10pm I would say, and then woke up in agony with this pain at 4am. I've been suffering a lot lately with bloating and some kind of acid reflux x

You're not supposed to take ibuprofen on an empty stomach, and if you only had a "light tea" at 5pm, your stomach may well have been pretty empty by the time you took them 5 hours later. Ibuprofen can irritate your stomach, especially if you already have issues with stomach acid, so it may well be best to avoid it and use an alternative painkiller.

The lansoprazole should sort it, but it might take a day or two.

iwannabea · 07/09/2022 18:33

leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:21

@Onlytheriver other than the ibroprofen last night I've not taken any pain relief, just busopan and about 5 mins ago some gaviscon.
I've got an appointment at my urgent treatment centre which is within a&e at 7 but it's 20 mins away and not sure if I'm up to driving Sad

gaviscon isn’t a painkiller. Neither is lansoprazole. Why haven’t you taken paracetamol?

chimpandzee · 07/09/2022 18:31

my gallbladder pain was much higher up - under my rib cages. My sister had pain in a similar position to yours which turned out to be an inflamed cyst on one of her ovaries. good luck at 7.

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:21

@Marmunia1066 Good grief. I'm very sorry to hear that Flowers

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:21

@Onlytheriver other than the ibroprofen last night I've not taken any pain relief, just busopan and about 5 mins ago some gaviscon.
I've got an appointment at my urgent treatment centre which is within a&e at 7 but it's 20 mins away and not sure if I'm up to driving Sad

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:19

@JustDanceAddict did you find out what your pain was?

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Darbs76 · 07/09/2022 18:13

Could be gallstones. Just got to A&E if pains that bad. Take it from someone who was left with half a pancreas and constant pain - don’t ignore it

Marmunia1066 · 07/09/2022 18:12

Please get help. My MIL had these gallbladder symptoms last week, left them too long and sadly we buried her today.

9thlife · 07/09/2022 18:10

I have pain this ( obv not medical) it’s serious reflux for me.
i take two diff meds from gp and then things like gaviscon/rennies when its really bad.
ofcourse I was checked out by gp first as the pain was so bad it hurt breathing.

jennakong · 07/09/2022 18:08

Have you done anything strenuous and perhaps pulled an ab. muscle? I did this a month ago while pulling my daft kitten off a porch roof from an upstairs window, where she had jumped out. Very bad pain that woke me in the night for about 4-5 days & sore during the day too. Only really got relief lying in the bath. Is it worse when you palpate the area or stretch or is the pain constant?

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:08

@OldFan thank you ❤️ it's my daughters christening on Sunday so I really don't want to be unwell!! X

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TwoWeeksislong · 07/09/2022 18:07

That’s great you have an appointment for this evening. Hopefully they can figure it out and get you some treatment started and get the pain under control too.

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:07

@DWMoosmum Did you have pain in a similar place? x

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Onlytheriver · 07/09/2022 18:06

Have you taken pain relief aside from ibuprofen (don't take that). Are you willing/able to get your ass to A&E? Are you vomiting?

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:05

@MrsLargeEmbodied thank you x

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JustDanceAddict · 07/09/2022 18:05

I went to a&e last week with awful persistent chest pain in the middle of the night. I was 99% sure it was heartburn but it just didn’t shift for hours. They were really good and the Dr (after a 4.5 hour wait), said he’d have come in too with chest pain of that nature. I’m on omaprazole as well, and took gaviscon to no avail.
hope they get to the bottom of your pain soon.

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leopardprintlover88 · 07/09/2022 18:02

@Onlytheriver it woke me up at 4am so 14 hours now xx

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