Dear Doctor! I have had pain on my left abdominal side for a while now. The pain starts from my left abdominal side, moves on to my left chest and then back to where my shoulder blades are. The pain can be sharp, burning or very constant. I have had many EKGs done, blood tests and all possible tests you can imagine but it all came out clear. I am going crazy, the pain comes and goes, usually stays for a 1-2 weeks and then disappears for a while and comes back again. Please help me! Sincerely, A frustrated patient
Hi. Thanks for your query and an elucidated history. It is good that doing EKG and other test the heart problem has been ruled out. Yet, it is better to get a cardiac consultation from a Cardiologist to undergo further investigations like Eco-cardio and so on. Another reason can be recurrent colitis or HERD. I would advise you the following:-Upper GI Endoscopy as you have burning pain, it is recurrent.-CT scan of the chest and abdomen as sometimes there are hidden problems which can be detected only on CT.-MRI of the spine- as the disc prolapse can cause you such weird problems. Once the diagnosis is made, treatment is easy.