please help?

Question

ok first of all i am asking this cause i dont have insureance and dont wanna go to the doctor if this is nothing. last thursday i woke up with a pain in my left side. when i cough sneeze laugh or move wrong it hurts pretty bad . when i push with my hand it doesnt hurt. any suggestions

Answer 1

I am not a Dr. and I am guessing that most people on answers are not Drs. I suggest you go to WebMD or some other site and take your cues from that.
Good luck

Answer 2

Is it on the left side near your lungs? Do you feel like it is on the left side on your back? Do you have shortness of breath, like where you can't breathe in all the way when you breathe deeply. If it is near your lungs, and it accompanied by like wheezing or shortness of breath, it could be something like pneumonia, congestion, or some kind of infection in your lungs. If you are just hurting on your left side, you could have pulled your latissamus dorsi, which is the muscles right beside your lungs on your side, and they run to your back as well. It could also be the group of muscles called serratus anterior. These are braided looking muscles that run from your ribs to your scapula (shoulder blade). If you did any vigorous exercise, then that could be the cause of your pain, also because it only hurts when you expand your lungs or move a certain way. You can even hurt the muscles around your lungs if you even cough too much or laugh too hard. Back track and think back a couple of days and think about what you have done...you might find that you fell, or had a coughing fit, or you might have even fell asleep wrong. It could be a number of things that caused it. Write back when you have a little more information, then we could better help you, but if you are sick, you most probably need to go to the doctor. I know how you feel, I don't have insurance either!

Answer 3

Depends where on your left side we're talking about. It's Tuesday, and if you're still experiencing pain (or if it is getting worse), you need to just go to the emergency room. Yes, it will be about a $400-500 bill, but you can make payments until you pay it off.

If the pain is in your lower back left side -- and the pain feels like it's starting to go around front to your abdomen, you could very well have a kidney infection. That can kill you if you don't treat it immediately.

If the pain is more like in the middle of your left side, that could be more indigestion related.

If the pain is more like toward the upper left side, that's probably stress related, in the muscles. If you've been having very stressful events take place in your life, your muscles tense a great deal.

Worse case scenario, visit a free clinic, but see someone now.

Answer 4

I know the appendix is on the very lower right quadrant of your stomach. On the left side, I am not sure. It could be, if it hurts in the very front lower left, it could be endometriosis-Your uterus is lined with a type of tissue called endometrium (say “en-doh-MEE-tree-um”). It is like a soft nest where a fertilized egg can grow. Each month, your body releases hormones that cause the endometrium to thicken and get ready for an egg. If you get pregnant, the fertilized egg attaches to the endometrium and starts to grow. If you do not get pregnant, the endometrium breaks down, and your body sheds it as blood. This is your menstrual period.

When you have endometriosis, the implants of tissue outside your uterus act just like the tissue lining your uterus. During your menstrual cycle, they get thicker, then break down and bleed. But the implants are outside your uterus, so the blood cannot flow out of your body. The implants can get irritated and painful. Sometimes they form scar tissue or fluid-filled sacs (cysts). Scar tissue may make it hard to get pregnant.
Experts do not know what causes endometrial tissue to grow outside your uterus. But they do know that the female hormone estrogen makes the problem worse. Women have high levels of estrogen during their childbearing years. It is during these years—usually from their teens into their 40s—that women have endometriosis. Estrogen levels drop when menstrual periods stop (menopause). Symptoms usually go away then.

What are the symptoms?
The most common symptoms are:

Pain. Where it hurts depends on where the implants are growing. You may have pain in your lower belly, your rectum or vagina, or your lower back. You may have pain only before and during your periods or all the time. Some women have more pain during sex, when they have a bowel movement, or when their ovaries release an egg (ovulation).
Abnormal bleeding. Some women have heavy periods, spotting or bleeding between periods, bleeding after sex, or blood in their urine or stool.
Trouble getting pregnant (infertility). This is the only symptom some women have.

Answer 5

I suggest going to the doctor or the EMergency room. If you have no idea what it is then it could be dangerous to you. You want to be sure & I would let it go one day & if it still hurts as bad tomorrow maybe ask a friend or someone to take you to the doctors only because you don't know what might happen or waht it is. Have you tried taken any advil or Tylenol. Anything might help for a little while. But really go to the doctor.

Answer 6

Ok first DO NOT trust ANY medical advice given here. If you are hurting go to a Dr regardless if you have insurance or not.

If you didn't do any heavy lifting (pulled muscle) I would be a bit concerned. Did you do anything strenous before getting this?

Give it a couple more days if it continues to get worse go to the Dr.

Oh and 1 more thing the longer you wait to go to a Dr. the more expensive it usually is because the problem has progressed from something simple to something complex requiring more tests and drugs.

Answer 7

I depends where on your left side it hurts. It's most likely not your appendix, gallbladder or liver based on your description. You might try a warm bath and some advil, and if relieved, it would indicate that it's muscular. If there's no change to your bowl or urinary habits, that's also good, but it could be so many things, even an ovarian cyst or otherwise. If it doesn't go away, or you spike a fever or get pain that doesn't go away, go to the ER where they'll do a CAT scan to try and discover the source. Good luck!

Answer 8

I am sorry that I can't tell you what is wrong with you, I am no Doctor. I am only responding because of an answer given by someone that call them self "I Know Nothing. You should not make jokes about Cancer. Evidently you have never had a friend or relative die from cancer. It is not a joking matter and not the least bit funny. You are living proof that the world still has idiots among us. Sorry I could not answer your question.

Answer 9

You probibly pulled something, Ive done it hundreds of times! You should def see a doctor though if it lasts another week or so (total of 2 weeks) with no reduction in pain or pain increases. It could also be a pinched nerve which can be alright to pretty unbarable. Good luck, hope u feel better... oh a hot bath may really help... wet heat is what they gave me for the pinched nerve, a hot damp towel works.

Answer 10

You didn't say where exactly the pain is, is it in your tummy it could be intestinal, is it higher up it could be gallbladder etc. For appendicitis its usually in the right side of the tummy and if you push it, it won't hurt, but if you let go than it will hurt. However, as it is since last Thursday I would go to the doctor or the emerge.

Answer 11

I would still go to the emergency room just to make sure all is well. A lot of hospital let you set up a payment plan to pay off the bill. I don't have insurence either so I just slowly pay the bill. Good luck I hope it's nothing too serious but get it checked out just to be safe.