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Edited by Syl (04/06/15 04:05 AM)
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Hi Sylvia,
Thanks for your reply, but I don't understand why the term would no longer be used. My chronic burning pain in the upper left abdomen under the ribcage, which is not accompanied by diarrhea or constipation and is not relieved by a bowel movement just doesn't lend itself to the usual perception of IBS so I think most people with this one symptom, which I've just described, would have a hard time accepting such a general diagnosis as IBS. At least I do personally. I feel more understood and validated by a description that fits my symptoms, which Splenic-flexure does to a T, while IBS, as its generally understood, does not. 
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IBS pain/discomfort can occur in any of the flexures in the colon - hepatic flexure or splenic flexure. My pain is in the splenic flexure. In fact pain can occur anywhere in the abdomen along the colon beside the flexures such as the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, etc
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Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach
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The Role of Food & Dietary Intervention in IBS
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I have been experiencing this discomfort for the last few months, I have been searching the web looking for answers. I am a 45 year old female, in good health, I take no medications, thin, active, I eat healthy, so I am at a loss. I have this feeling like there is something under my right rib cage as if something is stuck underneath or enlarged. At first I thought I had strained a muscle b/c I had been working out in the yard the day before it started. It doesn't hurt, it just feels like there is something there that shouldn't be but when I touch the area there is no swelling or bulge. After about 3-4 weeks when it wasn't going away I went to see my doctor. They did blood work, urine labs and sent me for an ultrasound of gallbladder, all came back normal. I have no other symptoms like nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc. just this feeling like something is there. It seemed to go away on it's own and then came back and has come and gone since sometimes lasting a few days, sometimes a few weeks. When it is back wearing a bra is uncomfortable. Sometimes there is a warmth or burning sensation in the area. The only other symptoms I have had that I think are related are these: A few months before this started I experienced a fluttering sensation, almost like when I was pregnant and the baby moved, in the same location, a couple of times. Since this has started, on 3 or 4 different occasions, I have experienced a charlie horse like spasm in the same area, below the right rib, when bending over from a sitting position. Does anyone have any answers as to what this might be? Does it sound Hepatic flexure?
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