pain when breathing in/cholangitis attack?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

My son is working his way to an ER with pain in the upper abdomen when

he breathes in.

He doesn't have chills/fever/cola colored urine or clay colored stool.

Has anyone had a cholangitis attack with just upper pain in the

abdomen when breathing in?

Thanks for any input.

In the meantime , I am checking the flights for NY.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Sorry, outside my experience. My cholangitis episodes were classic, with the exception of more centrally located pain (just below sternum vs. RUQ). I don't recall any breathing involvement.

Hope Bill feels better soon.

Arne

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....Has anyone had a cholangitis attack with just upper pain in the

abdomen when breathing in?

[Guest guest]

Thanks Arne.Still waiting from word from the ER.Checking flights just in case.LeeSorry, outside my experience. My cholangitis episodes were classic, with the exception of more centrally located pain (just below sternum vs. RUQ). I don't recall any breathing involvement.Hope Bill feels better soon.Arne____

[Guest guest]

Hi Lee;

So sorry to hear about Bill's upper abdominal pain when he breathes in.

I once had this problem, and it turned out to be pleuritis (pleurisy)

http://www.medicinenet.com/pleurisy/article.htm

" Pleurisy is inflammation of the linings around the lungs (the pleura).

There are two layers of pleura: one covering the lung (termed the

visceral pleura) and the other covering the inner wall of the chest

(the parietal pleura). These two layers are lubricated by pleural fluid.

Pleurisy is frequently associated with the accumulation of extra fluid

in the space between the two layers of pleura. This fluid is referred

to as a pleural effusion. Pleurisy is also referred to as pleuritis.

The pain fibers of the lung are located in the pleura. When this tissue

becomes inflamed, it results in a sharp pain in the chest that is worse

with breathing in, aka pleurisy. Other symptoms of pleurisy can include

cough, chest tenderness, and shortness of breath. "

I was just prescribed bed rest and aspirin as I recall.

Hope that the doctors can track down the problem quickly and find a

solution.

Good luck, and best wishes,

Dave R.

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> Hi all,

> My son is working his way to an ER with pain in the upper abdomen

when

> he breathes in.

> He doesn't have chills/fever/cola colored urine or clay colored stool.

> Has anyone had a cholangitis attack with just upper pain in the

> abdomen when breathing in?

> Thanks for any input.

> In the meantime , I am checking the flights for NY.

> Lee

>

[Guest guest]

Lee,

I hope that Bill is feeling better soon and they are able to figure out the

cause in the ER. I know you must be so worried being so far away. Sending you

hugs.

Joanne

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joanne,He is still in the ER awaiting the Dr. so we still don't know what is going on yet.LeeLee,I hope that Bill is feeling better soon and they are able to figure out the cause in the ER. I know you must be so worried being so far away. Sending you hugs.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Dave,This is one of the things on the long list of things it might be.Still waiting for the Dr. to see him. Bill's bag is packed and we will see if it will be necessary for him to fly up there tomorrow.I hope not. Just spoke with him and the pain seems to be easing some, so whoknows.LeeHi Lee;So sorry to hear about Bill's upper abdominal pain when he breathes in. I once had this problem, and it turned out to be pleuritis (pleurisy)http://www.medicinenet.com/pleurisy/article.htm

[Guest guest]

Hi Lee,

I hope that the doctor comes to see Bill soon and is able to

give him some answers. Please keep us updated. Sending you positive wishes.

Hugs,

Ricky

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Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:08 PM

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attack?

Thanks Dave,

This is one of the things on the long list of things it

might be.

Still waiting for the Dr. to see him. Bill's bag is packed

and

we will see if it will be necessary for him to fly up there

tomorrow.

[Guest guest]

Lee

This happened to me last March. I had pain in the center of my chest, it hurt when I took a breath. I let it go for a few hours , took some tylenol and finally realized that if some one else told me about similar symptoms I would tell them to go to the ER. I did, they thought it was gerd and gave me some stuff to drink to kill the pain but it didn't work. They also scoped my stomach and did a MRI but found nothing. Finally during rounds, an intern mentioned it might be neuro-muscular. They sent me home, I went to the chiropractor and ---problem solved. I felt a bit foolish, but that is the way things happen sometimes. The docs said I did the right thing going to the ER.

Take vare

MizKit

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[Guest guest]

I hope Bill is OK now and that this episode was nothing serious..

This probably won't be much help, but I suffer from intercostle

muscle strain. Basically hurts my chest when I breath in but after

some shallow breathing it passes (within 5- minutes).

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> Lee

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> This happened to me last March.? I had pain in the center of my

chest, it hurt when I took a breath.? I let it go for a few hours ,

took some tylenol and finally realized that if some one else told me

about similar symptoms I would tell them to go to the ER.? I did,?

they thought it was gerd and gave me some stuff to drink to kill the

pain but it didn't work.? They also scoped my stomach and did a MRI

but found nothing.? Finally during rounds, an intern mentioned it

might be neuro-muscular.? They sent me home, I went to the

chiropractor and ---problem solved.? I felt a bit foolish, but that

is the way things happen sometimes.? The docs said I did the right

thing going to the ER.

>

> Take vare

> MizKit

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[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for your replies. Bill spent six hours in the ER and finally the painjust got better without the Dr. ever making it in to see him. The fellow that saw himonly took some blood that showed his WBC count a little elevated.He is supposed to call his Dr. today. So this pain passed and we still don't even knowwhat it was. Let's just hope it stays "gone" !Maybe he had a little stone that passed, maybe it had something to do with his pouchitis,maybe like MizKit says it was neuro-muscular or muscle strain as a has had.Hopefully it had nothing to do with blood clots, his tulip filter or lung problems like pleurisy.Thanks again everyone.LeeI hope Bill is OK now and that this episode was nothing serious..This probably won't be much help, but I suffer from intercostle muscle strain. Basically hurts my chest when I breath in but after some shallow breathing it passes (within 5- minutes).a-

[Guest guest]

Hi Lee,

So glad to hear that Bill’s crisis seems to have passed.

Hopefully it won’t reoccur….

Ricky

PSC 2003

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Of Bria Lee

Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:41 AM

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Subject: Re: Re: pain when breathing in/cholangitis

attack?

Thanks everyone for your replies.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Ricky,We still don't know what is up, but while the pain is less , it is still there.He is working anyway and waiting to hear from the Dr.Yesterday it was bad enough for him to miss rehearsal and want to go to the ER.Not high on his list of things to do, so a considerable amount of pain.So we wait, and maybe it was pouchitis, maybe something else.LeeHi Lee, So glad to hear that Bill’s crisis seems to have passed. Hopefully it won’t reoccur….

[Guest guest]

I had something similar. I found for about a month I gradually got more and more pain in my chest, to the extent breathing was painful and when I sneezed, felt like i had been punched really hard, unbelievable pain. Was worse in the morning. Eventually it wore off and have not had it since. Doc did an ultrasound and xray and revealed nothing. May have been a complication of the biopsy (although that was a few months before). I dont think so. I think it is just inflamation flaring up in different places, as I get transient pains in the colon as well.

I hope this helps.

Kev

M39, UC, Fatty Liver, Abn LFT's

[Guest guest]

Sorry, I should have said the pain was mainly right sided and radiated

from my diaphragm round (and through) to just inside my spine.

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> Kev

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> M39, UC, Fatty Liver, Abn LFT's

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