General Medical Question - Urgent - Severe Abdominal Pain

[Cupcake]

sorry to make another new thread, i am a bit worried about this though

I just woke up, about 40 mins ago with very severe abdominal pain, it felt like my stomach was being mangled. I have never had something so painful before ever, I tried to ease it by lying down, walking around, and sitting. when I stood up and tried to walk around I got very dizzy, and felt like I would faint. My lips also went pale and I got a bit cold. It went on for about 20 mins, in varying degrees of pain, sometimes it would ease off and I think it would stop, then it would come back worse. eventually I decided to go and sit outside, which I am not sure if that had any effect, but it did eventually fade off into a dull ache, which I still have. My tummy's been feeling a bit weird and achey all day, and I though it was either cos i'd eaten too much, or not enough, I couldn't really tell. I did have a binge before going to bed, is this the cause? I've has bad stomach pain before from over eating, but nothing even compares to the pain I just felt. I couldn't even talk.

help?

edit- also, my stomach feels quite hard and i can't really suck it in, even when i try.

edit again- also, i feel nauseous(sp?)

[Aidee]

It could be an issue with your gallbladder or appendix. Unfortunately with your abdomen there are about 1000 different things that could be wrong, and it's impossible to give you any sort of idea without doing tests, so I think seeing your doctor asap would be the best thing to do.

[Cupcake]

thanks:) i think i'll book an appointment, or go to the hospital if it comes back.

OK - you may find this embarrassing (Although, there's no need to!) but it could actually be trapped wind.
Having experienced trapped wind (gas) a small handful of times - i can tell you it can be excrutiatingly painful. This lasted around 20-30 minutes for me also.
Usually you're unable to walk, you feel sick, and because you're getting yourself in a state over the pain, that can cause dizzyness in itself.
If it passed after 20 minutes, i'd say it was trapped wind (gas). If it was something more serious it would be an ongoing pain, or it would come and go. But if this stopped completely, and your stomach is hard/you're unable to breathe in - again, it could be down to being bloated/having trapped wind.

It's all natural, so i wouldn't feel embarrassed or anything about it. Sadly, there's nothing you can do other than have a bit more fibre in your diet!

[Cupcake]

thanks for the advice:)