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Has anyone been diagnosed with Abdominal Wall Pain
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 14 12:16am | Replies (282)Comment receiving replies
Hello All:
I thought you would find this video interesting. It deals with chronic abdominal wall pain. After you watch the video please share your thoughts.
Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, Dr. Amy Oxentenko talks about an article published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, detailing the complexities of chronic abdominal wall pain (CAWP) – a condition that seems elusive to any workup.
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Dr. Oxentenko: "Textbooks of surgery, medicine, gastro-enterology, neurology, and gynecology all fail to mention ACNES as an important representative of the group of Abdominal Wall Pain Syndrome." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10029-017-1710-z
Do you begin to see what an impossible burden this puts on patients trying to find help?
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This video is not as informative as Dr. Seth Sweetser's post in the February 2019 Mayo Clinic Proceedings.Trigger-point injections--whether guided or freehand--do not last more than a few hours. I have not received competent care in my area and, in fact, have been brushed off by 14 MD providers over nearly 2 years, including Dr. Sweetser's gastroenterology group. I had to diagnose myself (via Carnett's) and still have no help. Patients posting on this site have had similar experiences, and "reassurances" from a well-meaning gastroenterologist are an insult. Yes, Dr. Oxentenko, it is very much a quality of life issue, and talk is cheap. Does Mayo know how to help us when injections fail, or not?