An a & e one...

[deluded22]

I do hate these threads... but here I am.

I've actually already been to a & e. And OOH GP. I don't know if I should go back or if I am being dramatic?

Had lower abdominal pain and increased need to go to the toilet since late last week. No burning. Increased water intake to try and flush what I thought may be the start of a UTI.

Wednesday evening was driving home and started experiencing pressure in my chest and mild back pain. Got home and had a warm shower and went to bed. Pain in back an abdomen increased to the point I was crippled in pain and in total agony. I've had four children so I'm no stranger to pain but this was something else.

Taken to A & E who diagnose kidney infection and after keeping me in overnight send me off with antibiotics and painkillers. They didn't say much about the chest pain from memory, but I was in a huge amount of pain at the time.

Today- pain in back has subsided a fair bit, however my abdomen is still very painful and almost looks swollen. I had a baby a few months ago and breastfeeding baby holding against my tummy hurts so much I need to lie down.

My main concern is the chest pain though. My chest feels so incredibly tight and like there is a lot of pressure. No stabbing pains etc just constant pressure. No other symptoms of any other illness and I've been well recently.

Been to OOH GP who said my urine is now clear... and that my chest pains are from picking up my baby. It's made me feel like I'm being dramatic and imaging this whole thing!

I'm not normally one to be ill or ask for help. The pain I was in a few days ago was horrific. The chest pain is worrying me. I really don't feel like it's from picking up my baby it doesn't feel like a muscle strain, and the timing of it coming on?

I also felt some tingling and numbness in my arms during the initial episode of pain.

Not sure if it's relevant but I do suffer from anxiety and depression but I've never had health anxiety at all. I was on blood thinners almost my entire pregnancy as I had risk factors for blood clots so my mind keeps jumping to that. I have no partner and I'm on my own with the kids and baby and I'm worried about something happening to me.

If you made it this far thank you for listening x

The chest pain coupled with the swollen abdomen makes me think peritonitis. Does your stomach hurt to touch and have you had any vomiting?

Stomach hurts to touch and is very tender, pain is central- from belly button down. Had committing during the initial episode of pain but not since, just feel generally rotten.

Not to frighten you, but did you get an ECG and/or troponin test in case it was anything to do with your heart?

Symptoms of heart attack in females are often different to those of males. I would go back and get that checked out myself.

I'd be more worried about the abdominal pain, especially with it being tender to the touch.
Either way, you need to go back to A&E for full investigation of your chest and abdominal pains

I was a diagnosed with a kidney infection when it was in fact gallstones- the pain from a gallstone attack was worse than childbirth.

Where exactly is the pain in your stomach, is it belly button level or higher, central or to one side?

I ask because my gallstones presented as back pain and pain on the right side of my abdomen just below bra band. When an attack was severe it felt like a thick pole being shoved through my back all the way through the front and no position would relieve it. It did make it hard to take a deep breath because every movement hurt.

With the tenderness, general malaise and bloating Id go straight to a and e then. Peritonitis can sometimes come with chest pain and it can lead to sepsis very quickly.

Back you go to a&e. Please don't take chances with your health

Please go back to A&E

The abdominal pain is below the belly button and central, not to the sides. Chest pain is also central. I've no temperature at the moment, although the other night prior to attending hospital I know I had the "shivers" then went incredibly hot and sweaty, then back to being cold again etc.

This dr this morning has made me feel almost like it's all in my head and now I'm questioning myself.

I am normally the first to say that it is neither an accident or an emergency when people start these threads, but in this instance I would be pursuing it.

Don't question yourself OP. The abdominal and chest pain sound very worrying.

I went to A&E with agonising shoulder pain and abdominal bloating and the doctor said I had a pulled muscle and sent me home with cocodamol. Was brought back in a few hours later by ambulance and they finally figured out I had been walking about for 24 hours with a perforated bowel. Ended up with emergency surgery which left me with a colostomy bag, sepsis and a collapsed lung.

As above I’m always the first to say don’t go. But I think you should.

How many weeks post-part did you take blood thinners - 6 weeks? My first thought on the chest pain was that (I’ve had multiple clots and am life long coags) but you should be past the primary risks if continued to 6 weeks PP.

I would be concerned about the abdominal pain. A&E for sure (and I am not one to say that lightly).

Good luck.

*post-partum

How you feeling today, dd22, better? Did you get any more medical advice since your last post?

@deluded22 Checking in to see how you are