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I was just wondering if anyone else with a VP shunt experiences abdominal pain on their right side? Every now and again I get sharp pains on my right side...usually when I breathe in or move a certain way. Sometimes the pains start after I've ate something too. I've been to my doctor about it and they've done ultrasounds and can't see anything wrong. My doctor said it is probably just my shunt rubbing on my organs. Anyone else experience the same thing as me?
Posted on 07/30/09, 11:07 am |
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Mine we on my right side for until I was 10 1/2 and due to an infection they were moved to the left side. But, I know the feeling, it does bother me sometimes. At one point I went for a battery of tests like you did and it eventually said to be acid reflux, so I've changed my diet a bit. Then again this was 6 years ago and I notice if I eat to much and my stomach gets full, it'll bother me a bit. Sometimes these things just happen and we need to live with them. 
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My Husband has the same kind of pain only it's on his Left side but that is also on the left side of his brain. He's gone through all the test you can image and they found nothing. He was told it was something he's got to live with. So it's part of having u're shunt.. It's nothing to worry about just have it checked if it makes you feel better but my husband has lived with his since he was 11 days old, and he's 47 now
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yup. i have 2 VP shunts and have major stomach issues. i have to take a really strong prescription laxative every day just to make sure i don't get constipated.
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yep i have had that pain since the shunt was put in and as shunts drain every day you have the pain i have had every test to try and find out what is causing the pain one doctor told me the bowel doesn't like free fluid some feel it some don't but one day my shunt drained 6 times in a row and the pain was so bad i thought i was going to pass out and the blood tests 2 days later showed my blood sugar levels sky high and they were fine 3 weeks before now they say i am diabetic and they think the shunt is close to the pancreas and the pain is it in spasm every time my shunt drains. its no good moving the shunt as my body needs it more and besides the damage is done so you have my sympathies i know what you are going through.
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no pain is not normal... i dont really experience pain very much at all... deff not in my abdomin...
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well for full disclosure i do have abdomin pain but thats from pelvic floor dysfunction which is being treated... it has nothing to do with the shunt though.
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I also experience abdomin pain occasionally. Sometimes it gets really bad. I think it's just something that comes along with hydro.
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i get kinda like a cramp in my right side from time to time..thats all
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