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sever upper left abdominal pain
Please do not answer with "go see a doctor" because I am planning on going as soon as I can make an appt, I just want to see if anyone has had these same symptoms or if someone knows what I could have. Today all of a sudden I was suffering from severe upper left abdominal pain, like a little bit under the ribs and on the side. It was probably the worst abdomen pain I have ever had, and it was extremely hard to get up or walk around. They took me to the school health clinic where the doctor, who I feel did not examine me very well beforehand, injected me with Sertal Forte complex (thats what its called in spanish, I dont know if there is a different brand in english) And that seemed to help a little bit, my left side is still pretty sore but it took the edge off. I have also been dizzy and faint, very pale and I have had a bad headache all day. The doctor said it was probably colitis, but from what I have heard colitis is most common with diarrea and I havent had any of that. Is there a possibility that it could be something else more severe? I am not sure if I should miss another day of school to go to the doctor, but during these weeks of exams I am worried I will have another attack where the pain is so severe that I can't even walk. Does anyone have an idea of what this could be? Thanks in advance.
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I can only think of 2 things.
Mononucleosis.. which is the inflammation of the spleen (on the left side). If you move around too much, your spleen could rupture and it could be fatal. I had mono (also known as kissing disease) it's not THAT serious but should be extra careful. One of the few symptoms of mono is fatigue, tired, sleeping a lot, irritable, swollen lymph nodes.
The other thing (this is only for girls though.. i don't know if you're a girl or not) it could be an ovarian cyst. I had one on my right side and i immediately got scared because I thought it was appendicitis (since they are both on the right side) but I went to the emergency room and they did a MRI on it and said it was an ovarian cyst which is common in women and should go away by itself since my ruptured (when it hurts really badly, it ruptured).
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What I found when I googled Sertal Forte complex was that it is; Therapeutic effect: Antispasmodic.
If I were to make a guess, based on the fact that you said it had some helpful effect is; the doctor treated you for some type of muscle cramp or spasm but I'm guessing. Your doing the right thing by going to your own doctor who knows you best.
Since I am only guessing with the what of the cause of your pain is. Where you doing anything that might have caused you to pull an upper abdominal muscle or chest wall muscle?
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