Boyfriends stomach "ripping?"

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Registered: 08-10-2004
Boyfriends stomach "ripping?"
Mon, 07-02-2007 - 10:32am

I posted this is Men's Health as well, but I think this topic is appropriate for this board as well..

I don't know if any of you have ever heard of this problem, but my boyfriend has a problem with his stomach "ripping." I don't think it literally rips, but whenever he over works himself (heavy lifting and such) he gets such an excruiciating pain in his lower abdomen and is pretty much incapasitated for the rest of the day. I believe it is either bladder or intestine related because whenever he doesn't go to the bathroom, he can feel it start to "rip" but as soon as he's done, he is normally okay. We've been to the medical doctor about it..they say it isn't a hernia, but the only thing they suggest is to cut him open "just to see what it could be" and he's not wild about that idea...Have any of you ever heard of anything like this or is there a particular doctor we could send him to? I'm tired of seeing my boyfriend in pain...