My husband is a fit and healthy 51 year old. He has been experiencing intermittent cramping and pain in his abdoman just below his rib cage for the past 4 days. He doesn t want to go to the hospital. any suggestions? should i demand that he goes to the hospital?
Hi ! Good evening. I am Chat Doctor answering your query. If I were his doctor, I would advise him not to eat any food from outside if he does to avoid any kind of food poisoning or any kind of food allergy causing such pain. I would also advise him for an ultrasound abdomen to rule out a gall stone disease or any inflammation of the pancreas specially if he consumes alcoholic beverages. In addition, a baseline ECG would be appropriate at this age. Apart from this, I would also advise him for some routine blood tests like a CBC, blood sugar, serum amylase and lipase, a liver function test and a urine test. Till the reports of investigations were available, I would advise him for anti-spasmodic Chat Doctor. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing Chat Doctor to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Chat Doctor.