Can severe pain in the abdomen symptoms for carcinoid cancer?
Patient: I am currentlly battling stage 4 carcinoid cancer with mets to my liver. In the past few months I have experineced charlie horse pain in my abdomen (upper left side and some on the right). It balls up in ball and leaves me screaming trying to straighten out and rub out the not. It just happened 3 times 20 minutes ago while I was using the bathroom. The pain is a 10. I did go to my Gastro and the NP patted me on the head and said it was my stomach and sent me on my way. This is NOT something that I can live with. Doctor: Hi, dearI have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Your pain is mostly due to carcinoid tumour.  So you should take treatment of carcinoid cancer.  Treatment depends on the location and stage of cancer.  In terminal stage chemotherapy is the treatment of choice.  For terminal pain you can take morphine for pain relief. Consult your doctor and take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.