Abdominal upper right quadrant pain, just below ribs

[Mark M.]

Hi,
I too have upper right quad pain just below my ribs. I am a male, 46yrs old 6ft and weigh 175 lbs. My pain comes and goes and has for about 6 months. It is not severe pain, but at times is more annoying than anything. It feels like there is something in there pinching me. I went to an internal med MD in July. He ran blood tests that all came back fine. He sent me to have an abdominal ultrasound which showed only "healthy" organs. No dilated bile duct, no gall stones, liver enzymes were in normal range. It is 4 months later and the pain is still happening. When I sit, or bend at the waist, I can feel the pain. It is not a deep, internal pain, but seems close to the surface, just to the right of that little cartlidge/bone that splits the rib cage...just to the right of the stomach. What the heck could it be? My MD put me on Nexium, thinking maybe it is peptic in nature, but 60 days of Nexium and still the pain persists. I am freaking out because my dad passed away this past March due to a rare appendix cancer (pseudomixoma peritonei) that several MD's could not find, nor diagnose properly once they found it, another story in itself...so you know how the paranoia sets in. I don't have a lot of faith in MD's right now. Anyone out there have any input? Can the liver be screwed up for this long and still avoid being detected? Can inflamation be detected by ultrasound? It feels like it's burning, not like heartburn, but a firey sensation...hard to describe. Someone, please help me settle my fly away brain...thanks.

[dudders418]

Hi every one I'm 32 and have had dull pain of and on for 3 years or more it right under my right rib it some time feel like I'm inflamed and a burning and some times like as if I have a balloon under there some times tender to touch and im gassy and it worse wen I lie down I get gassy had a load of bloods done all come back ok had ultra sound doin twice and no gallstones liver ok kidney ok all come back ok im on meds at min called  omeprazole 20mg thay halp but wen I come off them after four days and it's all back evey time I go back to docs he just looks at me like putting it on .so Im going for a camera down to my stomic soon . I'm get fed up of it it's ruing my life .iv noted that when I take antibiotics it gos ant my stools go back to hard in sted of all ways loose .

[shutinnc]

I have been suffering from URQ pain for the last 6 years.  I have had every test you can have.  My gall bladder had been removed.  I have been diagnosed with Celiac disease.  Gluten free diet for several of these 6 years.  The pain did not go away even with my diet.  I have had a cryo procedure done to freeze the nerve to the painful area.  This helped more than anything.  I had the cryo procedure done again, however this time it did not work as well and my pain is worse than ever. I am at my wits end.  My family doctor thinks that I an crazy and a drug seeker..(NOT TRUE!!!) My pain doctors only treat the pain.  My gastro doc says that my liver enzymes are good again and my Celiac is under control.  Where do I go from here?!?!?!?!?!  Even on pain meds I am in horrible pain!!!

After reading a lot of these posts I don't feel quite so crazy.  That there are others out there who are in the same boat.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might go from here.  

I pray for all of you who are suffering right now with no answers.  I feel your pain!!! Literally!!!

[DannyB531]

I just read your post from 2010.  I sat here and cried.  I have been "fighting" the same thing for almost 3 years now.  Gallbladder out, blood tests come back "normal", the gastro treats my "heartburn" (which I don't have) ... and I am the crazy one according to them.  My family tries to staying supportive (God Bless my mother) and my partner has his moments.  I am tired of the doctors caling ME crazy because THEY can't find anything.  I have never had anything like this .... maybe we should start a coup of the medical profession and make them understand we are not crazy ... WE HURT!!!!

[Kaila42000]

I too have had this pain for almost 2 years...had all of the gallbladder test which came back healthy but they took it out anyways...the pain came back almost instantaneously after my surgery..then the MD thought I had pancreatic stones...I then had more scopes done..scopes into my pancreas. They discovered I had sphincter of ode disorder. Where your sphincter muscle is uncontrolled and also my duct is quite small...I had a stent put into my pancreas which subsided my pain for about 3 days... The drs then pretty much said there was nothing more they could do but start pain therapy.. I am now 23 weeks pregnant and my pain has doubled. I believe there is something more to my pain, bit now there is nothing they can do until I have my baby.. I always said there was more than just pain but the MD didn't have proof so he didn't agree... I am only 21 years old but I feel like my body is telling me something is wrong.. But I cannot do anything until after January and then I won't have time to worry about myself :/

[frustratedruqpain39]

I am a 39 year old female(gallbladder removed 8 years ago) who started the same type of journey in January.  I had an ovarian cyst with increase RUQ pain. OBGYN sent me for CT scan, showed blocked bile duct(enlarged on one end, compacted on other). Started to have heartburn and difficulty eating (lost 45 pounds since 1st ERCP). Had 1st ERCP and had blockage removed including a micro carcinoid tumor also, pancrease was inflamed.
Continued to have pain, Dr did 2nd ERCP and I had a stent for 24 hours to drain the pancreas.  I had 3 days of no pain and then my stomach flipped(same feeling as driving over a hill and you get the flip).  Since then I have had pain in RUQ under 1st rib and goes around to my back. My pain is between a 3-5 all day and will increase to 8-9 with food(Still can't eat much as pain increases).
Went back to Doctor in May and was told it was due to over active nerves/maybe I should change my job.  
Had exploratory surgery a few weeks ago, OBGYN found endometriosis, Gastro doc(different doc) could not find anything. Am scheduled for Gastric emptying studying and have asked doctor for any other tests to determine what is wrong.  Due to allergies, I am unable to take med's other than ibuprofen. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.

[editha29]

Hi, fellow pain resistants, just kiddin. I'm 29 ,no gallbadder,essure ,overall healthy, ct scan of chest ok, kidney infection ok,x-ray of shoulder ok (having shoulder an neck pain)vaginal and abdominal ultrasound ok, the pain just started las month during my menstrual period , now it's 30 days after the horrible and annoying painits back and i'm in my m.period . I'm feeling the pain again. i was wondering, it maybe related? any comment ? please