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Upper stomach pain through upper back/shoulder blade area

I have been experiencing this upper stomach pain that radiates into my upper back/right shoulder blade area for over a month now. It wakes me from sleep, and makes me horribly nauseous. I have found no rhyme or reason to it, but only the same symptoms every time. I wake up very hot, but when I remove the covers I am easily chilled. Sometimes a heating pad and tylenol help, but not always.

Please help me.
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  • Female | 20 years old
  • Complaint duration: 50 days
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian / White
  • Height: 63
  • Weight: 180lbs
  • Medications: Junel Fe
  • Hospitalizations: Appendectomy
May 23, 08:47 AM

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1 UpVoted this answer Otumdi Omekara, MD Preventive Medicine Specialist, Portland
Classic Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder that occurs most commonly because of an obstruction of the cystic duct by gallstones)

This is due to Gall Bladder infection / inflammation. I would caution you that traditional Medicine will recommend removing your Gallbladder which will lead to lifetime management and horrific weight issues.

I urge you to find a Functional Medicine Doctor in your town and see them provided you are not in a critical emergency state right now (go to emergency room)

If it is not Gallbladder (which I doubt) but something else; the FM Doctor will be best able to help you.

watch this short video on what a Functional Medicine Doctor does:

http://orangeparkchiropractor.com/functional-medicine/

www.discoverhealth.us
David Otto
David Otto, DC, DACBN
Chiropractic in Orange Park, FL
Level: Key Opinion Leader (527)
Website: Discover Family Wellness
May 23, 03:32 PM
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1 UpVoted this answer Bradford L Romans M D, P A, M. D., Doctor of Medicine Primary Care Physician, dallas
I encourage you to see a physician for thorough evaluation. The first thing that comes to mind would be a gall bladder condition. Gall bladder pain frequently is associated with nausea, pain in upper stomach area and right shoulder area. Many other diseases can cause your symptoms such as a liver problem, or certain types of ulcer disease. A doctor can readily discern the cause and begin appropriate treatment. Best wishes.
John S. Ferris
John S. Ferris, MD
Internist in Grapevine, TX
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Website: Grapevine Internal Medicine Centre
May 23, 12:12 PM
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PS:

Fatty food worsens the pain as the gall bladder tries to respond to the demand for digestive bile. Adequate water intake may also be helpful for dissolving the gall stones.
Otumdi Omekara
Otumdi Omekara, MD
Preventive Medicine Specialist in Portland, OR
Level: Key Opinion Leader (106)
Website: Dromekara.com Health & Fitness Publishing
May 29, 11:42 AM
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The history is highly suggestive of cholelythiasis (gall bladder stone obstruction of outlet) with secondary infection (cholecystitis) from billiary stagnation. The severity of the pain is related to the vigorous contracting effort of the gall to expelled the gall stone from the outlet.

The radiation of the pain to the tip of the right shoulder blade is also typical of gall bladder pain. Full physician evaluation with radiological studies is the way to a definitive diagnosis.

Once it is confirmed, the gall stone could be chemically dissolved, or ultrasonically/fiberoptic ally crushed and flushed out in bile secretion. Broad spectrum antibiotics are usually effective in clearing the infections. Only chronically infected and heavily fibrotic gall bladders are inevitably removed surgically to avoid malignant transformations.
Otumdi Omekara
Otumdi Omekara, MD
Preventive Medicine Specialist in Portland, OR
Level: Key Opinion Leader (106)
Website: Dromekara.com Health & Fitness Publishing
May 29, 11:33 AM
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