Doctors & Nurses!! My mom has a pretty big knot in her upper left side. It does not hurt always but sometime?

Question

she has a lot of pain. It has been there for about a year. Everytime she eats she cramps really bad and sometimes vomits, but not always. Any suggestions on what this might be?

Answer 1

This is an intestinal problem. The spasms are coming from the intestines. Every time she eats it starts the spasms. This is probably a combination of constipation and diarrhea, the knot is more than likely The large intestine.

Soluble fiber is the single greatest dietary aid for preventing Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms in the first place, as well as relieving them once they occur. Here's the kicker. Soluble fiber is NOT typically found in foods most people think of as "fiber," such as bran or raw leafy green vegetables. Soluble fiber is actually found in foods commonly thought of as "starches", though soluble fiber itself differs from starch as the chemical bonds that join its individual sugar units cannot be digested by enzymes in the human GI tract. In other words, soluble fiber has no calories because it passes through the body intact.

As a general rule, the grain and cereal foods at the top of this list make the safest, easiest, and most versatile soluble fiber foundations for your meals and snacks.[1]

Rice
Pasta and noodles
Oatmeal
Barley
Fresh white breads such as French or sourdough (NOT whole wheat or whole grain)*
Rice cereals
Flour tortillas
Soy
Quinoa
Corn meal
Potatoes
Carrots
Yams
Sweet potatoes
Turnips
Rutabagas
Parsnips
Beets
Squash and pumpkins
Mushrooms
Chestnuts
Avocados (though they do have some fat)
Bananas
Applesauce
Mangoes
Papayas (also digestive aids that relieve gas and indigestion)

*Please choose a baked-daily, high quality, preservative-free brand. White bread does not mean Wonder.

Why is soluble fiber so special? Because unlike any other food category, it soothes and regulates the digestive tract, stabilizes the intestinal contractions resulting from the gastrocolic reflex, and normalizes bowel function from either extreme. That's right – soluble fiber prevents and relieves BOTH diarrhea and constipation. Nothing else in the world will do this for you.

How is this possible? The "soluble" in soluble fiber means that it dissolves in water (though it is not digested). This allows it to absorb excess liquid in the colon, preventing diarrhea by forming a thick gel and adding a great deal of bulk as it passes intact through the gut. This gel (as opposed to a watery liquid) also keeps the GI muscles stretched gently around a full colon, giving those muscles something to easily "grip" during peristaltic contractions, thus preventing the rapid transit time and explosive bowel movements of diarrhea as well.

By the same token, the full gel-filled colon (as opposed to a colon tightly clenched around dry, hard, impacted stools) provides the same "grip" during the muscle waves of constipation sufferers, allowing for an easier and faster transit time, and the passage of the thick wet gel also effectively relieves constipation by softening and pushing through impacted fecal matter. If you can mentally picture your colon as a tube that is squeezing through matter via regular waves of contractions, it's easy to see how a colon filled with soluble fiber gel is beneficial for both sides of the IBS coin.

As a glorious bonus here, normalizing the contractions of the colon (from too fast or too slow speeds) prevents the violent and irregular spasms that result in the lower abdominal cramping pain that cripples so many IBS patients.

I've enclosed a website that has a great deal of information on this condition. If your mother continues to feel bad have her see a doctor of GI medicine.

Answer 2

It sounds like a hiatus hernia if your talking about just under the ribs.
It is a bulge caused by a lose of tone in the wall of the oesphagus. It is usually found at the bottom of the oesphagus. It can get quiet large and painful.

If the hernia is moving in and out of the hole in the diaphragm it get's even more painful. It usually causes vomiting after eating because of irritation and pressure.

She needs to see her Doctor. He can then refer her for an barium x-ray.

In the mean time have her on a light diet, eating smaller portions more often. Avoid bending over and lifting after eating.

If the pain is lower, in the intestine region, she needs to see her Doctor anyway ASAP. If it's a bad attach, don't muck around and go to the ER.

Answer 3

Believing in god or not believing in god is not something that changes overnight. Although some people do makeup their mind from childhood, for most people, it's a long journey that starts with asking questions and not getting sufficiently satisfying answers, it's praying and not praying and noticing that there's no difference in the result between the 2 cases, it's about slowly starting to to believe in other things and noticing your life doesn't change, nor are you struck by lightning. You've opened your mind and are aware of the facts.. I'm guessing in some time you'll slowly stop believing in god, since it's practically impossible to believe in something when everything you know, every fact you learn, goes against your belief. In some cases of course, people still insist on believing in god despite everything, but that's usually out of blind faith and the fact that it's more comfortable to believe than not believe. The way this continues is up to you.

Answer 4

Do not procrastinate! Get her to emergency care for evaluation, please