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Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction: What helps you?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Jun 18 1:04am | Replies (35)

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@acadian50

Good Day All,

In 2017 I was climbing a ladder for work the ladder was at an angle and approx 12 feet off the cement floor. I climbed to the top and I was about 15 feet. The ladder footing slipped and the ladder and myself came falling down. I landed in the prone position on the ladder. Thankfully I did not seriously injure anything immediately. What started shortly after is what brought me here.

I started to develop pain on my mid right abdomen. I then started to notice spasms in that area. It has been progressively slowly gotten worse.

The thing is I have weird symptoms that I can't seem to find anyone else who has had them. I still get the spasms about 20 minutes after eating something with high fat. The odd symptoms are some very strange sinus issues. It's almost like a turbinating is constantly producing mucus and when I breath it's like a bubble that bursts.

I wouldn't think this is related, but it gets worse when my SOD attack gets worse.

I can no long lay on my sides, I get this weird sensation like something is wrong. I can't describe this feeling, it's like a malaise I've never had before in my life.
My eyes burn and they feel sort of itchy.
When I have bad attacks, my stool is very watery.
I was put on strong muscle relaxers for my back. I have been taking very very high doses and I noticed that this is the only thing that is helping my SOD. If I stop taking it, or reduce the amount, I can barely sleep and I wake up feeling like I'm literally dying.

Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy.

I'm talking to a gastroenterologist today, but I don't want to mention the odd symptoms, just the pain

Thanks for listening

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Welcome @acadian50,

You may have noticed that I moved your message to an existing discussion about sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) here:
- Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i-have-sphincter-of-oddi-dysfuncfion-it-causes-severe-upper-abdominal-pain/

I did this so you can connect with other members like @musicflowers4u @dcline78 @astaingegerdm @kr88005 @hopeful33250 and others.

I hope you were able to meet with a gastroenterologist today. Did you get some answers and help with the pain?

Hello @acadian50

I would like to join Colleen, @colleenyoung, in welcoming you to Connect. I'm really sorry to hear about your serious fall from the ladder. From your post, I'm assuming you were not taken to the ER for any evaluation after the fall. Is that correct?

It is important to review that fall with a doctor and to see about any possible injuries that might have occurred. Often, internal injuries are not immediately noticeable but do exist and carry with them serious consequences.

Have you discussed with a doctor, the fall and all of the odd symptoms that have come about since then? If not, please do so as soon as you can.