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UNINSURED W/ STOMACH PAIN… AND MORE!
I have abdominal pain that started out as a dull throb/stab and then progressed to feeling like I was being stabbed, all in one specific point an inch to the right of my bellybutton….
Whew. That’s a lot of symptoms to worry about, All Stressed Up and No Place to Go!…
What kinds of causes?…
- Allergic: hives, flushing of hands, intermittent stomach pains (without changes in bowel movements)…
I’ve had all these symptoms (plus others) for almost two years now. One difference is I experience full body hives not just hives at my elbows. Try researching “histamine intolerance” and see if that helps at all. Stress and exercise exacerbate my symptoms (hives, headaches, joint pain/arthritis, constipation/diarrhea, asthma, eczema, abdominal cramp, insomnia), but since I’ve diagnosed myself with histamine intolerance and have followed methods in which to ease my symptoms, I have indeed felt better…
So you can add me to the list of doctors who had never heard of Histamine Intolerance (HI) before…
Since the main therapy for HI is avoidance of histamine-rich foods (see Figure 3 in that article), you may want to try that too. But a future visit with an allergist may be particularly beneficial, from the sound of it.
Thank you to Dingyack for the tip.
I’m pretty sure this was on Embarrassing Bodies (UK C4 tv show) this week, and they suggested treatment with antihistamines. They also posited that exercise can help; although it initially worsens the symptoms, it can alter the way the body processes excess histamine. Might be worth looking it over (S5, E5).
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