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Stomach pain before eating, but is much worse after eating...also hurts in left and rights sides of lower abdomen?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

IBS: "Stomach pains" bilaterally in "lower abdomen" in a young person, if chronic & occurring both before & after eating, suggests Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS; for which there are no confirmatory tests; diagnosis is based strictly on history/physical exam, i.e., what physicians call a "clinical diagnosis". Meds can ameliorate intestinal smooth muscle spasms of autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

Answered 8/9/2015

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