severe abdominal charlie horse like cramp - Digestive Disorders Message Board

kristin2009 · 03-26-2009, 08:53 AM

I have this severe cramping in my lower abdomin. Feels like a charlie horse mixed with extreme gas pains which feels worse than child birth(which I have gone through 2 times after being induced with no pain drugs.)This cramoing feeling is the worst feeling I have ever experienced. It doesn't happen often, maybe once every few months but when it does happen it can last for 30 minutes up to a couple hours but easing up a bit. I was given some under the tongue pills that dissolve and the doctor did not really explain what they were for and he just diagnosed me wth IBS. I almost wonder if that was the simple answer since my grandma has IBS. I just want to know what I can do differently so I can stopp endurring this pain because I seriously feel like I am dying when it happens. Thanks.

AuntieLeela · 03-27-2009, 01:44 AM

It could be IBS, if you don't get relief from IBS treatment however, I'd recommend you get tested for Celiac Disease. That twisting, gut wrenching, wringing out, feeling-like-your-guts-are-falling-out horrible experience is very familiar to many folks with Celiac. Your description reminded me of my mother's description of her Celiac pains. Celiac is inherited and often misdiagnosed as IBS.