What does throbbing pain in the lower abdomen radiating towards the lower back indicate?
Patient: Since last Friday, everytime I eat a full meal, within 20 minutes after finishing I get a throbbing pain through my lower abdomen, radiating around to both of my kidneys. The pain in my back feels like kidney stones (I have had first hand experience with those) and the abdomen pain feels like gall bladder pain (which can t be because I don t have a gall bladder anymore.) The only thing that makes the pain go away is my heating pad. Any ideas as to what might be causing these episodes? Signed Ruth Peyton YYYY@YYYY Doctor: u should go to hospital as soon as possible to do some investigation , u have a gallstone before and the relation between ur meal and pain make me suspect of acute pancreatitis , we should exclude pancreatitis by ct scan so dont wait go to the hospital ,what about ur stool is there any change?