Hello everyone, I am Katrina and I'm 21 year old student. Since Monday of this week, I have been in extreme pain. I'll start from the beginning.
It started on Monday, as I said, straight after my partner and I had sexual intercourse(vaginal not anal). I had sharp pains going through my back, lower abdomen, and anus area (I'm not really sure if I'm using the right words there). The pains were so extreme that if I tried to move at all, stand up, sit down, lay down on my back, lay down on my sides; I would let out a scream because of how severe the pain was. Then I noticed I was bleeding really heavily. I thought (and hoped) that this would go away in a few hours. By Tuesday, I was experiencing the same level of pain although the bleeding had lightened up a bit, had felt dizzy and short of breath for a short while, but this was literally only for about ten minutes. I again hoped that the pain would ease off. I threw up a few times, and also felt really really hot.
By Tuesday night the pain was exactly the same, apart from now my ribs seemed to hurt as well as the other areas I described earlier. My temperature seemed to be normal and I was also breathing normally. However the pain was so extreme, that I was getting really worried. I rang up NHS direct, a medical helpline here in the UK and got a call back later from a Nurse. The nurse arranged for my to go to hospital to see a doctor within half an hour.
The doctor, examined me partially, asking the obvious questions, taking my temperature, feeling my stomach and asking where the pain is felt..
her diagnosis, constipation. She said to make an appointment with my General Practionner if the pain persists. Sent me home with paracetamol.
It is now Thursday, the pain is still in my abdomen, back and has now gone to my chest, to the point where it hurts to walk.. Has anyone got any advice or had anything similar? I've made another apointment with a doctor Saturday but I'm not sure I can stand this any longer!!! Surely this isn't constipation!!
It started on Monday, as I said, straight after my partner and I had sexual intercourse(vaginal not anal). I had sharp pains going through my back, lower abdomen, and anus area (I'm not really sure if I'm using the right words there). The pains were so extreme that if I tried to move at all, stand up, sit down, lay down on my back, lay down on my sides; I would let out a scream because of how severe the pain was. Then I noticed I was bleeding really heavily. I thought (and hoped) that this would go away in a few hours. By Tuesday, I was experiencing the same level of pain although the bleeding had lightened up a bit, had felt dizzy and short of breath for a short while, but this was literally only for about ten minutes. I again hoped that the pain would ease off. I threw up a few times, and also felt really really hot.
By Tuesday night the pain was exactly the same, apart from now my ribs seemed to hurt as well as the other areas I described earlier. My temperature seemed to be normal and I was also breathing normally. However the pain was so extreme, that I was getting really worried. I rang up NHS direct, a medical helpline here in the UK and got a call back later from a Nurse. The nurse arranged for my to go to hospital to see a doctor within half an hour.
The doctor, examined me partially, asking the obvious questions, taking my temperature, feeling my stomach and asking where the pain is felt..
her diagnosis, constipation. She said to make an appointment with my General Practionner if the pain persists. Sent me home with paracetamol.
It is now Thursday, the pain is still in my abdomen, back and has now gone to my chest, to the point where it hurts to walk.. Has anyone got any advice or had anything similar? I've made another apointment with a doctor Saturday but I'm not sure I can stand this any longer!!! Surely this isn't constipation!!