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Schools to require new vaccine for pertussis Law mandating pertussis booster for seventh through 12th grade students follows whooping cough deaths in 2010

by Chris KenrickPalo Alto Online Staff

Starting this fall, California public and private schools will require students in grades 7 through 12 to have a booster shot against pertussis, better known as whooping cough. The mandate — which follows the death of 10 California infants in a whooping cough epidemic last year — comes from a new law signed last September by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Palo Alto Medical Foundation has “no shortage” of the vaccination, a spokeswoman said. “The new state regulation says that all students between seventh and 12th grade need (the pertussis booster) because the childhood vaccination doesn’t give lifelong immunity,” Medical Foundation Public Affairs Manager Cynthia Greaves said. for the 2011-12 school year, all students entering any grade from 7 to 12 will need proof of the booster, known as Tdap. for 2012-13 and future school years, all students entering seventh grade — or those newly registering for seventh through 12th grade in a California district or private school — will need proof of the Tdap booster. more information is posted at shotsforschool.org, sponsored by the California Department of Public Health. The agency is urging parents not to wait for the new school year to get children vaccinated since “there will be no grace period, and the regulations will be strictly enforced.” The Palo Alto Medical Foundation — whose patient population includes 60,000 children in the seventh- to twelfth-grade age group stretching from Watsonville to San Mateo County to the East Bay — has identified which of those already have had the booster and which have not. The foundation recently mailed proof of vaccination to parents of children who have had the booster that will be acceptable to school officials, PAMF Director of Communications and Public Affairs Jill Antonides said. in the coming weeks, the foundation will mail reminders about the new law to parents of children who have not yet had the Tdap booster, Antonides said. in calendar 2010, 8,383 cases of whooping cough, including the 10 infant deaths, were reported throughout California, according to a preliminary count by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was the highest number of reported cases since 1947, when 9,934 cases were reported, and the highest incidence of cases since 1958, when there were 26 cases per 100,000 population, the CDC said.

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Comments

Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 6, 2011 at 5:26 pm

I hope parents don’t start whining that this vaccine causes polio or Parkinson’s or brain melt or my-kid’s-not-gonna-be-perfect-if-they’re-vaccinated syndrome or any other bull puckey medical condition.

Posted by californian…..no more, a resident of another community, on Feb 6, 2011 at 8:37 pm

if you get this shot, you will get whooping cough!!! do not get it. they inject the virus into you so you get it and they get their money and you come back and pay for medicine. this shot will give you the virus and its contagious and other people might get it too. so i advise for you not to get it. thank you.

Posted by Wife of M.D., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 6, 2011 at 10:16 pm

Oh, please, Californian, get real. that is how ALL vaccines work. Inject the person with a small amount of either dead or live virus, the antibodies build up in the body so when the person is exposed to a large amount of the virus, the body already has antibodies to fight it off so the person does not get sick. The vaccines have such a small amount of the virus in them so a person does not actually develop symptoms of the virus.

Whooping cough is a serious illness which lasts for at least a month of coughing until one nearly vomits.

The live viruses do make a person remotely contagious (stay away from newborns and those with compromised immune systems) while the dead ones do not. The flumist is a live virus, vs. the injection.

Posted by person……, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Feb 6, 2011 at 10:17 pm

what would you recommend?

Posted by Jeff, a resident of another community, on Feb 6, 2011 at 10:24 pm

The shot is NOT mandatory! Parents can sign a personal beliefs exemption form if they don’t want their kids to get the shot. Web Link

And before allowing the shot, parents should at least read the package insert. There are 2 brands of Tdap vaccine.

Posted by Wife of M.D., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 6, 2011 at 11:37 pm

Whooping cough is highly contagious and cough syrup does nothing for the symptoms. even those who have been vaccinated can catch the virus but symptoms will be less.

From the CDC: Web Link

Pertussis can cause violent and rapid coughing, over and over, until the air is gone from the lungs and you are forced to inhale with a loud “whooping” sound. this extreme coughing can cause you to throw up and be very tired. The “whoop” is often not there and the infection is generally milder (less severe) in teens and adults, especially those who have been vaccinated.

Early symptoms can last for 1 to 2 weeks and usually include:

?Low-grade fever (generally minimal throughout the course of the disease)

?Mild, occasional cough

?Apnea ? a pause in breathing (in infants)

Because pertussis in its early stages appears to be nothing more than the common cold, it is often not suspected or diagnosed until the more severe symptoms appear. Infected people are most contagious during this time, up to about 2 weeks after the cough begins. Antibiotics may shorten the amount of time someone is contagious.

As the disease progresses, the traditional symptoms of pertussis appear and include:

?Paroxysms (fits) of many, rapid coughs followed by a high-pitched “whoop”

?Vomiting (throwing up)

?Exhaustion (very tired) after coughing fits

The coughing fits can go on for up to 10 weeks or more. in China, pertussis is known as the “100 day cough.”

Although you are often exhausted after a coughing fit, you usually appear fairly well in-between. Coughing fits generally become more common and severe as the illness continues, and can occur more often at night. The illness can be milder (less severe) and the typical “whoop” absent in children, teens, and adults who have been vaccinated.

Recovery from pertussis can happen slowly. The cough becomes less severe and less common. however, coughing fits can return with other respiratory infections for many months after pertussis started.

Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 7, 2011 at 12:28 am

Apparently, the shot is mandatory. Of course, there are loopholes, as there always are in these PC my-child-is-oh-so-special times. There are always selfish people who don’t want their child inoculated but they count on the majority being so, and piggy back on the them.

Posted by mark, a resident of the University South neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 12:45 am

What does Whooping Cough sound like?

Glad we have the internet: Web Link

Posted by gunn parent, a member of the Gunn High School community, on Feb 7, 2011 at 11:49 am

So parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids..their kids will be the one who end up getting whooping cough.

Survival of the strongest. Feel sorry for the ignorant , paranoid parents who do not protect their kids.

Posted by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 12:11 pm

no, their kids will just be carriers.

Posted by mark, a resident of the University South neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Gunn Parent: the sad truth is that Californian’s kids are likely to be fine (relatively) – but they will pass it onto another family who ends up infecting a one year old or a newborn, who in turns dies. that is what’s so incideous about pertussis…to most people it’s like a long cold or flu (what Wife of MD describes), but it is exceptionally dangerous to young children.

Posted by Sarah, a resident of Los Altos, on Feb 7, 2011 at 2:28 pm

The pertussis vaccine does not prevent transmission. It only makes pertussis more mild. Vaccinated people can and do transmit the bacteria to others.

Posted by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 3:58 pm

Apparently adults are just as capable of spreading this bacteria. If it’s so dangerous, why are we not ALL required to be revaccinated? Is the workplace or public transit any less conducive to infection than the classroom?

Posted by EcoMama, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 6:13 pm

A friend of a friend lost her newborn to whooping cough. Her own vaccinations were out of date. All adults are supposed to get boosters every 10 years (pertussis, as well as tetanus and diptheria, is part of what’s covered by the TDAP or DTAP, as my doc referred to it). What the district is suggesting is not outrageous; kids received these vaccinations as babies, and it’s just a booster. for goodness sake, set aside paranoia and ask a doctor. And then ask yourself: could you live with yourself if you passed a fatal illness along to a child?

I wish I new of a pro-vaccine movement … there needs to be a loud one to make exceptions harder to come by. this paranoia over advanced medicine that we’re lucky to have access to drives me nuts.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 9:04 pm

Found a study published by the Royal Society, the prestigious U.K. based science group, saying the whooping cough outbreak is being caused by a mutated bacteria.

According to the Society, the widely used aP vaccination makes the “host”, i.e. our children, more susceptible to the mutated bacteria.

The current whooping cough vaccine does not protect against this new mutated strain.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 9:09 pm

from the Royal Society abstract on the pertussis vaccine:

“Despite over 50 years of population-wide vaccination, whooping cough incidence is on the rise. although Bordetella pertussis is considered the main causative agent of whooping cough in humans, Bordetella parapertussis infections are not uncommon. The widely used acellular whooping cough vaccines (aP) are comprised solely of B. pertussis antigens that hold little or no efficacy against B. parapertussis.” Web Link published 2010.

Posted by Abstract reader, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 9:11 pm

“According to the Society, the widely used aP vaccination makes the “host”, i.e. our children, more susceptible to the mutated bacteria.”

Not quite. The study was performed on rodents, not humans.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 9:15 pm

The New York Times also reported, Web Link, that:

“The rise in pertussis doesn’t seem to be related to parents’ refusing to have their children vaccinated for fear of potential side effects.

in California, pertussis rates are about the same in counties with high childhood vaccination rates and low ones. And the C.D.C. reports that pertussis immunization rates have been stable or increasing since 1992.”

when disease incidence statistics publicized by state health departments do not match those published by federal health agencies, there is something wrong.

It is time for California health officials to fully disclose complete details of the 1,500 whooping cough cases they allege have occurred in the state during the past year, including how many cases were lab confirmed as B. pertussis; how many cases were classified as “epidemiologically linked” – which means they were NOT lab confirmed; and the ages and vaccination status of all cases, including whether people with suspected or confirmed cases had been given 1,2,3,4,5,6 or more pertussis shots.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2011 at 9:19 pm

There are children, who are at higher risk for becoming brain injured or dying after getting pertussis containing vaccines (DTaP, Tdap), including those who have suffered previous vaccine reactions like:22 ,23

* very high fever

* High pitched screaming or persistent crying

* Convulsions (with or without fever)

* Collapse/shock (also known as hypo-tonic/hypo-responsive episodes)

* Brain Inflammation and encephalopathy

For a full list of precautions for children, teenagers and adults, read the manufacturer product inserts and get more information about how to recognize a vaccine reaction at NVIC.org.

Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 7, 2011 at 11:11 pmHmmm is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online

EcoMama – as usual, you are a voice of reason – thanks for your post.

Posted by Fleur de Lis, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Feb 10, 2011 at 11:37 amFleur de Lis is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online

My husband was vaccinated for whooping cough and then still got it as a teen, but believes it was more mild because of having been vaccinated. He recently had the Tdap when in for a recent check-up. With children in preschool, I was aware that the other children who appeared the most runny nosed and sick all the time were the ones whose parents were against vaccinations. so, I believe in safe guarding my child by vaccinating, knowing at least that if my child does get sick, at least it will be more mild than had I not had my child vaccinated. Better safe than sorry.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 10, 2011 at 11:46 am

I cannot speak for other kids, but my son was not vaccinated, and he stays healthy while other kids who have been vaccinated come down with fevers, runny noses, colds, etc.

I believe it is the vitamin D and C I give him.

Posted by Wife of M.D., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 10, 2011 at 12:18 pm

@Mom of Adobe: you are relying on your own experience and anecdotes rather than medical research of thousands of people. There are many variables to what you have witnessed, such as – perhaps those kids attend daycare on a regular basis, their parents don’t wash their hands often enough, etc. If your child is exposed to a contagious virus, the vitamins will not ward off the virus.

Linus Pauling’s research on Vitamin C to avoid colds has been proved flawed: Web Link

Research on the vaccine link to autism has been proved a fraud: Web Link

Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 10, 2011 at 6:53 pm

There was also a study showing that all vitamins are expelled by the body. The vitamin D thing has been disproven I thought as well, but I might be wrong. It was the latest hyped vitamin. It’s pretty interesting that people are so anti-vax. where I find it relevant is questioning the wisdom of vaccinating older dogs & cats who are either always onleash or kept indoors.

I’ve been frustrated by the parents whose kids piggyback on the ones who who’ve been vaccinated. most of them, in my experience, are new agers who buy into fake science.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 11, 2011 at 12:49 pm

wife of M.D. – gimme a break – quackwatch.com? that is the best you can do? LOL

Everyone knows you cure scurvy with limes. Vitamin C works. That’s elementary school knowledge.

The problem with wife of M.D. is that your husband has a vested interest in promoting vaccination because, it’s one of his revenue sources.

Posted by mom, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 11, 2011 at 1:12 pm

On the unethical advertising of the HPV vaccine: Web Link

(NaturalNews) The horrors caused by Merck & co.’s Gardasil vaccine and GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Cervarix vaccine continue as six young girls recently died from the shots during an experimental Indian trial. The two human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been implicated in at least 67 deaths in the U.S., prompting no response from U.S. officials other than to keep pushing it on the public, but the six deaths in India have prompted the government there to immediately stop all trials of the vaccines.

Merck, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, etc. all those big drug companies that make money off vaccinating your kids all do it for profit. they will stop at nothing to make sure they profit. they will use scare tactics and smear campaigns to ensure that you vaccinate. this is all in the name of PROFIT.

Wife of M.D. I do not buy into your scare tactics and, frankly, unpersuasive attempts to dissuade me from natural, whole food sources of vitamins to ensure the health of my family. you can go ahead and drug up your kids with all the vaccines and drugs your drug company wants you to have. but no thanks for me.

Because no drug company can patent what is the best medicine on earth: and that is FOOD. Hippocrates said it best, “Let food be they medicine.”

But your local drug company would love nothing more than to serve you up a cocktail of guardasil, cervarix, trepdia, infanrix, daptacel,… you name it. And scare you into thinking that if you do not your risk your life. Your life hangs on these drugs.

It is a shame. The drug companies are using the oldest trick in the book. And most people buy into it. Because it is profitable, very profitable.

Posted by Wife of M.D., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 11, 2011 at 1:14 pm

I was not going to spend a lot of time surfing for links about Linus Pauling’s bogus research. There are plenty of links and that one appeared first.

Your knowledge of life is questionable. Vitamin C does not work or your children would never catch a cold. Can you tell me how my husband is paid by the drug companies? that is so far-fetched that it amazes me that one could even think such B.S.

Patients with urinary tract infection, but many are asymptomatic, all patients were positive for at least one symptom. Urinary tract infection, burning on urination, pain, urgency to urinate can not be in the form of a completely self-bad feeling (fatigue,weakness, fatigue) can be fit.

Furthermore, pain patients sometimes can be seen not produce urine. Often, the pubic area in women (just above the genital area), print, men may be feeling of fullness in therectum.

Urinary tract infections in people with a sense of the urine, although it is usually a very small amount of urine or no urine may complain. Urine may be a milky appearance.

If you have blood in the urine can be seen in the urine pink. If the infection is confined to the bladder, urethra and urinary tract infection usually does not fire.

Kidney infection so advanced, however, fever and chills may occur. In addition, the case of kidney infection, backache, pain in the bottom of the ribs, chest pain, symptoms suchas nausea and vomiting.

Upper left abdominal pain is a volatile complication erupting due either to splenomegaly, viral gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndromes, acute pancreatitis or polycystic kidney disease. If you experience a pain on the upper left sided abdomen, one of the mentioned conditions can be the cause of such of yours embarrassment. Now let’s have a look at each one of the critical health conditions responsible for upper left abdominal cramps. Splenomegaly                                                      Splenomegaly is a term used for swelled spleen inflating beyond its normal size which exerts an internal pressure within the abdomen causing in this way upper left stomach pain to the individuals. Maximum number of people suffers from such abdominal pain caused due to theirs enlarged spleen, a most crucial organ of abdomen. As the spleen is a part of lymph system it purifies the blood particles thereof including red cells and white cells. It removes clots from the blood paving the way for smooth and proper function of lymph system. As the lymph of stomach plays a most crucial role in letting our abdominal function perform many of its activities smoothly without any obstruction, any contrary effect over it may affect its natural function developing left abdominal pain.

There are many conditions accountable for affecting natural function of lymph like infections, liver disease, cancer, malignancies and unscrupulous organisms. As a few unwanted developments taking place within the abdomen are supposed to affect our lymph system causing thereby a pain over the upper left portion of stomach, the chances of some other complications to affect us also can’t be ruled out.

Now let’s have a look at a few conditions identified as the symptoms of splenomegaly disease. One of the major complications of splenomegaly, which a maximum number of the individuals, suffers from is the inability in having a heavy meal. The individuals suffering splenomegaly disease feel a left sided pain in their stomach following a pressure caused within their abdomen due to foods they consume. As the spleen gets enlarged beyond its natural size, even a meager amount of foods consumed contributes extensively in the emergence of abdominal pain felt on the upper left side.

Another critical condition of abdomen contributing in the abdominal pain is sudden contraction of internal parts of abdomen affecting spleen and lymph system. apart from expansion and contraction being a cause of upper left abdominal cramping, the infections also are accountable for a pain in the upper left abdomen.There are different types of infections such as bacterial infection, viral infection, infection of mononucleosis and parasitic infection that contribute to a great extent in the eruption of abdominal pain, a painful condition of splenomegaly disease. A disease, known as cat scratch disease also is found causing splenomegaly disease emerging in turn a pain over the upper left abdomen.

A few liver diseases such as biliary atresia, cirrhosis, cystic fibrosis and sclerosing cholangitis also cause a pain of splenomegaly affecting mostly the upper left portion of abdomen of the affected individuals. An extensive research conducted on the individuals to find out actual cause of abdominal pain affecting mostly the upper left abdomen has revealed that hemolytic anemia is one of the major conditions responsible for emerging left abdominal pain mostly affecting the upper region of abdomen. A few hemolytic-anemia-related conditions causing the splenomegaly disease are hemoglobinopathies, idiopathic auto-immune hemolytic anemia, immune hemolytic anemia and thalassemia. Cancer, hodgkin’s disease, leukemia, lymphoma, felty syndrome, sarcoidosis and critical sickle cells are some additional reasons affecting the spleen and causing as a result a pain on the upper left abdomen.

Home treatment of splenomegaly diseaseYou can deal with a abdominal pain of your upper left stomach by taking a few precautionary measures and adhering to some natural treatments. One of the precautionary steps you should take to deal with a pain of your upper left abdomen is avoiding the heavy physical works and sports activity. As a vigorous impact over the spleen can cause a damage, you should avoid heavy physical works like gym exercises, running, jogging, and other types of spleen-affecting activities. As a great care on your part is must to ensure complete safety of your spleen you should be much careful in your life avoiding heavy physical works. but if the condition of abdominal pain seems worsened off causing a great difficulty in breathing, immediately consult a doctor.

Medical examinations to be conducted

Before conducting medcial examinations a doctor may inquire about the nature and severity of abdominal pain occurring over its upper left part. Generally a question-answer session between a doctor and a patient, affected from the pain of splenomegaly, reveals the actual cause of complication holding either the enlarged spleen or infections responsible for abdominal pain. but tests still can be called for such as……. 

• X-ray test.
• CT scan.
• Blood tests for CBC and liver.

Viral Gastroenteritis                                                                  It also is caused due to the enlargement of spleen causing a severe abdominal pain to the affected individuals. The individuals affected from viral gastroenteritis experience a vigorous inflammation and a pain over their upper left abdomen. One of the major causes responsible for developing such disease is virus which triggers the complications of diarrhea and vomiting, the critical conditions known as rotavirus infection as well. There are different types of viruses responsible for causing viral gastroenteritis such as astrovirus, enteric adenovirus, norovirus and rotavirus.

Viral gastroenteritis disease affects both the adults and children causing a severe abdominal pain in different parts of their stomach mostly affecting their upper left abdomen. Consumption of contaminated foods, contaminated drinks/water are found contributing extensively in the emergence of viral gastroenteritis disease which causes diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, fever and abdominal pain mostly occurring over the upper left region of abdomen. anyone else can become susceptible to such disease provided his immune system gets futile in taming a viral onslaught.

Symptoms of viral gastroenteritis

As all the symptoms mentined above are sufficient to substantiate emergence of viral gastroenteritis, the doctor may still contemplate on additional checkups examining the blood pressure, urine and stool to find out the actual cause of critical condition. The medical checkups contemplate on identifying the type of bacteria triggering the diarrhea. One of the most crucial remedial steps is preventing the dehydration which often exacerbates the condition of the affected individual. In order to meet the deficiency of water or fluid in the body you should administer a solution or mixture of salt, sugar and some additional crucial minerals. those experiencing abdominal pain may be administered some acetaminophen drugs as well. 

It has been found that those encountering a complication of gastroenteritis often take soft drinks, fruit juices, soda and some other products to get a fast relief from abdominal pain or inflammation. but almost all such products are much noxious for those suffering from viral gastroenteritis which may get their condition much worsened off. A study has substantiated that aforesaid drinks do not meet the requirement of vital minerals required for body. A few foods favorable for stomach are cereals, bread, potatoes, lean meats, yogurt, bananas, fresh apples and green vegetables. these foods provide a great relief from gastroenteritis syndromes including upper left abdominal pain.

Some people introduced with the effectiveness of antibiotics take this medicine for a fast recovery and a relief from their abdominal pain. but let me reveal over here that the antibiotics though are compatible for a few specific syndromes of viral gastroenteritis it is not good for abdominal pain occurring on the left upper potion of abdomen. If your child is suffering from any one of the above mentioned symptoms of viral gastroenteritis and he is not recovering, consult a child specialist who will embark upon a few tests and thereafter will administer some effective drugs.

There are some conditions which may call you for contacting a doctor are…..

• If you notice blood in your child’s stool.
• You find your baby in dilemma.
• If your child complains of continuous headache and giddiness. 
• His mouth gets dried and doesn’t recover despite his drinking sufficient amount of water or fluids.
• Suffers from faint.

How to avoid gastroenteritis syndromes?

• Always serve the foods with your hands well washed with soap.
• Use always well washed plates, spoons and glass.
• Do not consume stale foods.
• Drink only filtered water or boiled water.  

Medicines to be prescribed

Although a doctor is to administer a gastroenteritis-affected child a few specific medicines, one of the common vaccines generally administered to the children is Rota Teq vaccine.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome                                                   Irritable bowel syndrome also is found causing upper left abdominal pain and many other complications in the body of the affected individuals. Disorder or dysfunction of intestinal tract is found affecting the bowel function and causing abdominal pain mostly affecting upper left portion of abdomen. Anxiousness is believed to worsen off such condition beyond, developing some more complications such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Existing for a life-time the irritable bowel syndrome can be tackled only with proper care, sufficient sleep and a few effective medications.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is known by a few names as well, such as nervous indigestion, spastic colon, intestinal neurosis, functional colitis, irritable colon, mucous colitis and laxative colitis as well. apart from causing an abdominal pain, the IBS causes a few other complications as well like constipation and diarrhea. Bowel movement is found causing left abdominal pain accompanied by constipation and diarrhea. Movements of intestinal muscles and a weak stamina to tolerate stretching effects of intestine’s muscles are some of the major causes of IBS requiring proper medical attention.

What is remarkable to notice is the lack of info in the medical world on what causes the IBS. but intestinal infection is supposed to be one of the major causes of IBS that already has been proved in a medical research. though IBS can affect the people of all ages and sexes, the abdominal pain is common among the adults. The individuals suffering from diarrhea and pain in their abdomen should consult a doctor for a faster relief from theirs critical condition.

Although diarrhea and upper left abdominal pain or inflammation are vivid symptoms of IBS, there are many other symptoms as well substantiating the IBS’s emergence such as tension, irritation, disrupted mood, anxiety and depression. If you pass through a few discomforting conditions such as inflated abdomen, gastric trouble, bloating and abdominal pain mostly affecting the upper left, you should take such symptoms as irritable bowel syndromes. As far as abdominal pain is concerned it looks volatile and uncertain emerging suddenly and vanishing much faaster following bowel movements. The individuals experience a vigorous pain over abdominal pain just after finishing their meal. Besides, some other symptoms authenticating the IBS are constipation, emotional trauma, depression, hair fall and loss of appetite.

Treatments for IBS

If you find your condition matching with a few mentioned symptoms of irritable bowel syndromes, you should do something to keep yourself aloof from such type of complication at your best. One of the effective ways to keep IBS complication at bay is gentle workout, be it anaerobic or outdoor. Sleep not less than ten hours daily as a part of remedial treatment in order to keep problem of abdominal pain and many other complications related with irritable bowel syndromes at bay. let me make one thing clear over here that sufficient sleep is a most effective tonic which you should take daily. nine hour sleep is must to provide a great relaxation to the brain and body keeping all the complications such as abdominal pain, nausea, stress, depression, hair fall and constipation at a far distance. 

If you want to keep yourself immune against the IBS you should have an effective balanced diet regularly so as to keep yourself immune to the problem of constipation, gastric trouble, nausea and depression. Make sure that meals you take contain maximum number of fibrous foods so as not to cause constipation or nausea which is found common in deep fried foods and junk foods available in the market. If you keep all the symptoms of IBS at bay, the problem of upper left abdominal pain will hardly approach you. You can have some effective medicines, meant for the IBS in order to deal with abdominal pain, anxiety, depression and constipation.The medicines put the bowel function onto proper order. In case you fail to sleep properly in the night you can go for some anti-depressant as well but only after consulting a doctor as the chances of yours getting addict of it can’t be ruled out.

Acute Pancreatitis

It is another critical condition causing abdominal pain in the body of the affected individuals. A major condition causing the acute pancreatitis pain in the abdomen is swelling and inflammation of pancreas, a most vital organ of the stomach. One of most crucial functions of pancreas is releasing insulin and glucagon, two crucial substances of the body which help in the food digestion. Although actual cause of pancreatitis is yet not known, the enzymes (aka dormant sustenance) supplied by the pancreas contribute in the emergence of acute pancreatitis complication. The useless enzymes coming from pancreas damage the vital tissues of pancreas and cause in turn a pain, identified as abdominal pain. The process of damage of pancreatic tissues is known as auto-digestion, a most destructive effect caused by the dormant enzymes of pancreas. Auto-digestion causes swelling, bleeding (aka hemorrhage), and damage to the blood vessels intensifying pain of acute pancreatitis.

Acute pancreatitis is found affecting largely the women in comparison with the men. and some of the known factors contributing in the pain of acute pancreatitis are a few diseases (gallbladder disease & gallstones), surgery and addiction. those using a few specific medicines such as estrogens, corticosteroids, thiazide diuretics, and azathioprine also become vulnerable to the acute pancreatitis which causes abdominal pain mostly affecting the upper left portion. Some of the surgeries accountable for acute pancreatitis are bile duct surgery and pancreatic surgery. Injuries over the abdomen, viral infections, cystic fibrosis condition and genetic diseases also are a few additional reasons causing acute pancreatitis which emerges the upper left abdominal pain.

Recent research papers have shown a similarity of acute pancreatitis symptoms with IBS showing anxiety or depression as the contributors in emergence of upper left abdominal pain. Fever, jaundice, nausea, vomiting and excessive sweating also are reported to be responsible for causing abdominal pain of acute pancreatitis. A few specific symptoms such as indigestion, gastric trouble, nausea, skin rashes and swelling of abdomen substantiate the emergence of acute pancreatitis pain among the affected individuals. If a pain emerging over the upper left abdomen seems to accrue due to acute pancreatitis, you can deal such complication by taking some effective medicines like aspirin. Relinquish the wine or alcohol. If the upper left abdominal pain seems to be the result of abdominal injuries, caused due to car steering or some physical works, avoid such situation. 

Polycystic kidney disease

As the upper left abdominal pain is associated with stomach, polycystic kidney disease also is found contributing in the emergence of upper left abdominal pain. Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic complication affecting the people generation after generation. Polycystic kidney disease affects the kidney’s natural function causing it to swell extensively which in turn causes a pressure within the stomach emerging an upper left abdominal pain. The polycystic kidney disease is known as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease as well. Although polycystic kidney disease affects mostly the adults and children both, adults are found much susceptible to such disease.

It is the bleeding in a cyst of kidney which triggers abdominal pain causing a few critical conditions known as brain aneurysms and diverticula of the colon. A few other symptoms of polycystic kidney disease are blood in urine, frequent urination during the night hours and a pain over entire abdomen. If you feel a drowsiness and often suffer from joint pain then the possibility of yours being victimized of polycystic kidney disease is much higher. Abnormal growth of nails and painful MCs and high blood pressure also are the symptoms belonging to polycystic kidney disease.  If all the mentioned symptoms are absent, a few medical examinations testing and analyzing your urine will reveal whether you are affected from polycystic kidney disease or not. If protein is found in your urine then it substantiates PKD victimizing you of upper left abdominal pain.   The medical tests to be conducted on an individual affected from PKDSometimes despite PKD is found too difficult to be diagnosed. and in such condition all the family members are passed through the medical checkups to confirm PKD being a cause of left abdominal pain.

• Abdominal ultrasound.
• Abdominal CT scan.
• MRI scan of entire abdomen.

Precautionary steps to deal with PKD

Keep your blood pressure under control by reducing salt intakes to a lowest level. Lowering the intake of salt will keep not only an upper left abdominal pain at bay but provide you an immunity as well against other diseases as well like cardiac disease. Reduce the intake of sugar as well which will help you deal with night hour’s frequent urination. You can have some antibiotics as well to deal with the upper left abdominal pain believed to be caused by PKD. If you think that PKD can be cured it is your misconception as no any treatment has yet been found effective in ending this complication forever. As upper left abdominal pain is one of the major conditions contributing in the emergence of polycystic kidney disease, some other complications such as high blood pressure, anemia, urinary tract infection, kidney infection, kidney failure and lever’s dysfunction are some of the common perplexities the patients may suffer from.