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About three months ago I went to the gastro doctor for this reoccurring pain on my right side. he sent me for an ultra sound and everything came back normal except for an enlarged spleen. After seeing the doctor and having him review some blood work - he told me everything was normal, but I felt like he was wrong. So I went to my normal general doctor who ran some more blood tests and who also agreed there was no signs of cancer. I'm 30 and feel fine most of the time except when I worry. Anyway about two days after being told about my spleen, I began to have left side pressure, pains, pinching, everything. After a week or two, I had an abdominal mri that came back normal on my spleen and everything else. My first doctor had predicted this would happen based off my blood tests. The difference was the ultrasound had spleen measurements and the Mri just says - appears normal. Because of this, I've convinced myself something was missed. For the next couple months I have been obsessively checking every symptom and poking myself constantly to check if I can feel my spleen. I've been slowly improving on my worry but my abdominal issues continue - feels like a bubble under ribs, some pinching pain or dull pressure. It does seem to be better on be rare occasion I stop thinking about it. I also had a endoscopy last week that showed i have mild gastritis.three nights ago I woke up a little sweaty. Then again the next night and last night again but it seemed like more. After the first night I have been very nervous about night sweats. And when I woke up and took my temp and it was only 96.5. My "normal" temp is around 97.7, but I always worry a low temp means cancer. Last night I may have also been having a migraine and I get these repetitive bad dreams which also could have caused the sweating - but how do you know?Should I keep going to more doctors and get repeat scans - why was the ultrasound wrong? Or was the Mri? Or should I just continue to try and calm down like all my family is basically begging me to do. I just don't want to be the guy that misses some obvious symptoms until it's too late. When do you just trust doctors?
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I have IBS and have dull pain which is sometimes deep grinding, stabbing, or neuralgic. The pain moves around from my left, middle and to my right side. The intensity varies. I have had constipation, loose stools, and nausea. Anxiety makes the pain worse. When I am calm, my pain is reduced. Food doesn't affect me. However, everyone experiences IBS differently.
Ask your doctor about IBS and ask for a CT, stool tests, a barium enema/colonoscopy, and a celiac blood test.
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