Electric shock type pain below belly button. Any ideas?
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Hello All
I'm a 44 year old male and today I've been experiencing some weird pains and feeling around my lower abdominal area. Just wondering if any of you kind folk would be able to give me some ideas as to what it could be. I'll also post this in the abdominal disorders section as these problems seem relevant to that section.
Firstly, I get this odd electric shock type pain in an area about two inches directly below my belly button. There has felt like a constantly discomfort in that area all day, and I've felt slightly nauseous all day, but every now and and again the pain changes to this electric shock type pain that almost takes my breath away. this shock pain doesn't last long, 30 seconds to 1 minute max, then goes back to the discomfort type pain. On top of that I seem to flatulating (farting) a lot more than usual, plus I've been getting odd moments where I can feel areas of my lower abdomen are fluttering. The shock type pain, flatulating and fluttering don't seem to coincide with each other or with anything I do, it's all very random.
Apart from that everything else with me seems fine. No fever, sickness or bowel movement issues, pulse and temperature seem fine, I don't think I've strained anything, haven't really done much to strain anything anyway, its all very strange. Any ideas and thoughts on what this could be would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
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EdEire paul75665
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well for what i can see you will need few tests before we come to conclusion.
it could be simple indigestion related to certain food. and it could be ibs....it could be helycobacter chewing his way or it could be crohn.... please take me with pinch of salt....
visit your gp will be my bet and start with blood test.
try bland diet and do not stress....avoid alcohol if possible
pippa58442 paul75665
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Maybe food or stress is causing it? I get fluttering in my stomach with IBS but I also get bowel habit change. Try a food and stress diary and see your doctor if it doesn't go away after one week. It could be any number of things.
erin28993 paul75665
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Although this is happening around your belly button, your description sounds like a nerve pain. I had a pinched nerve in the back of my head (occipital neuralgia) for a year. It was like a fire cracker. Like someone had lit the nerve in the back of my head and a burning sensation would travel through the nerve to the front of my head then like an explosion when it hit the end of the nerve. It would stop me dead in my tracks. I would hold my head and my breath until it was over. This would last seconds to a minute and be random. The more it happened it caused inflammation, which lead to a lot of issues including tremendous head pain/headaches, etc. I was under a neurologists care for a year with crazy meds, injections in my head....It was horrible. Luckily, I knew exactly which nerve was affected and was able to have specialized soft tissue repair which fixed it.