My name is Stephanie, my 54 year old husband (Thom) has had a sharp pain that comes and goes, in his upper, central abdomen area. It has been occurring for 4 days now, off and on. The most comfortable position for him when he feels it coming on, is to lay on his back/side and pull his knees up a bit and lay them in the opposite direction. He has tried taking antacid with advil but it only sometimes helps. He thinks it is muscular , but I m not so sure. Thank you for your time.
This can not be muscular pain as the muscular one comes continuously. This is a spasmodic pain and can be due to Intestinal obstruction or Colitis. Standing X-ray of the abdomen is diagnostic in many cases, to be added on by ultrasonography and upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy. As the patients age is 54 years, it is better to rule out Cancers and such problems at the earliest.