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How long does abdominal pain last after a colonoscopy

A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Wayne Wolf
General Surgery 22 years experience
Hiatal hernia: Typically a hiatal hernia will not cause upper abdominal pain but can give you pain directly behind the breastbone. Other causes for upper abdominal ... Read More
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Dr. David Earle
General Surgery 33 years experience
Maybe: Hiatal hernia is very common, but they are not all the same. Large ones can certainly cause pain, along with difficulty swallowing or reflux/heartburn... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Charles Cattano
Gastroenterology 41 years experience
Lots still possible: ...what has your CT scan or ultrasound showed? Sounds like your medical evaluation is well underway, and at least entities like GI cancer and IBD hav... Read More
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Dr. Andrew Seibert
Gastroenterology 37 years experience
Not sure.: From your description of one, it is not clear what is causing the problem. Assuming that your laboratory a valuation is all normal, I think my next st... Read More
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Dr. Anthony Depalma
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Go to ER: SEVERE pain suggests a problem, and you may need a CT scan. Best to not wait.
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Hoffman
General Surgery 37 years experience
Possible: The gallbladder is still a possible culprit until you get a hida scan and ejection fraction study. A cancer should be seen on ct scan if large enough ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Louise Andrew
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Emergency Medicine 48 years experience
Gas pockets: can tend to accumulate in these places, called hepatic and splenic flexure. Make sure to keep very regular, and possibly it will not be as bothersome... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Froude
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Check endo results.: There are a lot of symptoms here for a negative endoscopy. Did she have both upper and lower? Any other studies? I would speak to the gastroentrologis... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Donald Colantino
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Was an upper endoscopy also performed? Was the colonoscopy performed while the fecal calprotectin level was so high or sometime later when inflammato... Read More
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Dr. Romanth Waghmarae
Pain Management 41 years experience
Colonoscopy: Yes totally normal and this is due to gas that was used during the procedure. The pain should be decreasing and this gets better as the gas passes ove... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Ziring
Pediatric Gastroenterology 24 years experience
Frequent stools: If your doctor has run tests for parasites and they are negative, and there is no concern for organic disease given your negative colonoscopy, absence... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Tracy Berg
General Surgery 34 years experience
Many possibilities: Ovary, hernia, uterus, bladder are all possible sources of your pain. Constipation is easily remedied at home with bowel regimen, increased oral hydra... Read More
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