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left rib pain ..pin point
about half way down on the left side of center of ribs I get sharp..pin stick type pain..at times really bad and it seems to go around...ribs not so much from front of body to back...could that be the lungs...I did smoke for too many years...had x-ray that showed excuse my spelling "inflitrate" in the left lung and then the dr. just dropped it and did nothing else...sometimes the pain translates into a kind of feeling like I am punched right under the ribcage...and then I also have left scapular pain that is "sticking like also in the scapular.....at times nodules can be felt on the surface of the ribs in that area...they roll and are larger at times ...and sometimes small...about the size of a finger...long or just short..like the size of a fingernail...strange at least to me...generally I have been dismissed as "nuts" when I ask doctors about this. and it does seem to be getting worse....
and now suddenly after turning 60 years old...I ache all over and my thighs will burn and ache.
I did have Celulitus in my left armpit...but doctors say that has nothing to do with this.
At worst, what kind of doctor should I see about this ongoing problem who will investigate until an answer is found...I do have discomfort still in the left armpit...PCP thought it was "lymph" related but dr. he sent me to said "no"...Something is going on...
Do lung issues cause rib pain?
and now suddenly after turning 60 years old...I ache all over and my thighs will burn and ache.
I did have Celulitus in my left armpit...but doctors say that has nothing to do with this.
At worst, what kind of doctor should I see about this ongoing problem who will investigate until an answer is found...I do have discomfort still in the left armpit...PCP thought it was "lymph" related but dr. he sent me to said "no"...Something is going on...
Do lung issues cause rib pain?
Make an appt with a PULMONOLOGIST and have a high contrast CT scan done of your lungs and chest. You need to know what kind of "infiltratate" is in your lungs. This is not something you can wait on...
Thanks to each of you i will call my PCP. Is there anything else I should ask to have done now..test wise? I was told there is suppose to be a new blood test...AMAS...that can identify any circullating
cancer cells in the body...it can't show "where" but it does show id it exists.
I had read awhile back about a 'certain' kind of Cscan....it was either the slow one or the fast one that did a much better job to identify exactly what is going on. Do any of you know anything about that?
Thanks again..my doctor is an internist but I really don't think he is pro-active. I find so few doctors that are on a deep level patient centered. Sometimes it seems all they can do is order tests and then depending on reults either dismiss the results or pass you on to a specialist.
cancer cells in the body...it can't show "where" but it does show id it exists.
I had read awhile back about a 'certain' kind of Cscan....it was either the slow one or the fast one that did a much better job to identify exactly what is going on. Do any of you know anything about that?
Thanks again..my doctor is an internist but I really don't think he is pro-active. I find so few doctors that are on a deep level patient centered. Sometimes it seems all they can do is order tests and then depending on reults either dismiss the results or pass you on to a specialist.
You need to see a pulmonologist and have CT scans done. If they see something on the CT, they will do a bronchoscopy to rule out diseases. Mine turned out to be lung cancer. Don't dismiss this, it could be nothing or it could a life and death issue.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi,
An infiltrate is a descriptive term used by radiologists to describe a particular type of shadow seen on a lung xray.
Your symptoms should not be dismissed offhand, especially in light of the xray findings and armpit infection.
Please see an internist.
An infiltrate is a descriptive term used by radiologists to describe a particular type of shadow seen on a lung xray.
Your symptoms should not be dismissed offhand, especially in light of the xray findings and armpit infection.
Please see an internist.
what is an "infitrate"....one of my dr's dismiss it.....and did not explain it....where can I read more about "what" it is and "what it could become"......
and 'what tests" I can insist on......
and 'what tests" I can insist on......
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi,
Lung 'issues' may cause pain if they involve the covering of the lung called pleura.
That you are symptomatic, with worsening pain, an ex-smoker, and have had an x-ray which showed some infiltrate, should prompt your doctor to investigate you more closely.
I agree that the armpit cellulitis is unlikely to be related to the rib pain, and seems to be infective in origin.
I suggest you see an internist, who will perform a thorough physical exam, repeat chest imaging, and narrow down the possible diagnosis, then suggest some tests to confirm the diagnosis.
Lung 'issues' may cause pain if they involve the covering of the lung called pleura.
That you are symptomatic, with worsening pain, an ex-smoker, and have had an x-ray which showed some infiltrate, should prompt your doctor to investigate you more closely.
I agree that the armpit cellulitis is unlikely to be related to the rib pain, and seems to be infective in origin.
I suggest you see an internist, who will perform a thorough physical exam, repeat chest imaging, and narrow down the possible diagnosis, then suggest some tests to confirm the diagnosis.
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