I have just come out of hospital after L4/L5 & L5/S1 disc rupture, now when I sneeze or cough I get a sharp pain in my abdomen a couple of inches from my umbilical approx 3 oclock I have multiple bruises from heparin injections. I am 42 Years old with no other med cond and do not take regular mess. Maryanne
HI. It is apparent from your history that the muscles under the bruises must have been inflamed and so the pain on sneezing and coughing. Discs at the level you mentioned will not cause this problem