worrying pain in my side
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On sunday morning I woke up with like electric shocks in left hand side, like a band of pain going under my heart and around the back in a half moon shape, it almost brought me to my knees on a couple of occasions and really scarred me, the gaps between the shocks/spasm have become a lot longer and now aches like mad. I have no marks on my side but when I touch my side the surface stings a bit like nettle stings but with no markings, I thought it was my liver until I realised it was the wrong side, someone at work said it sounded like the on set of shingles??
Vipers said:
Ahhh Moneypenny said:
I can't get an appointment for a few days and I can't sit in A & E for hours on end
Sitting in an A & E is a a better option than having a heart attack and dying.........Your choice, I know what I would do.
Good luck.
it is a lot lower than my heart, but I get you point
Make yourself a cup of tea and knock back a couple of anti-inflammatories. Most likely you've slept in an odd position and strained a lower rib (intercostal) muscle. If you have pain in the centre of your chest, maybe travelling down your arm, feel light-headed, shortness of breath etc etc., get to A&E.
goldblum said:
Make yourself a cup of tea and knock back a couple of anti-inflammatories. Most likely you've slept in an odd position and strained a lower rib (intercostal) muscle. If you have pain in the centre of your chest, maybe travelling down your arm, feel light-headed, shortness of breath etc etc., get to A&E.
I have a water bed so this never happens and have popped loads of anti imflams which do nothing, it not like the heart pain or arm etc, it really is like a painful spasm with prickly painful skin but no rashIF IT IS shingles, get them to give you Aciclovir QUICKLY.
My mother was just given a pain killer initially and the treatment with Aciclovir was given too late.
Thus she had terrible pain even whilst on a strong morphine derivative (Fentanyl) for five years until she died.
Just speaking from experience. Maybe the doctor will advise you better but go armed with this info.
My mother was just given a pain killer initially and the treatment with Aciclovir was given too late.
Thus she had terrible pain even whilst on a strong morphine derivative (Fentanyl) for five years until she died.
Just speaking from experience. Maybe the doctor will advise you better but go armed with this info.
jefword said:
IF IT IS shingles, get them to give you Aciclovir QUICKLY.
My mother was just given a pain killer initially and the treatment with Aciclovir was given too late.
Thus she had terrible pain even whilst on a strong morphine derivative (Fentanyl) for five years until she died.
Just speaking from experience. Maybe the doctor will advise you better but go armed with this info.
Thanks for this My mother was just given a pain killer initially and the treatment with Aciclovir was given too late.
Thus she had terrible pain even whilst on a strong morphine derivative (Fentanyl) for five years until she died.
Just speaking from experience. Maybe the doctor will advise you better but go armed with this info.
kered, fell over and moshed your side. HTH 
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