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Liver pain and stomach cramps

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Legend13
Legend13

Hi. I was wondering if someone could help. I was diagnosed with celiac disease around 4 years ago. I followed the GF diet for around a year but slowly started eating more and more gluten in my diet. I felt it wasn’t giving me a sore stomach so wasn’t to much of a problem. Around 2 months ago, I was getting various symptoms, pain in my testicle, pain around the liver area, and general tiredness. I decided to sort my eating out and for 6 weeks I have now been gluten free. I went to the doctors regarding my testicle and he diagnosed epidyditmitis so some antibiotics cleared that away. I just presumed my pain around my liver are would go away as my body got used to being gluten free. We are now 6 weeks later and I would say the pain is slightly worse than it was. I have also been suffering from stomach cramps for the past 3/4 days. The pain in my liver is just below my right rib cage and occasionally goes down my side. 

Should I continue with the GF diet and hope it gets better or do I need to be checked out? Any idea what might be causing my sore liver? 

Thanks in advance for any help. 

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  • FaourAli
    FaourAli Legend13

    Posted

    Had any blood tests? Liver function test? Ultrasound for liver and gallbladder?
    • Legend13
      Legend13 FaourAli

      Posted

      Thanks for your response. No, not had any tests done. Not mentioned the pain to my doc as I just presumed it would settle down as my body got used to my new diet. 
  • jace81824
    jace81824 Legend13

    Posted

    Hi, I would say that if you have been diagnosed with Celiacs it is never a good idea to have gluten in your diet at any point even if you think a little won't hurt. The gluten will always do damage to Celiacs. The pain you are feeling may be a radiating pain extending from your stomach. However, it never hurts to investigate if indeed it is originating from the liver. The symptoms that I experience from gluten is severe vomiting so the idea of consuming it never enters my mind.

    Good luck.

  • Legend13
    Legend13

    Posted

    I have now had a bloods taken and a liver function test and they have all come back normal. Dr can’t see me for a follow up appt for another 5 days. Anyone have any ideas as to what the pain in my side/liver could be? 
  • robbo123
    robbo123 Legend13

    Posted

    I really would ask for a stool test I have had to find out myself what it wrong Its H pylori
    • Legend13
      Legend13 robbo123

      Posted

      Many thanks for ur response. They symptoms sound like it could be that but according to google it isn’t as common in developed countries. I’m from the UK. Will certainly ask my doctor about it though. 
    • robbo123
      robbo123 Legend13

      Posted

      I too live in UK I have never travelled to 3rd world countries I am over fussy about hygiene Have not eaten junk food for 40 years I am shocked to find I have this and had to push for testing All other tests came back fine
    • Legend13
      Legend13 robbo123

      Posted

      I really appreciate u taking the time respond. I’m actually going to see the doc later today so will bring this up. Many thanks. 
    • Legend13
      Legend13 robbo123

      Posted

      Got the stool test today so just got to wait a week for results. Thanks for suggesting this as my doctor really wasn’t sure what to do. Do u mind me asking what ur symptoms were/are? 
    • robbo123
      robbo123 Legend13

      Posted

      I have a band of pain around my waist and back

      It feels I am being squeezed I feel very bloated most of time

      I do have gall stones but two eminent consultants that I paid say I don't have gall stone symptoms but that of IBS

      I then started a fod map diet it did nothing

      I then was concerned that I might have cancer and persuaded Gp to give me more blood tests that came back normal except a positive reading for H Pylori

      I was given a course of very strong antibiotics I had a very bad reaction to them and after one dose they were stopped

      I am awaiting stool test result which I had to persuade my doctor to give me Only that test can prove I have a current bacteria

      I am so mad I am having to do all the research myself My doctors have been hopeless and the consultants Keep in touch and ask any questions I have read so much Jen

  • Legend13
    Legend13

    Posted

    I got my results back and there negative for H Pylori. Been taking omeprazole and ranitidine for a week also and they have made little to no difference. Really at my wits end as to what this pain under my right rib and down my side can be. 
  • robbo123
    robbo123 Legend13

    Posted

    You need to be off medication for test to work

    Goggle it and you will see You need to be free of stomach meds for a couple of weeks

    I had a positive blood test I now know this is not a reliable test anyway

    It just shows you have had it sometime in your life

    I insisted on a stool test which came back negative but I had taken one dose of the triple pack so not sure whether even that affected testing I am in lots of pain tonight bloated stomach flank pain on both sides and pain in back

    All blood tests normal and stool tests Could it be Candida ?

    • Legend13
      Legend13 robbo123

      Posted

      I didn’t start the tablets until after I took the test as the dr had advised the same. 
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