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Right upper qudrant of abdominal pain

Since the start of sept I had this pain in my upper right abdominals. It can get pretty severe and last for hours. There is no relief and is fairly tender just touching the area and moving. I will also have fever, sweats, chills, extreme fatigue, dizziness and vomitting. I am floored when the big attacks of pain happen and there is always a tenderness and lingering pain. I ended up in er when it got so bad I couldn't move or walk without pain and they of course ultrasounded for gallstones. There was none so the next step was ulcer buy I wasn't to be scoped till oct 13th and it was only the second week of sept. I Was given nexium and the pain had gone away for a week but soon after I felt it building up again by my scope I was once again having extremely painful episodes of this sharp constricting pain, though this time my chest would also tighten up and hurt to breathe in. Chest xray showed nothing, I did not have the virus that causes ulcers either. With my scope it showed An inflammed duodenum but no signs of ulcer. I am not on dexilant to help with that but I then had an attack of severe pain for over six hours that day, pain for the next three days and now I've had on and off attacks all day today since 8 pm yesterday.

There is an extrely tender spot to the right oft navel i'd say smack dab in the middle of that area. The slightest amount of preassure hurts. It seems to be where the pain is coming from but it radiates up into my ribs and into my back it can be hard to pinpoint during one of these attacks. I am 23 years old so I know alot of other things it could be are pretty uncommon and I don't entirely know what to do. Is an inflammed duodenum really the cause of all this pain? Should I just wait it out or be concerned? I am terrified of emerg cause I already feel like they cast me off twice and didn't take my pain seriously, like they went with what they saw and not what I was saying. I am worried because I've never felt pain like this before, I am always terrified for the next attack because it floorse. The nausea can get so bad I feel like it's choking me. I am really looking for some advice or at least someone to just say, yes your duodenum cam do that just ride it out. Though truth be told this pain is really starting to wear me down it's almost been two months and I didn't get a weeks reprive like when it started. I am worried.
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So nothing found on elvic ultrasound, still in pain though it's localized lower still. No idea what's wrong, at the end of my rope here :(
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So if anyone is reading this cause they have similar symptoms or someduch I thought I'd update. The pain now moved from my middle to my lower. After waiting a week with an attack of severe pain everyday since last Thursday  saw my doc again today told him it hasn't gotten better. He wants to refer me to a younger more go getting surgeon besides the one who has written it off as inflammed duodenum but since my ***** blood cell count is still really high as of today he sent me to emerg. That doctor believes the upper pain is my duodenum and the lower is somethig seperate and has set me up for an ultrasound on my pelvic area thinking it's ovation. If that shows nothing next is ct scan. Sent me home with percoset and here I am. I am super frustrated though I know abdominal pain is hard to diagnose and I realise it's alot of hoops to jump but serioulsy I am terrified of the pain, it's like waiting for someone to shoot me with a blindfold on it just comes and floors me. I am on the ground, rocking back and forth and moaning and crying in pain. It is absolutely horrible so of course I just want relief, I am at a point I hope they find something wrong because I am just breaking down mentally as well as physically and it really just feels like they don't taker seriously. I'm not going to stop though I mean I can't ignore it anyways. So if anyone else out there is battling undiagnosed abdominal pain don't be afraid to befriend me. I will update again after the ultrasound, even though mooned really replying I know I would just browse the net looking for someone to share my pain so I knew I wasn't alone so that's what this is.
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Now having bright right Mucus like discharge but no stool. It was clear and not milky but there was  quiet a bit of it.
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Has anyone out there ever had an inflammed duodenum?
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I now noticed a bruising around the tender spot and I am pretty sure i've had no trauma to cause the discoloration.
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See my pain doesn't seem to care if I've eatten or not, though I've noticed as it goes on I'm loosing my appetite and will to eat. But the pain you described is pretty dead on though I'd say the rope is more like razorwire constricting my insides! It is so painful! It's really reassuring to know I'm not alone in this. Thankyou so much for responding.
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