My daughter (age 17) had severe abdominal pain for the second time in three weeks on Saturday. Each time the pain has only lasted around an hour or so. However, this time she fainted having been nauseous beforehand. We took her to A&E on the advice of the out of hours GP. They did bloods, ECG and liver tests and found nothing. Could this be a grumbling appendix and if so, what should we do next?
Hi ! It would have been helpful if you had mentioned the area of the abdomen where she gets pain. Anyway, pain must be of severe intensity to cause nausea and fainting. Usually colicky type of pain cause this and one of the common colicky pain which can be thought of is Ureteric colic. Appendix pain could also be bad sometimes, but it may not be that severe enough to cause fainting attack. The second common colicky pain of this severity could be a gall stone/CBD stone colic. The liver tests in this case may be normal in initial stages. As it is a recurring in nature, I would suggest you to consult your family physician who may advise your daughter for an abdominal ultrasound for more clarity of the intro abdominal pathology. Wishing your daughter an early recovery. Thanks.