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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
I am turning to the list in search of others who may have
experienced similar symptoms and, I hope, arrived at a diagnosis. For
the past four months, I have suffered from episodic upper abdominal
(epigastric) pain. It **does not** appear to be related in any way to
eating or to the ingestion of gluten. My recent antibody tests and
rebiopsy of duodenum were all normal. The pain is midline, moderate
to severe and generally lasts 4-5 hours. Nothing makes it worse or
better and I have no associated bowel symptoms (no nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea). On average, the pain occurs about once every 2 weeks
although it is irregular in occurence. It has occurred at different
times of day and has woken me from sleep. Tests to date are all
negative (EGD, upper GI series with small bowel follow through,
abdominal ultrasound, blood work (SMA12 and amylase), urinalysis). My
gastroenterologist and I are scratching our heads about what this is
and I would **greatly** like to speed up the diagnosis process.
If you have experienced anything similar please email me privately.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Laura Sessums
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