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Stomach and upper right abdominal pain, blood in stool. What is it?

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It started about three weeks ago after I consumed an overly greasy pizza. I thought someone had poisoned me or that I’d suddenly come down with an illness. My stomach and upper right abdomen hurt unbearably and I felt dizzy and nauseous. After a few hours, I was left with pressure on my right side and dull pain in my stomach, both of which have lasted theee weeks. For about a week now, I’ve had darker and darker stools, which is starting to worry me. What could be wrong?

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  • jamie_1004
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    Maybe have your gallbladder checked? GB attacks can happen after eating greasy foods and my first one ever gave me severe abdominal pain that built up over 10ish hours before I went to the hospital and at that point, I could barely walk because of the pain and it had to my shoulder and neck. Very bad nausea. Was diagnosed with gallstones. 
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  • lester90053
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    Sounds like a novice pizza worker did not wash his or her hands and passed something viral on to you. Have it checked out immediately as it could get worse.
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  • g56042
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    Thank you all for your responses! I already had an endoscopy done and it found that I have I have inflammatory cells in my intestine and chronic acid reflux, although this was definitely before the current symptoms started. I believe the pain was caused by my gallbladder since the pain started around 10 minutes after I ate the pizza. The main thing I was worried about was the pressure in my side that continued afterwards. Is that normal for a gallbladder attack? And would blood in my stool also be normal?
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    • pippa58442
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      Blood in your stool is not normal unless it has been caused by haemorrhoids or fissures.   It  should be investigated.  A HIDA scan would check gallbladder function.  Your problem may be gastritis.  Were the inflammatory cells inflammation of the stomach lining?
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    • g56042
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      No, they were in my small intestine. The doctors tested for celiac disease and that came back negative. I have a systemic nickel allergy that causes anaphylaxis, though. They suspect that that is the culprit for the inflammation. They didn’t find any inflammation in my stomach. 
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    • pippa58442
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      Try a food diary to see if you have any other food problems and avoid pizza since it caused pain.  The other possibility could be a simple intolerance to fatty foods rather than gallbladder trouble.  I had a fatty food intolerance.for years linked to GERD.  I couldn’t eat fry ups, olive oil, chips and anything with batter on it without nausea or vomiting.  I could feel the fat lying undigested in my stomach.  Now I can eat all these foods again provided the chips haven’t been cooked in lard.  The only fatty food I still can’t eat is salame.  Occasionally, I have had the intolerance to fry ups when I have had a severe IBS attack which is rare.
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