Letter to the EditorInternational Surgery Journal

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Pain in urolithiasis. What is left in the bag?

Int Surg J. 2014;1(3):191.DOI10.5455/2349-2902.isj20141110

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Abstract

A host of reasons contribute to abdominal pain although the pain due to renal calculus (RC) being less frequent. Unbearable pain is seen in the case of urolithiasis that is severe in intensity than any other disease condition. Pain doesn’t subside by taking analgesics or postural changes. Pain is unexplainable. It may persist from few minutes to hours comes back and makes one feel very sick, may be seen daily or intermittently accompanied by vomiting and sleepless nights. Once and for all one wants to get rid of the pain, but due to improper diagnosis, pain persists as the analgesic action of drugs comes down. What has one got left in the bag to try?

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka

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