I have severe abdominal cramping on the lower left side of my abdomen . I am also drenched in a cold sweat, shaky, naseous and irritable because of the pain. I have had my gall bladder removed. I have lost 18 pounds in 30 days with out trying. I have an appetite and eat. About 1 1/2 hours later I get sick like this. My doctor does not know either.What can I do? I am a 49 year old female and am 5 foot 7 inches and weigh 215 lbs. Thank you for any advice or help.
Hello! Thank you for the query. Lower left side abdominal pain may be caused by diverticulitis, left urinary tract infection, left ovarian inflammation and large intestine tumors as well. According to your symptoms, you should have abdominal ultrasound and foll blood work with liver enzymes and pancreas enzymes, urine test. If an ultrasound find vertices and WBC with CRP will be elevated, you should have antibiotics therapy and colonoscopy after about a month (not earlier, as colonoscopy when inflamed vertices may result with large intestine perforation). If your inflammation markers will be fine, you should have colonoscopy right away to rule colon cancer out. Hope this will help. Regards