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So i have really bad pain in my stomach when sitting and lying down, so my question is what is wrong with me?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

ABdominal pain: Pain in your stomach can be for multiple possibilities. A common cause for stomach pain is gastritis or gastroenteritis. However, reflux, ulcer, possible. Pancreatitis, hepatitis or gallbladder a possibility too. A kidney infection can sometime present as abdominal pain.

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Answered 9/2/2019

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