Extreme right side pain under my rib cage

I had Pancreatits due to a bad Gall Bladder a year ago.  Since then I have been pretty healthy until recently.  About 8 weeks ago I started getting these severe pains in my right side under my rib cage.  When I take a deep breath it is like someone is stabbing me.  I have no fever and this pain is re-occuring.  Some days I am fine, others I can't move.  I have been to the emergency room twice.  The first time they told me my liver enzymes were real high but there was no sign of pancreatits and they sent me home with pain killers.  The second time they did and ultra sound, found nothing, and again sent me home on pain killers.  Has this happened to anyone?  I am scared but tired of going to the ER to be told to go home and rest.

[Kalio1]

I think you need further evaluation of your liver, preferably by a liver specialist ( Heptologist)
Have you been tested for hepatitis b and c?
Part of the problem is using the ER for this, you really need a doctor who can look into it more thoroughly.

[Betseyblue]

Have you had your gall bladder taken out? Theres is a thing called Post Cholecstecstamy (sorry for the bad spelling) Syndrome. Do you have issues with eating and having to run to the bathroom right after? You may want them to check you on that. I had mine removed over 2yrs ago, and had a sharp stabbing pain under my right side ribcage and that is what they told me it was. Also, take into consideration that it's possible if you have lifted anything lately that sometimes, we bruise whats called like the skeletal tissue in our ribcages. I had that happen once, but it only hurt when I breathed in. Hope that helped. Goodluck.

[GPG72]

Yes, I have had this happen to me...now as a matter of fact and about the same exact time last year.  Last year I was working in a Data Center dealing with servers...some very heavy, so at that time I thought, yes, I had bruised some muscles lifting and installing a server.  I have a two year old (then she was 1) and I bent over to pick her up out of the car to take her to daycare and got stuck in a bending position and couldnt breath.  Before that it had started on the right side and spread to the rest of my ribcage and I was stiff as a ironing board for a week.  Then slowly, it went away.

This time that it has happened, it seems to want to stay on the right side under my ribcage...I'm forced to take small breaths because when I take deap breaths, it feels like my right lung is being crushed by my rib cage.

[painintheright]

I have similar pain, but my pain is constant and dull. It does not seem to be affected by food, although I find myself bloated most of the time and I can't seem to burp when I feel the need to.
The pain becomes completely unbearable when I run, it feel like something just under the lowest right rib is about to burst or tear if I don't stop running.  I had the whole battery of tests a year ago and the gallbladder, kidneys and abdomen all checked out. I don't have nausea, I have not lost my appetite, and I don't have a fever. The only thing I can say is that this problem only took front and center attention after my appendectomy.

[gleesy]

i have the same pain under my right ribcage.. It becomes unbearable after 10/15 mins of running, whether i have eaten or not... Other than that am in good physical shape, need to know it just a simple thing, because its been going on for over a year. Doesn't occur at any other time than at peak exertion (soccer training fine)???

[Fatmax41]

i have lower right pain like over my hip. It stays for and hour and goes away. i dont know what it is? do any of you know. please help me!! i hurts reallllyy bad when i breath, i have to breath little by little because if i take deep breths it hurt very bad. I dont know what it is. i researched and found nothing. mabey you know?

[Rubitooz]

I have exactly the same pain as Angie_6 and painintheright posting. I"m at the stage where i feel a dull pain everyday now but when i run it's almost like the worst 'stitch' you could imagine and it takes a couple of hours to go away.  I'm going to my doctor next week and hopefully get some answers - have you found any yet?

[lauren81]

Angie,

I would also really recommend seeing a Hepatologist (Liver specialist). I currently have a tumor in my liver, and it causes similar pains by my ribs and up into my chest. Supposedly, it is due to the tumor stretching the liver "capsule" (the casing that protects your liver.) Obviously, I am NOT saying that you have a tumor, but the fact that your liver enzymes were high is a concern best looked at by either a gastronenterologist who specializes in liver disease, or by a hepatologist. Good luck!

[jennysweekly]

My pain is in the upper right rib cage and behind right breast. Hurts like broken ribs or tearing and burning just under ribcage.  Laying on the painful side is more comfortable than any. Hurts too bad to breath laying on back.  Really hurts front and back right side boob and ribs when i cough..thats the worse part..coughing.

[smile6981]

I have the exact same thing!  Same area and everything.   I had a cough attack at work last Thursday and have had the pain since then.  I thought it was better on Saturday, but must have pushed myself too far.  Today (Sunday) I can barely cough, lay down, or raise my arm without it hurting beyond belief.  Coughing is by far the worst, but hard not to do with a cold.  I have tried heat and Aleve, but nothing seems to be helping.  Is it just a pulled muscle?  Like you, if anyone knows what might be wrong or what might help, please let me know.

[Noodle01]

I have severe right side abdominal pain right now.  If I move at all it is extremely painful  I have no idea what it is but for alot of the posters it sounds like you have costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartiledge between the ribs it it extremely painful as if you bruised a rib.

[oneconcernedgirl]

Hm, well as I kept reading I got further and further away from relating to you.  For the very first question here concerning gall bladder removal then pancreatitus (pancreatitis)... I had the same thing happen. They actually messed up my bile duct when they removed my gall bladder and i had to get an ercp done and had a 10% chance of getting pancreatitus (pancreatitis) and guess what I got it.  That was back in August of 05 and a few months into 06.  But I have been having the pain in my right side again for the past 1 1/2 mo. so I am wondering if my liver enzyme count i up.  What that does is well your liver enlarges and thats the discomfort and pain you feel sometimes just for your count being up.  Your count being up can be several things but you do need to see a doctor and have them further access that.  Let me know what you find out, I dont' have insurance right now so I am trying to get it and hold ff before I go, but its getting really aggravating.

[oneconcernedgirl]

oh and if you can stay off the painkillers, document your pain and see if the pain comes and goes with anything.... since your enzymes are up something is definately wrong, but it may just be something minor...go to a physician or specialist..ER, doesn't surprise me they sent you home with no solution really.

[Liz3755]

I have just started having the same kind of pain, but it was preceeded by a bout of gastritis, once that was under control it began as a dull ache until it graduated to a terrible pain under my rib cage that tonight has begun to radiate to my back and it becomes more painful when I inhale deeply and lets not talk about SNEEZING!!! Tomorrow I'm going to see my Internist to see what's going on!! Good Luck and I'll keep you posted!

P.S. It's seems worse at night. Is that possible?!

[starryd]

I get this exact same pain, every day while I'm walking to and from work. It takes 35 mins to walk and I walk very very fast, after around 10 mins the pain starts and stays with me till I stop - its agony and has been happening every time I do running/walking type exercise. Recently I have been trying to control my breathing differently and I think if I continue to try different techniques I may ease it. But I want to know why this happens?? I also discovered the same thing happens to my brother who is one year younger. It happens him when hes running,playing soccer and is finding it a real pain too. The pain is centered and slightly spread out directly underneath the first couple of ribs on my right side.

[idee99]

I am having a bout of familiar right sided rib pain and bloating. I've experienced this many times to different degrees over the past 25 years, beginning soon after I had my gallbladder/appendix removed. I don't know if it is always the same condition or from different causes with overlaping symptoms.
Originally, I had bloating and diarrhea which the Dr. said could be due to bile dumping? He asked if I had been taking laxatives because my intestines were so slick when they should have a rougher texture. Through the years, I would say these symptoms have gotten worse instead of better. Is this consistant with anyone else who has had their galbladder removed for many years?
I do go through times when I have  bloating, stomache cramps and diarrhea almost immediately after a meal. Small amounts of food don't seem to affect me, but a full meal does. The bloating seems to cause the rib pain. It feels like there is just no room to contain the swelling and the abdominal pressure also affects my ability to take a deep breath. At times I can not bend because of the bloating and rib pain. I often cannot wear my normal clothes because the pressure of the waistline is too uncomfortable or restricts breathing even more.
I have had ultrasounds (that show minimal fatty infiltration of the liver, with no seeming concern from the Dr.)
X-ray to check for cracked ribs - negative
Diagnosis of possible costrochondritis, but no accounting for the swelling.
Diagnosis of IBS....could straining form constipation trigger alll this?!?
Endoscopies that revealed gastritis at times and none at others.
Once diagnosed with Barett's esophagus and years subequent, no evidence of Barett's.
I'm sitting here in my largest t-shirt swollen and slightly nauseos. I know if I go to the Dr. I'll go through the regular steps and come up with nothing and eventually it will resolve on its own...for a while.
My impression is that my intestines are inflamed and swollen and are putting pressure on my rib cage, but what is the cause? I sometimes get a smaller reaction on the left upper abdomen but no rib pain there.
I've looked at seasonal triggers as it seems to happen in the late summer early fall. I've noticed that it has happened several times when there were a lot of toadstools springing up in the area. I have taken notice of this because one of the worst ever bouts happened after I mowed our yard one year when we had toadstools. Could this be fugus/yeast related? The Docs don't seem compelled by this observation.
A week into my current episode, I did do some heavy furniture moving that I believe did exacerbate my symptoms. I'm paying for it now. In the middle of a project and can't do anything.

As these symptoms date back to 1984, I don't know how they may be related to other diagnosis, but I will list them
Fibromyalgia
Vertigo
Herniated disks C5 and C6
Obstructive and Central Apnea (using CPAP for 10 years)
IBS
Follicilar Lymphoma Stage 1 grade AE - no treatment thus far as I have no tumors
Anemia
RLS

[cmeister]

i am having similar pain in my right side rib cage just below where my breast tissue ends but it hurts when i breath in or out completely put pressure on my rib cage in the area its hurting and when it gets really bad it goes all the way to my back right underneath my shoulder blade and i cant lay on my back nor can i lay on my stomach has anyone ever felt this pain before kind of like someone is stabbing you....

[medstudent1234]

Have you tested your cholesterol levels? There's a possibility that it maybe the cause. If you know that your liver enzymes are high then you must have done the cholesterol test.
If it's within the range then you need to get an abdominal CT to check for any  liver inflammation. Your GB was the cause of the pancreatitis the last time... It would be safe to check the GB too. If the pain radiates to the back then it most probably is related to the liver but do not get too stressed out cuz' the stress itself would cause an increased bout of pain.

[aunry]

I have it all the time and even comes and goes. Been to er several times, and yeah just pain killers. Some even tell me it is gas I do not think so. I do not know what to do. I am scared a lot of the times.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
Since you have had it several times and ER visits have not been very fruitful, you need to look closely at various possibilities and try to eliminate them one by one. Since you do not have any other symptoms, it should not be anything very serious.
Chest pain aggravated by laughing yawning and deep breathing goes more in favor of costochondritis, which causes pain and tenderness at points where your ribs attach to your breastbone.  
Chances are that you have esophageal reflux (GERD), where the food in your stomach is thrown up into your food pipe or esophagus. This also causes burning sensation or discomfort in the chest area. Another possibility is hiatal hernia, where a portion of stomach herniates into the chest cavity through the diaphragm. This along with chest discomfort cause shortness of breath too. Gall bladder problems too can cause similar symptoms.
It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Do discuss these possibilities with your treating doctor. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[kayakkid56]

I've been having pain in my ribcage on the right side right underneath my breast. It can be pretty severe but goes away after about 5 -10 minutes. It can also radiate up to my jawline. Often it happens when I'm lying down. I was almost wondering if it was caused by my underwire bra. Or indigestion. But it happened today when I was just putting on my mascara. It doesn't happen all that often but it has been happening more often in the past 3 years or so. It sounds similar to what some other people are describing. Has anyone been diagnosed that has gone throught this?

[tanja23]

I have had really bad stomach pain since i was 10 years old every time i eat or drink something my stomach on my right side underneath my rib cage hurts so bad that i have to stop eating and wait until its gone, sometimes it last for a couple seconds and sometimes it lasts for hours. i have been to several doctors and know one seems to know whats wrong. Its really frusterating because you can feel what your body is telling you and you know it better than anyone else. i have had more than one doctor tell me its all in my head, but i know its not in my head because my father has the same thing. He got so fed up with doctors around here ( they never seem to care) that he made an appointment over in Switzerland. i hope THEY will figure out whats goin on. when we figure out i will post it.

[aisha212]

I too have side pain under my lower ribs on my right side.  I've so far taken acid reflux meds , an Ultra Sound, and an Upper Endoscopy.  The Acid Reflux meds didn't help/hurt the pain, the Ultra Sound came back normal, and the Upper Endoscopy came back normal as well.  The pain started after I got Mono and Hep A (caused by the mono, and has now cleared up) about 7 months ago and has been getting worse every month.  Its not related to eating, laying down, running, or anything really - just seems to happen at random.  So far nothing is conclusive or helpful as to getting rid of the pain or whats causing it.

My mom was having similar problems about 2 years ago and went through the same thing - test after test with no conclusive results. She finally had a "nuclear" test and that found that her Gall Bladder had completely stopped working. She had it removed and doesn't have anymore pain.  

[ReneaLayne]

I'm having similar pain as well, but it's mainly when I cough.  It feels like someone is stabbing me on my right side under my rib cage.  And when I breath in.  When I cough, I have to squat on the floor and keep my right side by my right knee.  

[ReneaLayne]

I'm right with you guys.  EVERYTHING!!! you're saying I'm having as well.  Especially with the coughing.  If you figure anything out please let me know.  I can't get into my DR until 1/11.  The emergency room where I live isn't very good.  I'm getting pretty worried.  Thanks I'd really appreciate it.

[ReneaLayne]

I did some researching online.  It sounds like what we have is this Costochondritis (Tietze’s syndrome) Here is a website of the symptoms
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/691/main.html#SymptomsofTietze
Here is another website that tells about it.
http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/02/28/costochondritis-tietzes-syndrome/

[macster4]

Hi,

I have started having pains just under my right breast/ top of my rib cage and it i svery sore when i take deep breaths, cough, and when i lie down flat on my back it is extreemly painful and i have to change position. I have poked around on my breast to check if there is a lump or anything and i cannot feel anything unusual - my  upper rib cage area is also very sensitive.

Was wondering if anyone else had similar symtoms (symptoms) and if anyone else might have a clue as to what i have got - firts i thought that i had bruised a rib or something like that but i have not hit myself in the area or bumped into anything. So i really am at a loss

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks  

[dpl83]

I had my gallbladder removed and a hernia in my bellybutton repaired on January 14.  I was doing fine until January 24.  I awoke sore and with discomfort on my right side near and under the rib cage.  It progressively got worse.  Now it feels like a sharp, stabbing pain whenever I breathe in or out and when I move at all it gets worse.  I have been to the ER and they did blood work, a ultrasound, a CT scan of my chest and upper abdomen and then I had one of the lower abdomen.  The doctors say my live enzymes are a little high but not to bad but they can not seem to determine what is causing this.  It is very frustrating because they say that all they can do is give me pain medication and hope that it goes away.  If anyone has any advice I am open to suggestions as to what to do next,  Tahnks.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
Hernia surgery and gall bladder surgery are often associated with adhesions. This can cause severe pain that is felt more on certain movements and not diagnosed by traditional diagnostic tools. What needs to be done is an exploratory laparotomy and cutting the adhesions. Discuss this possibility with your doctor.
Since your liver enzymes are raised, possibility of liver infection is there. An abscess in the liver at the site of surgery could also be the case. This is often missed if not searching for it carefully.
Hope this helps. Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[Susanann1122]

I have the problem, it started right after I toke a new shot for my RA which the shot is called Simponi, now for the past two weeks the pain can become unbearable, its so hard for me to work and breathing, coughing, sneezing even clearing my throat it feels like stabbing pain. Sleep what is that I can't seem to found a spot that it doesn't hurt, but I agree that laying on the side with the pain helps more then hurts but I can't lie at all on my back.  I doctor was talking about adhesion's but I haven't had any thing done to cause these, I also went to the ER and they did all the test said everything was fine and sent me home with pain killers that don't even work If anyone has a answer please help how can someone live there lives like this when its hard to even take one breath Thank you Susan

[DebMlpn]

I am a nurse and have been dealing with this for approx. 71/2 years.I started noticing it when I worked nights at the hosp. so I had my blood checked for gallbladder d/t nurses telling me it sounded like classic signs of gallbladder although I didn't have any other symtoms (symptoms) except occasional heart burn. Was neg. so I went on dealing with it,some times the stabbing pain was worst than others. One time my daughters and I started on a road trip to somewhere and I was in so much pain I couldn't even help drive,I notice at times it is extreme when I am behind the wheel. Few years later I decided to go to Dr.and she did Swallow test,and some other mild test and nothing showed. I have since just been trying to live with it,if it was musclular some kind of pain med would help but doesn't touch it.I would love to find out what this is,I have not had any surgeries or organs removed. My only health issue is hypothyriodism.

[AmyW21]

Same pain here. It's dull and under my right rib. It's the worst if I am sitting or lying. I have to sleep on my right side. It feels like someone is pressing against my chest. Last fall I went to the doctor. I thought it was bone or muscle related. She wanted to check to make sure it wasn't something more serious. They found a gallstone during an u/s and said it would be good to remove the gallbadder. So I did. I was so eager to have the pain go away. Surgeon said they found only one small stone. One. Six months later, the same pain is still there. I've had a ctscan so my surgeon could tell me everything looked okay post surgery. Help! I'm sick of medical bills and this constant dull pain. Why can't any Dr. figure out what this is? I'm otherwise a healthy person. Work-out. Eat well. What the heck? PS: I miss my gallbladder.

[melissacurtis28]

please go see a doctor i was hurting on the same place as the gal bladder i had mine tooken out because i had gal stones but anyway it could be affected in that area after surgury its best to see a doctor who will know might need an ultra sound done in that area to figure whats causeing the pain , anyways after surguy it could still hurt in the same spot for a long period of time trust me i know i had it done also.

[angie116]

so i've had a pain in my right side for the last 5 days...went o e.r yesterday because not only do i have pain on my lower right side now i do on side of my boob and also there's some kind of a pattern on my skin that goes from my spine to half way to my stomache.  the pattern like thing doesn't have any pain to it, but it's weird looking and the dr's said its not shingles and that they've never seen anything like it...everyday the pain gets worse...they didn't check anything just had dr's look at it and say i have them stumped gave me pain meds, but the meds are helping at all...does anybody know what it is?  it looks like when your outside and you are so cold and come in and thaw out and it's white and red splotches...that's how my whole side is and...i dont know what it is...please help angie!

[cruellacastle]

i have had all the tests, done, they removed my gall bladder about 9 years ago, i still have these hsarp pains. sometimes i get attacks where i have to drink sode water and burp to get rid of them, i have the endoscopy done, everything, xrays, ultrasounds, you name it and nothing!! it hurts so bad, some days i can not leave the house or even want to breathe! please if anyone knows . let me know. thank you so much

[monique2010]

When I sleep on my right side i have this excruciating pain on my side back ribcage, it doesn't hurt when i sleep on my back or left side, sometimes it's hard to get out of bed. Can someone please help me out to understand what can be the causes.

[dannysangel816]

I have the same pain in my right side. Feels like it did when I was pregnant and my son had his foot up against my ribcage. (i'm not pregnant). But mine is sometimes in the same spot in my back as well. i had my gallbladder removed 2 yrs ago. My husband says he sometimes feels a small knot (feels like the roly ball on my blackberry) but I have been to 2 different Dr's and one gave me some long name (basic says its inflammation form arthritis) gave me a cortisone shot and said i should be fine.. he was wrong.. the 2nd one told me it was an ulcer, put me on meds and sent me home.. Neither worked and I'm tired of being in pain and spending $$ i don't have on Dr's that aren't helping. Any suggestions.? I had bloodwork done before my gallbladder surgery and they said my ANA was high. Spent 6 mths going to a rhumetologist that couldn't seem to figure out what was causing my high ANA...

[dannysangel816]

The Costochondritis is what one of the Dr's diagnosed me with. Gave me a shot of cortisone and said I should be fine.. I was for about a week. That's been 6 months and the pain is still here and I've been to another Dr that says it's just an ulcer. Gave me meds that aren't helping for that either..

[rickster1471]

couple of days ago i had spicy spare ribs and since then im getting sharp pains under my rib cage in the center the ribs might not have anything to do with it but some days im fine or some days im ok in the day but by nit i cant go to sleep if i lay on any side it kills,
i had a few reasons from people what it can be such as
"i put too much salt on food and it caught up"
"i might have bruised my rib"
"it might have something to do with the spicy ribs"

but i havant been to doctor as im afiad of them stupid i know but does anyone know wat it is as i want it sorted.

i will say my appertite anit change or anything just the pain  
plz help if u know send me answer to mr-ricky-***@****

[maries22]

I have had re-occurrences of this since I was in high school and I am 22 years old now. I've never had surgery before. I get this stabbing pain in my right side on the lower part of my rib cage. it lasts from 15-30 minutes and I have to hold the area while sitting up until the pain subsides and finally goes away. Is there anyone that knows what this could possibly be.

[Michelle2181]

hi, um.. my mom has rank side pains under the ribcage too, but no gullblatter it got taken out about 4yrs ago. She went to the family doctor and a Heptologist and they both say shes perfictly fine.  But is driving her bonkers!! Help?

[gemseyp]

Ive been experiencing pain on the right side of my stomach - mainly on my side, I have pain near my right rib cage and when i breath in it hurts and when i sneeze its painful. Ive also noticed for the last week or two, i've been eating small portions and soon as i eat my meal i need the toilet straight afterwards. Im really starting to worry. Can anyone tell me whats causing this

[missruffles8700]

about a year ago i started having pain between my shoulderbladeswhen taking in a deep breath. (center right). now almost a year later it's radiating around to my right ribs. very painful. and an endoscope (came back fine), chest exray (fine), back exray (fine), a test where you swallow white chalky stuff (fine), blood test, white, red, hemoglobin, hematocrit, ast,alt all in range. only thing somewhat high is cholesterol, and a slight hiatle hernia anyone have any suggestions? missruffles8700

[sb26]

hi.i'm a 26 yrs girl and am  having a similar pain on the right side of my ribs i feel heat under my arm n my ribs.i don know what to do.i 've been to the hospital and there's no inprovement.it happen almost everyday of my life 4 the past 6months atleast 2 hours everyday.i'm scared....i need help if any1 can help. please do

[daza32]

I have been getting pains in my lower right rib for about 10 days now it only seems to happen when i first wake up and lasts for around 30mins and only when i inhale, i had quite a bad cold around the time it started and that caused me to cough alot so i just put it down to a strain but it isnt getting any better and i went to docs yesterday and was advised  to go for a chest xray as im still wheesy from the cold, she has me woried what shes looking for has anyone else experienced similiar symptons ?

[emned327]

o myyy goodness i smoke cigarettes ansd shouldnt...ok none of should but i blame that on the reason why every couple minutes i have to taKE  a deep breath and THAT deep breath is so painful on my righ side under ribcage....i sneezed earlier and on my 3rd sneeze i guess i made such a strange yelp that i heard my roomate sister say_"what the **** was that" this is day 3 i thought it was a gas or something stuck this is why america the home of the free needs to start acting and being more fair n maybe more of us will have insurance instead of [psting stuff onlinr tryying to diagnose m figure out whats wrong with ourselvessssssssssssssssssss

[itsme23]

some of you should try and look up Celiac Disease... it may help..

[gem111]

Hi

I had my gallbladder removed about 3 year ago as i had a large stone. Since then i get very sharp pains sometimes if i stand up to quick or if i am sitting in the same position for to long. I have seen the dr and have now been told it is scar tissue from the surgery which gets stuck sometimes, and going in to remove this will just make things worse but i can live with it so it is ok. I hope this helps some of you

Take Care

Gem

[smallville2010]

You should really check your kidney health with an ultrasound first up.  I had pain under my right rib cage since I was very young and had most GP's thought it was irritable bowl syndrome or I was faking it!  Turned out my right kindey was constricted from birth and got progressively worse until one day I had an ultrasound done and next thing I was in surgery having a jj stent inserted and a year later the kidney was removed.  I urge anybody with pain around or under the rib cage to have at least an ultra sound done to make sure your kidneys are functioning correctly as they can cause you excrutiating pain if they are dying!

[famedalupi]

Hello I am experiencing a pain like this but on my left side. I have Tourette's Syndrome and a week ago or so developed a new tic that had me clenching my left side  I kept telling myself I had to stop or I'd hurt myself and a week later I am in the most debilitating pain I've ever experienced (and I've had a tooth abcess (abscess)...).

It hurts to deep breath, cough, sniff, sneeze, sleep in many positions, and the worst part of all is doing each of these things feels like I'm being shot. It's that painful. I'm a 25 year old male and it had me in tears this morning because it hurt so bad. The pain definitely seems to be coming from my ribs, or maybe something pushing on my ribs from the inside (but I really think its the ribs). There is nothing on my skin that reflects being injured: no bruise, no redness, no bumps.

It's been like this for about three or four days, but the episode I had this morning was the worst it's ever felt, and I don't want to have to feel that again. It still hurts a lot now but at least it's not so bad that I'm crying. I have no insurance but I will be going to a hospital this afternoon as I wait for a friend to pick me up. I just wanted to post this here if anyone has possible ideas. This is a good hospital so I think I will get a proper diagnosis but from the possible diagnoses I've read (costochondritis), it looks like I'll have to take painkillers and hope it goes away sooner. :( I don't want to be addicted to painkillers...

[Banned1]

I'm so sorry that you are suffering.  I know next to nothing about this stuff but I'm learning through my own illness.  Your symptoms could be SO many things including sludge/stones in the common bile duct, Post-Cholecystectomy Syndrome, Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth, Pancreatitis, adhesions, etc.  I apologize for the length of this post but I really want to help you.  

There are some less invasive tests such as the Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and MRCP-S (Secretin) which can image the whole thing including pancreas and ductal system.  The EUS does require sedation and is similar to an upper endoscopy.  Once you have a Gastroenterologist, they might be willing to try an EUS or MRCP-S to determine what is causing your symptoms.   Right now, EPISOD studies are being conducted in the United States which might be a way to get to the bottom of your symptoms without the cost if you qualify.

Many people with abdominal pain have great success with digestive enzymes and pancreatic enzymes.  I'm told that they won't do any harm so, unless you have side effects, there's not a downside to trying them.  Your Doc might even have samples.  This is something you can do now and it reduces the amount of work the pancreas has to do which will reduce any damage if damage is occuring to your pancreas again.

A low-fat, high fibre diet can make a big difference to people with abdominal pain.  Eliminating fried foods from your diet and starting with bland foods, you may get to a point where you have no pain.  Then you can add new items to see how you feel.

It helps to keep a journal.  It's a great way to review your situation objectively and identify patterns in your foods, symptoms, medications, bowel habits and pain level.  Hindsight is 20/20 and keeping a log might help you look at things more objectively over the longer term.  Also, if you have to go into Emergency again, you can say, this has been the pattern...

Are you taking Metamucil or a similar daily fibre product?  This helps SOME people with abdominal pain.   It does not make you go, it makes you regular by adding fibre to the watery stools, making them firm.  

You are not alone!  Try to stay positive and reach out for support when you need it.  Talk to your Doctor, family, friends, co-workers, church or social service volunteers or anyone you feel safe with.  

When you do find answers, it would be wonderful if you could let us know the root cause(s) and how you got rid of your pain.  It gives people on this site hope to hear success stories.

Take care of yourself.  Good luck and Godspeed.  All the best,

Sam

[tanyaouch]

please see a liver specialist..cause hep c causes this pain..has anyone had a tatoo in the past..caue they didnt have auto claving yrs ago..trust I know if your enzymes up up it is a good indercator that there is something going on with your liver ...try eating pork if it hurts after eating it then u know you have liver problems..pork can set off the pain..

[chase11210]

Hi
i'm a 15 year old male. ive been having a sharp pain near my lower right ribs. It hurts sometimes at random and when im laying down. It also especially hurts when i eat or drink something. I'm unable to finish meals because it hurts extremely when i eat. I went to the doctor recently to find out what i have, but he just put me on some medicine (that did't work).
I also throw up  just recently. this has been going on starting like 3 days ago.

[Banned1]

Hi Chase:
Sorry to hear you are suffering.  This could be any number of things (see above).  Unfortunately, you've just got to be patient.  Tell the Doc what works and what doesn't.  Go to the hospital when you need to.  Talk to your family and let them know what's going on.  Once you know what the problem is, you'll be on the road to treating it.  The usual things that might help are keeping a log of everything going into/coming out of your body including food, drink, medications, etc.  Write down how you feel after every meal so you can make sure it isn't something like a wheat (gluten) or milk (lactose) allergy.  You can't go wrong by reducing your fat intake and avoiding fried foods until you feel better.  If you start to notice patterns, that will help you to avoid everything that makes you feel worse.  It works the other way, too.  An empty stomach can sometimes cause intense pain in some conditions, so having a meal replacement drink like Boost or Ensure when you can't face food might help.
Hang in there, Kiddo, and KNOW that you will get through this!  All the best to you and yours,
Sam

[ashley13garcia]

Hi I am 25 and have been having pain in my right side between the last two floating ribs for about ten years off and on. This last extent of pain has been getting worse constant for almost a year. It started with lifting weights hurt then cardio then anything from walking to standing pro long. I have had a ct done: normal, MRI: normal, blood: normal and urine: normal. The only medicine that some what helps a little is NSAID but even the highest doses don’t completely work but it’s something. If I ball up is helps the pain but heat or cold does not. I have tried physical therapy, massage therapy, chiropractor, and kidney specialist, internal medicine everyone is passing me on and running out of options. The pain on most days is an ache but gets worse as the day goes on into a sharp radiating pain until I can barely stand. I have a high pain tolerance but this is horrific I don’t want to be medicated all my life and doctors don’t want to prescribe me anything now. Something is wrong very wrong please if anyone has an idea please help

[smilenowperry]

i have had this same problem only this started when i was in seventh grade. i woke up from a nap and my chest was in severe pain right below my right breast in my rib cage that worsened with breathing, it happens off and on randomly throughout the year maybe 5 times as an estimation and feels like someone is trying to rip my ribs out i am twenty now and it still occures. i have been to the er once for this and by the time the dr saw me the pain had mostly subsided and he wrote it off as stress and sent me home. i have tried to take pain killers such as Tylenol, advil, ect. but had no effect on it. i have never had any sort of surgery or heart problems, altho i do have athletic induced asthma i think that is unrelated.

[wonderwoman4]

i am a fifteen year old girl who has had stomach problems since i was a baby. doctors recommended anti-acids after all of the negative results from ultra sounds/ upper gi and blood tests. i stay away from all dairy products because they seem to make it worse, but lately i just get them every once in a while, but when i do..the pain is unexplainable. i cant stand up straight sometimes and have ended up n the er once or twice for it but i was just sent home. i am recently recovering from mono, and i thought i was back to my normal self but yesterday at school i got a wicked bad stomach ache which turned into a head ache, and then the pain right under/on my lower right rib cage started. i felt like i had a bruise or something there but amazingly there was nothing. the pain changes when im in certain positions but its either the bruisy feeling or i described it as being stabbed. today after school i was a little worried so i went to my doctor. he felt my stomach and then when he just barely touched my rib cage area, i practically jumped it hurt so bad. he said you are way to young for this but it seems like your gull bladder. he right away ordered xrays ultra sounds and blood tests. i had the xrays done right away and im going for the other tests tomorrow. he said if it is my gull bladder, then the first step is to go straight to a surgeon and i am kinda scared. if its not gull bladder he thinks it might be ibs or chrons disease, which runs in the family. i am just glad that i am not crazy and that the feeling has happened to other people, but honestly if these doctors tell me one more time there is nothing wrong with me..i might go nuts. if anyone has any advice please let me know and i wish you all luck with finding out what this could be :)

[brittany904]

I had a Cesarean done a little over a month ago, since than I have been getting bad pains in my abdomen, I seen a doctor about that and he did an xray and said everything was normal. Since I left the doctor I've been having stabbing like pains on the right side of my stomach. When it comes I can't stand up, I can't move, and it hurts VERY badly to breathe. I have to take very little breaths and I feel like if it gets any worse I won't be able to breathe at all. Most of these people have had gall bladder surgery, which I haven't. What could it be? Could it be because of the cesarean?

[Storm_Chaser]

I have been recovering from Bi-lateral (double) pneumonia since
December 20th. 41 years-old in decent health usually. Now, this
pain in my right ribs..up fairly high..I always know it's there. When I
cough however, it's instant severe sharp pain ("feels" like it's slmost
tearing). Cough is productive but I need to cough hard and cannot very
often as this pain really accumulates and can essentially drop me to
the ground if several rounds of "spasm" coughing (8+ seconds) can't
be stopped. This is all AFTER one 10-day round of Augmentin and a
5 day blast of Z-Pak before that. 2 trips to the ER, and I am out
of money and am getting a bit scared. Can anyone give me a
ballpark guess as to where I go from here?

[danidee76]

Have an uss on your ovaries. This can also be an ovarian cyst with the pain radiating upwards upon ovulation.

[madz63]

Hey guys... i have had the same problem... and i am going for a scan soon... but in the time i do ... i have been drinking plenty of water... which has really helped ... the pain isnt as bad as it use to be... give it ago ... its might just help for the time being... when i get my scan done i will let u guys know... if anything has changed... or what all this is really about.

[madz63]

Also... get ur urine checked... as i have been... and they have found traces of blood and protein in the urine... thats why they have sent me for a scan.

[Racheljoleen]

I had my gallbladder taken out over 10 years ago, I started having pains in my right side under my rib cage I went to the ER several times and they couldn't find what was wrong with me, to make a long story short I finally went to the right doctor that found that I had a gallstone in my large intestine.. and this was 10 years after i had my gallbladder removed, but it was very server pain in my right side under my rib cage into my back.

[simplesimon72]

Same symptoms here but it only started yesterday and every time I cough it hurts. A friend of my dad says he had badly after his dog unexpectedly pulled on the chain and his right arm jolted. The same often happens when I am walking my dog.

Any boisterous dog walkers out there? (the dog that is not the owner lol)  

I can't sneeze because the amount I have to breathe in hurts too much which is causing me frustration. Strangely it is less severe when I walk about but when I sit down it is terrible.

[RyleesMama]

Was your pain constant or did it come and go?

[Army_Wife4]

I have the same pain, and it happens randomly. It is every time I breathe in I have no idea what it is and have been to the ER for it a few times, each time all they do is give me painkillers and send me on my way

[MsMeiah]

I do drugs and some times my eyes get yellow tent and most of the time my right mid back rib arrea hurts really bad. Iknow I ant got The b or c so  Please tell me what to do and is it my liver

[eyja]

I've seen this type of query in several different forums. The only time I found any results, the suggestion was that it's primarily stress causing these pains. People repeatedly suggest they had their gallbladder removed, tho and equal number have never had surgery - and all have the same pain. I believe the idea that it's stress related is viable, considering no one seems to have any other solid conclusion that would work for everyone, with their different ages, lifestyles, and medical history. So I recommend trying to relax more... I know even when I think I'm calm, I'm actually stressed out, about money, the baby, my fiance, how dirty our home is... :) Best of luck folks. I certainly don't have the money to spend on a doctor, nevermind the fact that this is just a minor little ache that doesn't impair my day to day tasks, for the most part. It's just a little strange is all. No big deal.

[KassylovesKenny]

i have pain right under my ribs on my right side and throghout my back too the doctor first said that my liver enzyme was elevated and that i had to get mor blood work and then they said that the pancreas enzyme was elevated... they think that it might have to do with my gull bladder... i have had this pain for almost 3 years... i am 16 and have had my appendix out and dont need another organ out i need to make sure that it is the gull bladder before they do any thing... the pain is getting to extremes..

[ErwinPacheco]

I found the same problem, it was very painful. I am currently in the situation while browsing the net and found this page. This is the second time around, first was when I lifted a car battery back after it was recharged from the shop. It was unbearable, but it disappeared after several minutes of being stiff and slow breathing.
Now I feel like farting and my it is gone, wow. honestly, i just continued typing details to hear my story not like I'm just making it up.

[pancres]

Hi ther
Spmeone suggested you take enzymes ie pancreatic.I suggest dont until you see doctor. I was put on pancreatic enzymes and eventually found an expert doctor who researched pancreatitis. Ho took me off said if i went on using my pancreas would pack up all together.
Although i had to travel to other city.He took me on and gave me some pills which cured my pancreatitis completely. So do take care . Love and best wishes to you all pancres

[HandyHelper]

Hi, I get almost the same thing as everyone else, a pain under my lungs, both. At first I thought I was developing asthma but obviously that's not the case. I'm at the stage where I feel a dull pain almost everyday now but the worst period is when I start exercising. When i run it's almost like a really bad 'stitch' and it takes about 10 mins to go away. I figured if I put it out of my mind I barely notice it so i try to run it off, I have a high pain capability so it's not that bad but it's just eating away at me. It doesn't matter whether i have eaten or not... Other than that am in good physical shape, need to know it just a simple thing, because its getting in the way of my sport and it's just plain annoying. It doesn't occur at any other time than at peak exertion, I have heard many different reasons the most prominent being a collapsed lung. I'm not tall and not extremely skinny. I train about 5-6 times a week and it started after I came back from skiing in Mt. Buller but also even a little before that I think. I'm 15 by the way. Any help would be great, thanks.

[lshears123440]

I have a pain that feels like its stuck under my right rib cage. Sometimes it travels to my back and is unbearable. I first got it when I was 16 and now I'm 21. I've been back and forth to the Drs just to be told to "take this medicine to see if that helps" but nothing ever seems to work. Whenever I got the pain I'd lay in a hot bath and it would go away but it seems to be getting worse and even the hot bath won't take away the pain.

I've had an ultrasound on my stomach about 2 years ago but they found nothing.

At first I thought it could be from what I was eating, so I tried to cut out bread/pasta/rice etc but I still got it. Also how much I ate, I did cut down a lot but nothing seemed to help!

[bperk]

I'm am completely shocked to find that this issue affects so many people, and yet has baffled so many medical professionals. I'd like to give a little background on myself if perhaps we can work together to find a common strand and a solution. My symptoms present much like many of yours that I have read.

I was healthy, active, and ambitious- a full time student about to enter med school and full time employee with a large technology firm. I was only 20 when it all started. It began feeling like the flu, and then, eventually, food started to feel like it was getting stuck in my throat. I waited a few weeks (I'm not the type of person to run off to the doctor's office at any given moment) and as this issue persisted, I decided to see my primary care. He prescribed Aciphex for GERD and after nearly a month on that, my symptoms were getting not better, but worse. He tried putting me on several other medications (for slow stomachs, fast stomachs, you name it). I now was having sharp, stabbing pains in my ULQ and URQ, which was persistently worse after eating. He recommended me over to the first of many GI doctors.

They ran CT's, MRI's, Ultrasounds, Stomach-Emptying Tests, HIDA scans. more CT's, more MRI's, MRCP's, X-rays, Upper GI w/ Followthrough, among others. My blood work showed a mild spike in amylase and lipase enzymes, along with lymphocystosis. Intermittently, my AST and ALT would show a spike. The liver and the gallbladder secretions seemed to be at war.  I was then recommended over to a surgeon. The cholesystectomy was performed in the end of 2010 laproscopically. They found sludge, but no stones.

My recovery was slow to none. The pain was relatively managed, but nearly 2-3 weeks post-op, I turned over and felt the pain in my URQ come back full monty and has yet to go away. The surgeon from my op said to give it time. My other doctors weren't as sure and ran another round of CT's, MRI's- which showed up clean. My blood work continued to show the usual lymphocytosis, ect. I was recommended over to a second GI specialist, who had no clue. He recommended me to the top GI/Biliary specialist in the state.

This specialist performed an eRCP with a pancreatic ultrasound and found that my SOD was swollen shut and filled with sludge. During the procedure they put in a stent and performed a sphinterotomy. I developed pancreatitis from the procedure, was hospitalized for 10 days, after 3 of which the stent was removed. I was then discharged with a dose of 16mg of Hydromorphine, and a PICC line in my arm for TPN sustenance.

After three months of being on TPN, my body developed an allergic reaction to the line and it was ordered to be removed. The doctors and specialists remained baffled and referred me over to the Mayo Clinic as I still continued to have pain in my URQ under my right rib-cage (dull and achy at a 4-5 level with intermittent sharp stabby pain at a 9-10 level), fatigue, chills (but no fevers). The Mayo Clinic performed all of the scans again, which came up clean. They tried trigger point shots in the rectus abdominus muscles (which did not work). They found some interesting blood triggers.

For one- I spot test positive for Mono, but the verification test shows I am negative for Mono. I also have a high spike in ANA levels, and a positive indication in my ds-DNA test. Again, lymphocytosis. I also test positive for H. pylori (which I was then put through the treatment for H. pylori even though I did not have it), but the verification shows up negative. As these can be signs of a rheumatoid issue, I was referred to the Mayo rheumatologist, who believes I have lupus without any lupus symptoms. Although, he admitted, he had absolutely no idea.

Other interesting blood lab results indicate I can’t hold any Iron. I am currently taking 500mg + Folic Acid and it hasn’t increased my levels one bit. I am also vitamin D deficient. I have tried lactose-free diets, celiac/gluten-free diets, bio-identical hormones, and even went to a NMD. I am clear of parasites, and lead, among other toxins and various diseases.

Since then, the pain is still here, the symptoms are the same (pain in the URQ under the ribcage, fatigue, chills, and extreme pain when trying to eat or drink anything). Several surgeons have refused to do exploratory surgery for risk of any complications, and have recommended that I not let any surgeons touch me for the same reason (I agree). They recommended me over to UCLA Berkeley as a case study. I’m still waiting for answers.

As far as stats go:

-Born and raised in a desert state with little to no travel
-father’s side: GI issue (colon cancer, polyps, ulcers, GERD), kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes, kukuchi fujimoto disease
-mother’s side: rheumatoid arthritis, kidney cancer
-Age: 21
-Gender: Female
-No drugs, alcohol (ever)
-No previous medical issues except for an appendectomy in 1997
-Current meds: Dilaudid (Hydromorphine) for pain, 1500 IU of Vit. D., Foli-Tab 500, Mega Red Amino Acid, Multi-Vitamin, Zinc

I haven’t had any answers. If you find any, please let me know and I’ll do the same. It’s good to know I’m not alone and I’m not going crazy (as many doctors would have me believe).

[bperk]

I'm am completely shocked to find that this issue affects so many people, and yet has baffled so many medical professionals. I'd like to give a little background on myself if perhaps we can work together to find a common strand and a solution. My symptoms present much like many of yours that I have read.

I was healthy, active, and ambitious- a full time student about to enter med school and full time employee with a large technology firm. I was only 20 when it all started. It began feeling like the flu, and then, eventually, food started to feel like it was getting stuck in my throat. I waited a few weeks (I'm not the type of person to run off to the doctor's office at any given moment) and as this issue persisted, I decided to see my primary care. He prescribed Aciphex for GERD and after nearly a month on that, my symptoms were getting not better, but worse. He tried putting me on several other medications (for slow stomachs, fast stomachs, you name it). I now was having sharp, stabbing pains in my ULQ and URQ, which was persistently worse after eating. He recommended me over to the first of many GI doctors.

They ran CT's, MRI's, Ultrasounds, Stomach-Emptying Tests, HIDA scans. more CT's, more MRI's, MRCP's, X-rays, Upper GI w/ Followthrough, among others. My blood work showed a mild spike in amylase and lipase enzymes, along with lymphocystosis. Intermittently, my AST and ALT would show a spike. The liver and the gallbladder secretions seemed to be at war.  I was then recommended over to a surgeon. The cholesystectomy was performed in the end of 2010 laproscopically. They found sludge, but no stones.

My recovery was slow to none. The pain was relatively managed, but nearly 2-3 weeks post-op, I turned over and felt the pain in my URQ come back full monty and has yet to go away. The surgeon from my op said to give it time. My other doctors weren't as sure and ran another round of CT's, MRI's- which showed up clean. My blood work continued to show the usual lymphocytosis, ect. I was recommended over to a second GI specialist, who had no clue. He recommended me to the top GI/Biliary specialist in the state.

This specialist performed an eRCP with a pancreatic ultrasound and found that my SOD was swollen shut and filled with sludge. During the procedure they put in a stent and performed a sphinterotomy. I developed pancreatitis from the procedure, was hospitalized for 10 days, after 3 of which the stent was removed. I was then discharged with a dose of 16mg of Hydromorphine, and a PICC line in my arm for TPN sustenance.

After three months of being on TPN, my body developed an allergic reaction to the line and it was ordered to be removed. The doctors and specialists remained baffled and referred me over to the Mayo Clinic as I still continued to have pain in my URQ under my right rib-cage (dull and achy at a 4-5 level with intermittent sharp stabby pain at a 9-10 level), fatigue, chills (but no fevers). The Mayo Clinic performed all of the scans again, which came up clean. They tried trigger point shots in the rectus abdominus muscles (which did not work). They found some interesting blood triggers.

For one- I spot test positive for Mono, but the verification test shows I am negative for Mono. I also have a high spike in ANA levels, and a positive indication in my ds-DNA test. Again, lymphocytosis. I also test positive for H. pylori (which I was then put through the treatment for H. pylori even though I did not have it), but the verification shows up negative. As these can be signs of a rheumatoid issue, I was referred to the Mayo rheumatologist, who believes I have lupus without any lupus symptoms. Although, he admitted, he had absolutely no idea.

Other interesting blood lab results indicate I can’t hold any Iron. I am currently taking 500mg + Folic Acid and it hasn’t increased my levels one bit. I am also vitamin D deficient. I have tried lactose-free diets, celiac/gluten-free diets, bio-identical hormones, and even went to a NMD. I am clear of parasites, and lead, among other toxins and various diseases.

Since then, the pain is still here, the symptoms are the same (pain in the URQ under the ribcage, fatigue, chills, and extreme pain when trying to eat or drink anything). Several surgeons have refused to do exploratory surgery for risk of any complications, and have recommended that I not let any surgeons touch me for the same reason (I agree). They recommended me over to UCLA Berkeley as a case study. I’m still waiting for answers.

As far as stats go:

-Born and raised in a desert state with little to no travel
-father’s side: GI issue (colon cancer, polyps, ulcers, GERD), kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes, kukuchi fujimoto disease
-mother’s side: rheumatoid arthritis, kidney cancer
-Age: 21
-Gender: Female
-No drugs, alcohol (ever)
-No previous medical issues except for an appendectomy in 1997
-Current meds: Dilaudid (Hydromorphine) for pain, 1500 IU of Vit. D., Foli-Tab 500, Mega Red Amino Acid, Multi-Vitamin, Zinc

I haven’t had any answers. If you find any, please let me know and I’ll do the same. It’s good to know I’m not alone and I’m not going crazy (as many doctors would have me believe).

[bperk]

Sorry about the duplicate!

[madaz62]

yes i have the exact same pain twice doctors put iy down to a bladder infection that caused a kidney infection which i was teated with with antibiotics but who knows

[cutebecky]

i am bloated and Cant burp . pumping for long periods when i try to get the pressure down. i drink mostly tea to help with going to the toilet. my chest right in the middle hurts and if i apply a little pressure to the middle i hear a slight cracking sound. most around my chest is uncomfortable. breathiing is fine . activitys are fine. as soon as i stop walking i get a huge urge to pass urine. so i need to keep moving. relaxing at home i get like like panic attac like the feeling weird to shock or alarm and must stay focused on staying calm. all very and highly unusual.

[marko35]

Hi
I have had dull pain around my bottom right rib for about 4 months now. My first vist was to A&E as I felt pretty bad at the time they cheeckd me out and sent me packing with no real reason. I then made an appointment with a local doc to se if they could shed any light on my pain.I was tested for UTI and my blood was sent to the lab also got a bit of a phisical exam.The urine came back fine and the blood showed some borderline results and was told to let sleeping dogs lie!!! I requested a scan and blood retests thats were iam at now my blood came back as the first one did with some slightly elveted results no infection and no fever no issues with blood in stools or vomiting the only problem I seem to have over the dull pain around the rib area is frequent urination they checked my waterworks again and they were fine so getting the scan this week god knows what they will find eeeck. the pain has spread from my bottom rib to the top of my right ribs in the centre of my body ? hope you are all ok and think positive.. would love to hear your thoughts..

[jessica850patroni]

I have so much pain under my right ribcage, I just turned 18 & its so hard to breathe in. Breathing out don't hurt. It woke Me up out of my sleep & its the sharpest pain ever. What is it?

[flora50]

This may not be the solution for some of you, but it absolutely solved the stabbing-pain-in-my-right-side problem for me.  

About one month ago, I woke up with terrible pain on my right side, as if under my ribs.  Breathing, sneezing, coughing, burping felt just like a knife driving deeper into my upper right side.  I could not even lie down.  It was scary since I had never had it before (I am 50 years old).  I read many posts and gathered ideas.  Some said it was their organs (like the liver or gall bladder), some said they had many scans and tests, and some even had surgery yet the pain returned.  But one person said they tried drinking more WATER!  

I know that I hate drinking water and seldom drink it.  I usually drink lots of coffee, tea or other drinks...but can go for days without just pure water.  I was determined not to endure 100's of tests and scans and costs in a hospital for a mystery pain if I could avoid it.  I decided to try the water idea.  I drank about 10-12 cups of warm water the first few days.  Immediately, the pain began to subside.  That was about two weeks ago.  Now I drink at least 8 glasses of warm water every day (for someone who never drank water, that's a lot for me!).  Now, I am completely without pain.   I really think that my severely dehydrated body caused some internal organs to send warning signals.  Just my thoughts, I am not in the medical field.  Hope this may help others as some of you have helped me.

[BGuttenberger89]

I've been having severe pains under my right breast where the ribs are. Hurts when I breath in and out. It's more severe when I cough. Hurts to put my arm in the air but it does not hurt to touch it. I haven't done anything to make it hurt like this. What could it be?

[Jjpac]

Same problems here severe pain in middle and right side under rib cage I am also bloated looks like I'm pregnant 30 yrs old and been having issue for a year or so I went to docs they told me to go to gyno they found nothing going back tomorrow to reg doctors well see what happens

[Barbiegirl1969]

I have been having the same symptoms since my gallbladder has been removed in May 2010, been to the Dr time after time and all they tell me is that it takes time and i will have spasms. I dont know about you but i feel like there is something majorly wrong inside my body. If you find out anything on yours let me know, my email address is ***@****

[Gouthami]

Most of these cases sound similar to what I have. Doctor did a blood test on me and said I have very high levels of CPK (Creatin Phosphokinase). My levels are at 3000 where 97-220 is normal. Apparently, I have muscle inflammation caused by an auto immune disorder which I never had before. Never had any auto immune problems ever. She called polymyositis. Left untreated, it can become dangerous. Not sure what the treatment options are. I am still going through other tests. Doctor suggested prednisone to treat it but she hasn't started me on it yet. I am nervous about taking steroid medications like prednisone. Still evaluating what's best to get rid of this pain.

[Gouthami]

Most of these cases sound similar to what I have. Doctor did a blood test on me and said I have very high levels of CPK (Creatin Phosphokinase). My levels are at 3000 where 97-220 is normal. Apparently, I have muscle inflammation caused by an auto immune disorder which I never had before. Never had any auto immune problems ever. She called polymyositis. Left untreated, it can become dangerous. Not sure what the treatment options are. I am still going through other tests. Doctor suggested prednisone to treat it but she hasn't started me on it yet. I am nervous about taking steroid medications like prednisone. Still evaluating what's best to get rid of this pain.

[Gouthami]

Sounds like exactly what I have. Is it resolved now? Doctor did a blood test on me and said I have very high levels of CPK (Creatin Phosphokinase). My levels are at 3000 where 97-220 is normal. Apparently, I have muscle inflammation caused by an auto immune disorder which I never had before. Never had any auto immune problems ever. She called polymyositis. Left untreated, it can become dangerous. Not sure what the treatment options are. I am still going through other tests. Doctor suggested prednisone to treat it but she hasn't started me on it yet. I am nervous about taking steroid medications like prednisone. Still evaluating what's best to get rid of this pain.

[drakeinfo666]

I have a friend who had similar symptoms and turned out to be what is known as megacolon. He was very constipated as well which I don't know if you are but that is the deciding symptom to reach the conclusion of megacolon. My friend went undiagnosed for many years and apparently most who have megacolon are similarly misdiagnosed even though it is fairly common(?)

[Jgirl39]

I thought I was alone until I read this. I am also getting those same exact symptoms and I too have had my gallbladder removed three years ago. I too have been to the ER several different times in the exact same situation and they told me the same thing. It scared me when they told me that my liver enzymes were high but they could not find anything, so I decided to change my diet and started a high fiber diet. The pain still comes and goes in spurts and somedays are worse than others.

[Dogbomb]

Just been doing a case study on cholecystectomy. symptoms very similar to most cases here. On the research I've done i would recommend Myofascial release.

Fascia is connective tissue. It compartmentalises & separates muscles but is also continuous and binds the body together as one continuous structure. It is the highway for arteries, veins, lymphatics and nerves. It envelopes all muscles groups all muscles, all fasiculi, all cells, all organs, all nerves. It forces form and therefore permits function. It provides protection, support and separation from other muscle groups.

At the start of this thread someone mentioned Post Cholecystectomy Syndrome. there could very well be something in this. it could almost be like your fascia missing the gall bladder! there could also be some underlying emotional pain that coincides within the fascia.

[Alienze]

I have had same pain as angie and painintheright, this has happened to be for a year.. The pain are sharp and unbearable for a few minutes and are gone. If i am running it is even worse and the pain starts after only 3 - 10 minute of running. And i cant run after the pain has started. Please share if you found a cure or found what was wrong.

Thank you

[msminni]

I have the same pain, lower rib cage right side and it started after I ran a few blocks. I've been investigating it ever since and after reading most of the posts above I am convinced that it is a condition, totally harmless, called costochondritis.
I suggest you all google it. It's no big deal, and will more than likely clear up on it's own. Exercise can exacerbate it so keep that in mind.
All the diagnostics and ER visits that most of you have made are probably doing you more harm than good. Stop panicking and read up on it. It's no big deal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costochondritis

[emilybooth]

Hello my name is Emily i am 14 years old and i am having the same thing you are. I have been to many specialist in different towns and they are all clueless. I was hospitalized with this twice.This pain has been going on for about 4 months now. Recently I met with a Ruematologist and he had no idea but he ordered at brain scan to check if i have a tumor. My mother has pretty much given up on me and anytime I complain of it she starts yelling at me and saying its in my head. Please if you have any anwser please post them.

[elaine952]

I had gallbladder removed 9 years ago, today I was struck with sharp pain/ breathing issues/ more pain as I took in air.  frustration like don't touch me situation and cold sweat. 5 mins in a fetal  position. Can you help me?

[gonzo0219]

I have noticed this pain under my rib cage for sometime now. At first it would come quickly and very sharp every time I breathed in. Very painful and after a few minutes of very light breathing it would subside. At that point I figured it was acid from something I ate. Now I have the same pain, not as sharp but definitely discomforting and constant. I've read other peoples post about costochondritis, seems it is common. I have a question for other readers. Have any of you taken any injuries to the chest area in the past? I fell off a 30 foot bridge while deployed in Iraq and landed face down. Thankfully nothing was broken(other than a couple of teeth) and the only long term injuries from it was a bad knee and back pain. I want to know if there is a pattern in other readers of receiving any chest injuries.

[gonzo0219]

Forgot to add to recent post. I find when the pain is extremely sharp when breathing in, I lay down on the floor and lay my arms straight above my head. I tend to be able to breathe a little better until the sharpness subsides. I don't know if this will help any of you but it seems to be the best position for me.

[Autumn123]

I am so sorry to hear that your mom yells at you & is not taking your pain seriously.  I am reading all these posts to try to help my 19 yr. old daughter figure out what her pain is from.  Her problems started out w/ what she thought were menstrual pains, but her cycle was over.  She took Tylenol and several other over-the-counter pain meds before she even told me she was in pain.  I am not one to "mask" pain w/ medicine as they can cause problems w/ excessive use in themselves. Since those meds didn't help her abdominal pain, she then started taking gas medicine.  It took days for her to start feeling a little better & it's like pulling teeth to get her to go to the doctor. Now, she awoke w/ pain on her right side under her ribs & it goes up to her shoulder.  She can't take in a deep breath, sneeze, laugh, cough, or sleep w/o pain......time for a doctor visit!!  She had a ton of tests done and they sent her home w/ Hydrocodone and a muscle relaxer.  I KNOW she doesn't have a pulled muscle because you have to do something to pull one & she tries to get away w/ as little work as possible, lol.  I have made a list of about 20+ more things that I am going to have specialist doctors check out & as a caring mom, I will NOT stop until every avenue is exhausted.  Tell your mom that you understand that it may irritate/inconvenience her to have to help you figure this out, but since you are a minor, you NEED her to help you.  Ask her how she would feel if it were her.  Ask her how she will feel if she doesn't take it seriously & you have a serious medical issue.  I did a self-diagnosis of colon cancer through researching some symptoms I was having & when I went to the doctor, guess what? I had stage III colon cancer and not an ounce of pain!!  We have to listen to our body and pain is telling you something is wrong, whether mild or serious. My son had pain under his rib cage, couldn't take in a deep breath, sneeze or cough w/o doubling over, was misdiagnosed by 3 doctors for almost 3 wks, I researched his symptoms and diagnosed him myself w/ MONO, took him back to the doctor & had him tested & HE HAD MONO.  These doctors don't know everything & many seem to med you up & tell you to come back if the pain persists.  P.S. I hope you get better Emily & everyone else too!!

[Faith_77]

I have had my appendix removed in oct 2011 I was in hospital prior to them figuring out what it was in July to August for 3 weeks well I had colon drained then appendix removed and still having problems 2 months later under rib age it hurts to lay on that side cough move etc please someone explain if you can they did another ct scan and said all was fine it's not they didn't go up further just checked where they did surgery please someone explain

[sportman718]

i have read  the coments of u all to know what going on here with me . i had severe pain in my the upper right side of my ribcage . i am actually healthy and i do sport regularly but about a month ago , it was just hard when i breath in deeply . i went to doctor and i did Xray and was good and he told me go for ultrasound but i did not go . today i went to do some running of 30 minutes and it was pretty tough to breath in  as i was getting tired , i was running slowly till the minutes of 16 i had to raise the speed and suddenly i had to breath by force to get a full breath and i heard a sound like TAK in my right side of ribcage i was kind of scared of what happening and i reduced the speed and kept breathing in and the pain gone with that sound . now thank God I feel great and very normal. i hope this can help u .

[uskiwi79]

Hi,
I'm not sure if you ever found out what was going on with you, but I am 3 weeks post appendectomy and Belly Button Hernia repair. I am experiencing the same extreme right rib cage pain radiating to back, extreme nausea, loose stools, followed by days of no bm, It hurts to eat I have no appetite. My hands constantly shake, I feel like I'm constantly shivering. My heart rate is running high about 125 and blood pressure is high.  I've had every test from hida scan to ct scans with or without contrast blood work ultrasounds etc. One ct scan showed Focal fatty infiltration of the liver and small scattered nodules common with hepatic cysts in liver all less than 1 cm in size. The doc didn't seem concerned about the information on the liver and said these were common findings. No one has any idea what is going on. I am headed for an Endoscopy in two days I fear this will not reveal anything. I suffer from migraines, and was diagnosed with Epstein Barr Virus 3 years ago, and have had a complete total hysterectomy no ovaries either. I also have a lump that comes and goes at will under right rib cage and so far no docs can feel it. I've had 3 Rn's who could feel it and also, the ct scan guy felt it, but nothing showed on the ct pics.I asked doc about possible pancreatitis and he said he didn't think so. He said my Enzyme levels need to be double the normal level to even consider it being pancreas related.  I feel like I'm going crazy I'm 32 a mom of 4 kids, aside from occasional bouts of Epstein Barr Flare ups, ibs, and occasional migraines I am healthy 108 pounds. I am a Fitness Instructor for Gyms and teach many classes. Since my surgery it seems everything is falling apart. I feel like docs are tired of running tests, I feel like they think I'm making it up.  
HELP please if you have any suggestions!!

[suzy755]

yes and I was diagnosed with gall sand and had to get my gallbladder removed, thought that would be the end of it and now I still have pain there and I am always nauseated. I feel your pain.

[ticamom]

About 6 months ago i noticed that whenever I turned my body to the left, it feels as if my right ribs were pushing into something that would make it cramp up underneath my ribs.  I have to straighten my body to make it relax.  In recent weeks, I've had a slight throbbing pain in my back on the right side, also the right side of my upper body under my arm, ribs and back feel as if I lifted weights and are very sore to the touch.  I had breast cancer 4 years ago...right breast...only had tumor removed.  Went thru kemo and radiation.  My medical insurance was stripped because of financial reasons and haven't been able to have my regular checkups for about 1 1/2 years.  I'm getting pretty nervous about the pains I'm feeling. It seems to be becoming more frequent and I'm tired beyond belief.  It is an effort to stay awake past 9 pm at night.  I know I need to get back to an oncologist..but just wondering if these pains could be related to past medical history...and should I be worried?

[terrah_martin]

If u havent had your gallbladder removed you could also be experiencing gastritis. I have severe chronic gastritis and it took several surgeries and three years for all of my expensive doctors to give a simple diagnosis.. since u already have issues with ur gallbladder u could be experiencing the same thing. I have the same symptoms as you and i got a colonoscopy and endoscopy at the same time and there was excess bile that the gallbladder didnt store and concentrate and resulted in hole in my stomach wall, pain in my back and under the ribs when i inhaled. its very common but a pain in the butt! i suggest u get some Prevacid and see if it helps you.

[Mama_bear1984]

I have a sharp shooting pain on my right side under my rib cage. I also have been having pains in my vigina (vagina) walls and lower stomach. I did see the one comment above about the having to go right to bathroom to go number 2 after I eat. I just want to know what's going on!!!

[ball28]

i have also been getting all pains under my ribs chest pains bloating being sick all the time always wanting to sleep aching pains in legs and arms i have lost about 2 stone in 4 months i also have doctors run lots of tests alot come back clear  but after 5 months of tests they found out i had a bug growing in my tummy called helicobator pylori so get the doctor to test you are that after taking lots of drugs to try and get rid of it i still dont think its gone but next week i am due to have an endoscopy done so hopefully know more

[lshears123440]

After I last commented I went for a 2nd ultrasound scan (on my 22nd birthday!!) checking my gall bladder, once again, nothing! Doctor took my bloods to check my liver, nothing! Went to the doctors yesterday and they took more bloods. My doctor said I'm a puzzle and that my pain could be either a problem with my gall bladder which can't be seen through a scan, or a muscle spazm from some muscles under the ribcage!
He's taken my bloods to be examined again and I have to go back in April to find out results and for him to check up on me to see if I've had anymore pain.
I know they're being really thorough about everything but I'm getting a bit impatient with all the waiting! I just wish they could find what is wrong.

[lj0528]

Did you ever find out what your pain was from...I now have had the same pain the the right side under boob that penatrates to the back for three weeks.

[mandy26g]

I have this reacurring pain in my right side just under my rib cage. it has been like this for about four months now. It comes and goes. it hurts extremely bad if i stand for any period of time. i can feel it in the front and back. my dr. had an ultrasound done and said everything was normal. she said i may  have a rib strain. i dont beleive that is the problem. i want a second opinion. this pain is getting worse. its  awful. i dont know what to do. pain medicine doesnt even help. this is very irratating and starting to interfear with my life. something needs to be done.  

[ivyhedera]

I am a 22 year old female and have had my gall bladder removed, multiple upper intestinal endoscopic procedures, an ERCP at the end of July 2011 (for what the Doctors have diagnosed as Sphincter of Odie Dysfunction [or SOD]), and I have been prescribed a plethora of acid reflux medications, antispasmodics, pain killers, and other medicines for digestive problems.

All of this for intense right-sided abdominal pain under the ribs that radiates into the right shoulder blade, neck, jaw and arm. Along with nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, indigestion, and general fatigue.
I was told the pain was from spasms of the Gall Bladder or the Sphincter of Odie (located where the pancreas duct, bile duct, and small intestine meet), which result in pressure to the main nerve on the right side of ones body.
However, I no longer have a GB and have had an ERCP to alleviate pressure on the sphincter in question, but I am yet again experiencing intense pain and nausea. At this point I am returning to my Gastroenterologist and Family Doctor to review options for controlling the problem. I have also begun research into auto-immune problems (per request of family due to family medical history and as my cuts and scrapes tend to heal very slowly).


(I have also experienced pain similar to some of the other comments posted; sharp, ride side, while running or exerting one's self. I worked through this pain playing soccer for 10 years and never suspected it was more than my body adjusting to the rigors of muscle strain as I began to work harder. I always found that this pain subsided after a few minutes of constant activity and would generally not link it with my current pain, though both have manifested in almost the same place. Perchance I was wrong to dismiss it? I am not sure.)


Hope this gave a little insight as to what has been tried to fix these problems. Even if it didn't work so well for me, it took a few things off the list possibilities.

[ivyhedera]

Continued from previous comment by indiehedera:

I have also had an ultra-sound, multiple CT scans with contrast, an MRI, and 2 Hyda scans. None of which were at all conclusive or showed any severe abnormality.

[Kelly285090]

My mother is having the same exact symptoms, except instead of blaming it on an ulcer, they attribute the high ANA to her Lupus.  Which , if it were her having a Lupus Flare, she would be bedridden sick for a week and a half.  Have you had any relief in your pain or any discoveris as to what is going on? We are at a loss as to what else could be going on. She has spoken to her PCP, and her Rhematologist,  yet nothing seems to make a difference.

[sidepain2011]

I have right side pains too. Mine are in my lower front side. I thought maybe it was my ovaries.. but I do not think its that considering its in my side. Sometimes I can go for a couple wks of hurting bad in it. And then sometimes it don't bother me at all. Has anyways that has this problem been checked for hep c and liver disease? The hep c is not an issue for me. But sirrois not sure on spelling. But I do drink. So it scares me. And I'm chicken to go to the dr.

[steph724]

I am 27 years old and have had this extreme pain in my lower right rib cage since I was 16. It started about 3 weeks after I had my appendix removed, then I went to have surgery to remove my gallbladder and that did not help, I have also had upper and lower endoscopic scopes done all with them same results. That I am perfectly normal, I went for several years pain every once in awhile, until recently it has started again. This time it hurts like before with only one difference, my ribs are sore all of the time; when I lay on my stomach or side, when playing with my children and when I go to the chiropractor and she pops my back the pressure of laying on the table and her pushing on my back really causes some pain. I have been debating about going to the doctor again but I am already discouraged because I went through so much when I was younger with no results.

[JAC333]

HI Angie

I have suffered the same thing - awful! (nausea, flank pain,stabbing and dull ache under right rib cage,  affects my diaphragm -hence the breathing - gts worse on full bladder (that is a later symptom - i have been suffering for 4 years!). Mine is also associated with stomach pain (across the belly button)I also had peritonitis/appendix like symptoms - get told it's IBS from docs.. but i sufffered 'rigid abdomen'.. Had blood, urine, tube down throat, tube up the other end, and stool test, and MRi- nothing found. It gets worse during ovulation and menstruation. I have now started to take the pill to stop the pain and it has WORKED. less side pain, stabbing pain.. still undiagnosed but due for gynae tests next month (though i stopped my period without asking the doc, just got the pill)... It may be 2 different things - but definately the stomach pain is due to gyne reasons... p'haps yours is 'referred pain'. I did also stop drinking so much tea and start eating carbs - but the rest of it had been sooooo painful, at one stage not being able to move my legs..  hope this helps.# Jac

[forrest43_09762]

Hi! everyone, I have just experiencing this excruciating pain under my right rib cage in front  recently. Has anyone find some answers yet? I'm little bit scared to be honest. As doctors can't find anything, done all the test but nothing is showing. Just come home from hospital. I am 43 years old, very fit, I do a lot of running, and do ultra Marathons. Now all doctors told me that I might just be overusing the muscles. And I told them that I have been doing this for the last 8 to 10 years. I'm looking for answers too. And now they will send me to cardiologist in the next few weeks. The pain still there but not as bad. Well I'm going to do the Rome Marathon in six weeks times, and I said to the Drs. that I am going to do it regardless...I don't have any other  symptoms. I can eat no problems, I don't eat fatty foods. When the pain begin I was at work, I work full time in Aged Care as well as a Personal Trainer. So yes, I am very fit so I thought, but that doesn't mean anything. So I hope will find answers to this issue.

[Emz1990]

Hello,
I work at a desk 8 hours a day for 5 days a week; I never get a chance to move around. I have bad eyes and they are getting worse, I always have this fizzy screen over my eyes with different colours, its more noticeable in the dark and sometimes I can see flashes, I can still see things but it’s like a screen over them all the time.  I have been to a number of opticians and wear glasses but they don’t understand why I get this they just tell me to wear my glasses more and I have been but it’s still no better. Even when I am on holiday for a week I still get it, it’s really effecting my live.

About 1 and half years ago I had panic attacks for a couple of months, I don’t really get them anymore but after that my health started to go downhill… I have tenderness all-over my body my legs, back, chest and ribcage and I often get sharp pains, especially in my ribcage and chest and sometimes around my head, I sometimes have tingles and a slight feeling of numbness on my hands and feet. I feel like I’m going crazy, this can’t all be in my head!!! I often get heartburn from the slightest for foods but that seems to be happening less frequently, I have stretch marks on my stomach even though I have lost weight, I’m not slim but I’m not big either. I also sometimes get a sharp stich pain in my hip when I take a deep breath or randomly.  

I also get really sharp pains in my rectum area sometimes when I’m sat down for a while and sometimes I have sharp throbbing pains in my vagina and around my ovaries. I have reoccurring cystitis as well once every two months.

I had a lapscopcy operation last May to remove a 6cm Dermoid cyst and they said everything looks fine inside. I have had several ultra-scans on my ribs and pelvic area, a ECG and MRI on my lower back. Everything is fine except from I have a slight slipped disk in my lower back which occasionally causes me pain when stood up or sat down for a long time. I’m only 21 and I feel old and tired and feel like ending my life sometimes. I should be healthy; I eat well and go to the gym and don’t smoke.

I feel doctors think I’m lying or over reacting. I never used to go doctors at all. I am under so much stress with this and life in general.  I am scared.

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.   x  

[nlburke24]

Ok so I have the same exact pain as all of you and it comes and goes on a daily basis. But, I don't vomit...feel like I want to but don't. I don't run a fever but it gets to the pint where I have to lit grab my side, push down right underneath the bottom of my rib cage and squeeze to get relief. I just had a hida scan done and towards the end, the pain started. It seems like if I eat, it starts up and even when I don't eat. Starts up randomly during the night or 1st thing when I wake up. Doc think it is all in my head but def not b/c it brings me to my knees and in tears. Been going on for almost 3yrs now and they all thought it was kidney stones. Same pain level but completely different area and Canberra juice or water would help that pain...this pain NOTHING HELPS! Maybe a hot bath or heating pad but that just dull it a little bit. HELP, PLEASE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! I can't even bend down or left my right arm w/out it hurting and when I'm at work and we get busy...I can barely move. I don't want to eat pain killers for the rest of my life and be told it is all n my head and I'm crazy@

[nlburke24]

Ok so I have the same exact pain as all of you and it comes and goes on a daily basis. But, I don't vomit...feel like I want to but don't. I don't run a fever but it gets to the pint where I have to lit grab my side, push down right underneath the bottom of my rib cage and squeeze to get relief. I just had a hida scan done and towards the end, the pain started. It seems like if I eat, it starts up and even when I don't eat. Starts up randomly during the night or 1st thing when I wake up. Doc think it is all in my head but def not b/c it brings me to my knees and in tears. Been going on for almost 3yrs now and they all thought it was kidney stones. Same pain level but completely different area and Canberra juice or water would help that pain...this pain NOTHING HELPS! Maybe a hot bath or heating pad but that just dull it a little bit. HELP, PLEASE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! I can't even bend down or left my right arm w/out it hurting and when I'm at work and we get busy...I can barely move. I don't want to eat pain killers for the rest of my life and be told it is all n my head and I'm crazy@

[loriolin]

I've being getting sharp excruciating pain to right side of my trunk just below the rib cage since I was 13 yrs I'm 41 now. The pain is so strong it makes me jerk and scream, back then it didn't last long it was like thunder, it would come n go fast. For about a year now the pain lingers up to an hour. It paralizes me, It interferes with my breathing n can't move. I had my gallbladder removed in 2000. Have had many ultrasounds done, blood work, liver profile, etc... all negative so the doctor diagnosed me with a spasmatic liver. I landed in +ER a yr ago, had CT scan of abdomen n pelvis, it checked from the breathing muscle, lungs, n all other organs in abdomen n pelvis n everything came out extremely healthy, except I have a small hiata hernia which did not show on barium upper GI series nor an MRI. Prior exams had ruled out heart problems, I do have palpitations n fluttering of heart, diagnosed as PVC's n some else I don't recall right now. It's all related to the hiata hernia, including that sometimes I can't sleep on my right side because it activates the pain. I noticed when I do intense workouts like spinning, punching with arms, lifting overhead, the pain will strike at night n goes away faster if my right arm is pulled up to stretch the pain site. This pain can strike months apart but even yrs apart when I stay physically active n in shape. I also noticed when I get in a habit of eating at restaurants or higher fat content, greasy meals, the pain strikes more often. twice I have taken nexium for 2-3 months only yrs apart as recommended by my doc n that has helped with pain but staying physically healthy has worked the best.

[Dolly2275]

Hi,

I have been facing the same pain from 7 years. It hurts under the right rib and the chest completely. I also have abdominal pain and bloating up of the stomach. I also have swelling in my right ankle. I done all the tests and scans and not sure what is the reason for this. When I had done a scan 7 years back, fatty liver showed up but when the same scan was repeated, it did not show the liver enlarged. Can anyone let me know what is the problem with me.

[jdejuki]

I'm in so much pain everyday.it started when I breath in deep, I got this stabbing like pain under my right bottom rib and, like you guys said it only hurts when I breath in,cough,sneeze,or yawn, started 2/7/2012 and it hasn't gone away,, the pain level its there all the time. N hurts worst when deep breath cough, etc,, I'm healthy, 24 years of age, married, 3 kids, I play sports, soccer mainly, n its juts weird,, I'm going going to ask Dr, oz see what he has to say about it. GOD has the answer to everything .n to people like me that is poor in faith we relay on the science first.. So if I get any answer I'll keep rights posted. GOD bless every body.

[thuylpop308]

I have similar pain for years & no body can find any thing wrong with me they keep on saying that it's my muscle &  gave me one pain killer after another  I'm kinda tire of it I don't know what to do . can some one help me find  the answer ?

[goldenpup]

I have similiar pain as you do, I had all the test and nothing could be found.  I have had my gallbladder removed and still pain.  I have an awesome gastro doctor that was intent on finding my problem, he found that I have a stricture in my bio-ducts that cause the pain.  He put stents in my bio-duct and the pain went away.  So maybe that would be something you could ask your gastro doctor to check next time he does and ERCP  that is how he found my problem.  Hope this helps

[chellyfortier]

i have abdominal pains and i had pancreatitis due to alcohol - i have right pain and it kind of feels like a big golf ball under my right side and it feels like it gets twisted if i bend down - almost like i can feel my gullbladder (gallbladder) moving or something

[meg122]

I have the same pain. Right side under rib cage. Hurts when I breathe in, sneeze, cough, ect. I had an ultra sound a couple days ago and im still waiting for the call. But after reading all these post im becoming slightly discouraged. WAAAAAAA :(

[rosey86]

I have been having the same pain since I had an appendectomy about a year ago.  I also get pain right in my belly button area.  Do you still get pain?  Or have they figured out what was causing it?

[poohbear1996]

really my ribs hurt becaus i have azma i think tht might be it

[HeretoThere]

One poster had it correct, I believe.  IF all medical tests are done, and nothing is found, this is a classic sign of anxiety.  Not your garden variety stress, but an accumulation of stress that has literally pulled you in one direction.

I have experience with this, and I didn't start to get better until I had all the medical tests (nothing to actually pinpoint the extent of the problem), and began to believe -- really believe-- that it was stress induced.

What really hit home for me was reading Thomas Hanna's "Somatics". In the book he describes three types of UNCONSCIOUS reflexes, called "red light", which is what the right-sided pain;  "green-light", which is a reflex in the back that is just the opposite; and a "trauma" reflex, which many people get after an injury or surgery.  Sometimes all three can work together to twist your torso into a pretzel.

Hanna's book reminds readers that the pain is REAL, not cooked up in your mind, but that it is emotional and unconscious things that have brought it on.  The book has a series of movements, much like yoga, which are not meant to strengthen anything but to re-introduce you to the individual muscles, that, due to pain, have become part of a "sensory amnesia".  

Sound far-fetched?  It's not.  

There are numerous sites around the internet that deal with right-sided pain and problems, and if you read carefully you will find that many of the posters have had -- or do have-- other anxiety symptoms. Or they are carrying heavy burdens in life.  Few posters actually relieve their pain by any treatments or exercise or pills.  Some do for a short time, but the pain comes back, which signals that the placebo effect wore off, because the anxiety is not treated.

Just my observation after dealing with this and searching high and low for the cause.  If you have tried everything else, examine the anxiety in your life, or frustrations, or current stress.  The most important thing is to overcome the FEAR of the pain, and get on with living.  You can't ignore the pain, but you can tell yourself that it is harmless and that it is related to stress. It will help.  Not immediately in most cases, but relative to the reduction or recognition and acceptance of the notion.

[worriedformydad99]

My dad has been having pain under his right rib cage especially when coughing or sneezing.  It comes and goes but is very painful.  Went to Dr who sent him for ultrasound of his gallbladder and found spots on his liver.  Went to a surgeon and was told it was matastes.  Bloodwork is all fine.  Just had a ct scan and is awaiting results and has a colonoscopy set up for Friday.  Unfortunately it looks like my dad has cancer and maybe spread from elsewhere but we don't know yet.  Bloodwork doesn't always show everything.

[Tajmahollowell]

Did you ever find out what was wrong? My mom had gastritis and is now having similar symptoms...

[babygirl510]

My side hurts n my heart my chest n everywhere I don't know but sometimes fills like ima die soon I'm only 18 n it ***** n I'm to scared to go to the hosbitol

[Jordan1xx]

I am only 12 and I have the same thing during class behind my toP right rib it hurts like I have just been stabbed and I take little breaths because it hurts when I take big ones and when I laugh it really hurts or when I turn around. So if any one has a sollution please say

[Jordan1xx]

I am only 12 and I have the same thing during class behind my toP right rib it hurts like I have just been stabbed and I take little breaths because it hurts when I take big ones and when I laugh it really hurts or when I turn around. So if any one has a sollution please say

[Polarbearrose]

Yes I have the same trouble and have been to the ER twice myself. First the say it was Kindey Stones. But the second time they said they don't know what it is. I had this pain for 2 weeks nows it getting worster by the day. I need help. Can anyone tell me what it is please. Need all the help I can get. ***@****

[jesssteph]

I to have been experiencing such symptoms. To no avail. I have.a copper iud . However you do not need one to have this disorder. It its called Wilsons disease. Whet the body can't handle amounts of copper which is also in slot of foods and vitamins. Out begins to damage organs that process. Like liver and kidneys. I think a biopsy is needed to determine. And I am going torequest a testing. Look out yup and see if you have matching symptoms

[jesssteph]

I to have been experiencing such symptoms. To no avail. I have.a copper iud . However you do not need one to have this disorder. It its called Wilsons disease. Whet the body can't handle amounts of copper which is also in slot of foods and vitamins. Out begins to damage organs that process. Like liver and kidneys. I think a biopsy is needed to determine. And I am going torequest a testing. Look out yup and see if you have matching symptoms

[kaylee777]

ive have been suffering the same pain now for 4 yrs on and off, its not a come on for 10-15 mins pain but a 2-3 weeks at a time under the right rib cage which is severe sharp pain, it aches sat still, pain when moving an breathing in, for the last 2 time i have called my self an ambulance to be admitted as i have not slept for days at a time, literally sat up night after night.
previously i was sent home with pain killers but the last 2 times i refused and was placed on surgery ward on morphine as it was so bad i was sick, after every test imaginable nothing was found after a week and half on  both admittances i was released with gastric reflux tabs haha. made no difference
i have changed my diet slightly  not that it was bad anyway really. but now im having the same pain for 3 days and im going to my docs to demand an answer i am fed up of the same crap, and im fed up of the pain it is ruining my life at 26 i feel like lying down and giving up.
will post what happens at a later date. at to all you who have the same pester your docs they get paid for it we pay for it and get some answers dunt be afraid the more you pester the further you get
kay

[Bunty1313]

I m suffering frm pain frm last 2years in my right side kidney when I walk or stand nobody can solve my this problem I had consult so many doctors could u plz hv me solution

[kaylee777]

hey try placing your post in the doctors forum under kidney section you may get a better/more accurate reply may take a bit longer from them to reply though as a lot of ppl on here with symptoms
good luck

[pbj9]

What did this turn out to be?
Fyi all, you should really go to a regular family doctor for testing, then she or he may send you to a specialist.  Don't expect to get a a full workup in an emergency room. The ER is mainly for treating serious, immediately life-thteatening emergencies,  not for diagnosing an ongoing illness.

[rozie123]

My rib hurting has been. For 2 days dnt know wat it is

[jemma2]

Hi am 15 years old and for 2 weeks now I have been getting stabbing pians in my belly near my belly button and right side of my ribs but recantly the pian has gone to my back aswell its realy pian full plzz help

[kayblikely]

That is exactly to the t what I am experiencing.  Doesn't hurt to breathe or cough, sometimes feels like it is moving to the back side but mostly in front under the boobs.  Laying on the side is good, when i lay on the  other side I put a pillow under the covers on the area and have a cat lay on the pillow, occasionally I can lay on my back and it doesn't bother me and I have not loss of appetite .  Did they figure out what your problem is or was?

Went and had xrays today - 1 broken rib and brusied tissue around the kidney and brusied muscle under the bone.  Will be by the end of August before I am healed enough to drive a car long distance and have  been told that while the pain will subside it will not ever go away!

[ricki78]

I hve been have the same pain on right side  burning Sharp pain, under rib cage, had ultrasounds, crate, cat scans, upper gi, all test can back normal, been to the ER many of times n hve been sent home on pain killers ad well, which only put me to sleep, resently had hernia fixed but pain has returned, any suggestions on wht it could be, or wht to check next...

[worriedformydad99]

Sorry it took so long to write back.  It turns out my dad has colon cancer which spread to his liver.  He is undergoing chemo every two weeks now.
No surgery to remove the cancer.  Too far gone.  But the good news is they say with the chemo they can shrink the cancer and he can live a long time.

[podge21]

hi just read your comment from a few years ago about pain under right breast . can i  ask what happened as i am suffering with that now . thanks paula x

[mommacakes]

I was just reading all the comments because a friend just asked me about her pain.  Just want to let you know that I will be praying for you and your dad.  God is the ultimate physician and healer.  Blessings.

[EvyGonzalez]

I have been having the same pain for several years, I had so many test done, from X-rays to colonascopy, not sure if I spelled that right, but yea, I have that burning pain under my cage-rib at the right side and when cold air hit me it gets worse, but when I give some heat it feels better. One doctor told me that sometimes we have to deal with some pain and nothing to do about it. It still worries me and I continue searching for answers. But I understand how you feel. I will be seen my doctor cause I get worry not to get Pancreatic cancer, that is my worse fear. I hope you are feeling better.

[williscj]

This awful pain has been going on for 6 years now! When it first hit I did ALL of the tests that folks have mentioned above. I had my appendix, gallbladder taken out as well as a hysterectomy - but nothing worked. I used to throw up every morning with it - I didn't do that this morning. The stabbing pain is back with a vengeance today. I have been eating so much better - almost vegetarian at this point. I also have been seeing an accupuncturist who seemed to cure it for a while. I also am a big water drinker. And I make sure that my bowel movements are very regular. I too am so past frustrated with Dr's thinking that I am just a crazy person. If anyone gets answers PLEASE post!!!

[darla47]

thats exactly what im going through hurts so bad i cant stand it my right side only

[377255]

I have had the same pain you are describing for the past 15 years. I actually had my gallbladder removed hoping that would resolve the issue. I will have pain for a period of time, it will resolve itself and I won't have any pain for quite some time, then out of the blue it will return. I have never really paid much attention to what triggers it, but I do know it feels like something is enlarged and putting pressure on my ribs. I've had several tests, scopes, blood work, ultrasound, IVP, you name it. I figure it hasn't killed me yet, so I deal with the pain. I have been told it could be scar tissue from previous surgeries or lesions in my stomach. I've often thought a rib was out of place or an ulcer. Like you said, I can't stand the feel of anything binding.. both my pants and my bra drive me nuts. I can't wait to get home and get into something more comfortable. I had my routine lab work done a few weeks ago and my Dr expressed concern about my liver function. I thought this could be it, maybe they will find something, but after yet another ultrasound...nothing. Glad to know my kidneys are fine, but I suppose it it was kidney related, I wouldn't be feeling the pain both in the front and the back.  
  

[windy1217]

I am 49 yrs old and have had a Hiatal Hernia for 31 yrs, with reflux. i'm now having terrible pain under my right rib up high close to where my hernia is, and i'm having hernia pain, and my esophagus feels swollen,it is hard for me to swallow anything that isn't liquid. I'm having constant nausea, sometimes I feel like I'm running a fever. I am on protonics for my reflux, i am also having diahrea,I haven't eaten in 2 days. I have an appointment in 5 days with a general surgeon, but I'm so sick my husband wants to take me to the ER though I don't think they will do the tests I need.

[machka72]

My wife is experiencing the exact same thing. She's had a number of test done like ultrasound mri colonscopy and even had stince placed in her upper and lower bio duct. She still continues to have this same pain.

[Memearkansas]

I have had the very same thing bloating,pain on the right side, comes and goes. I had my gallbladder removed five years ago. But before they could remove it I was on antib's for 10 days due to infection. I had been to tO the dr. A week before, told him I was going out of town and he told me I was fine. They called my husband as they didn't think I was going to make it. The liver enzymes were really off the charts. Today I am so bloated my clothes won't fit. If I were not 65 I would look like I were having a baby.

[clbradford]

Hopefully this will help you and your dad.  My two daughters and their father have had the exact same symptoms.  They went to an Endocrinologist and had an endoscopy... I would go to your regular Dr first and ask for a blood test for celiac disease (gluten allergy).  Whenever they would eat, the pain was intense.  They also had problems with constipation.  All three of them tested positive for celiac disease.  They have had to change their diets.  It's hard at first, but you can receive a lot of help from the internet.  There are also cookbooks just for celiac.  All three have been MUCH BETTER.  Let me know if this helps.  Oh yah, one more thing... don't let the word "disease" scare you.  It really is "just" a matter of diet... cutting gluten out of your diet.  Good luck.

[shubinator]

It is all about your digestive tract. It needs you to give it enzymes because it does not produce enough naturally (it does not produce water either). A diet of modern sterilized foods does not seem to contain enough enzymes to digest themselves properly. I have experimented on myself and found yogurt and kimchi to work (not together). For the digestive bit anyways. I still have not found anything to work on eating to much butter everyday yet.

[cfsfibrohhv647cytodegjntdiseasereynauds]

Try a muscle relaxant or xanax/atavan, etc. -I've gone to the ER as well a few times for this sharp pain under my right rib, and every breath i take it feels like my lungs and being jabbed. It is sudden usually, but the other day it built up over 4 days. They gave me delaudid and atavan (antianxiety, relaxant) in IV form and it went away. it came back. I took a xanax which I take for my muscle spasms when they get bad (i have cfs and fibromyalgia and a slew of other autoimmune. I slept all day with a full xanax. I woke up and i stretched. I had no muscle spasms and the pain in my side was goen and I could take deep breaths. Try a muscle relaxant or anti anxiety that has a muscle relaxant component. I don't get them with anxiety, but it seems to be a build up of muscle tension. Hope this helps.

[cfsfibrohhv647cytodegjntdiseasereynauds]

Try a muscle relaxant or xanax/atavan, etc. -I've gone to the ER as well a few times for this sharp pain under my right rib, and every breath i take it feels like my lungs and being jabbed. It is sudden usually, but the other day it built up over 4 days. They gave me delaudid and atavan (antianxiety, relaxant) in IV form and it went away. it came back. I took a xanax which I take for my muscle spasms when they get bad (i have cfs and fibromyalgia and a slew of other autoimmune. I slept all day with a full xanax. I woke up and i stretched. I had no muscle spasms and the pain in my side was goen and I could take deep breaths. Try a muscle relaxant or anti anxiety that has a muscle relaxant component. I don't get them with anxiety, but it seems to be a build up of muscle tension. Hope this helps.

[cfsfibrohhv647cytodegjntdiseasereynauds]

Try a muscle relaxant or xanax/atavan, etc. -I've gone to the ER as well a few times for this sharp pain under my right rib, and every breath i take it feels like my lungs and being jabbed. It is sudden usually, but the other day it built up over 4 days. They gave me delaudid and atavan (antianxiety, relaxant) in IV form and it went away. it came back. I took a xanax which I take for my muscle spasms when they get bad (i have cfs and fibromyalgia and a slew of other autoimmune. I slept all day with a full xanax. I woke up and i stretched. I had no muscle spasms and the pain in my side was goen and I could take deep breaths. Try a muscle relaxant or anti anxiety that has a muscle relaxant component. I don't get them with anxiety, but it seems to be a build up of muscle tension. Hope this helps.

[tamaralb]

Im having the exact pain presently could you tell me is it still going on with you...i had this pain for three days under my boob hurts on the right side mid section of the rib

[motley666]

ok i am having the same experiencing, pain in the right side it hurts to cough or laugh or anything.. went to the emergecy room and they said that they think they seen some fuild behind my liver but I can't get into see the doctor for another 2 weeks.. It kind of worries me, the not knowing why i am having all of this pain, this pain has been off and on for the last 6 years

[tosha3]

What does posting stuff have to do with not having insurance. Some people have really bad pains and are hurting. If it was you, you might understand just saying.

[tosha3]

What does posting stuff have to do with not having insurance. Some people have really bad pains and are hurting. If it was you, you might understand just saying.

[billk1989]

I had hepatitis  A and E just two months ago and now i'm experiencing a lil bit pain in my lower right two ribs... :/ what it could be? can someone help? i think it is due to hepatitis...

[robo81489]

i have the same problem! No one seems to know what it is and it sounds like such a pain to go through costly medical testing. i have been getting these pains every time i run for the past year and a half and i run at least three times a week. it never ends! i would think it was a stitch, but why would it only happen on the right side and why does it happen every time without fail, even though i am a regular runner?!

[chelita297]

HIATAL HERNIA

[chelita297]

Please do a serch on HIATAL HERNIA. I reacently started getting this pains and they are terrible. I do not speak fluent english to explain thats why i just typed the name. I truly hope it may help someone.  I am not a doctor i was just doing reaserch for myself since this pain is coming around more often.

[Scarlito]

Help!!  I have been to two drs. so far.  I have a stabbing pain in the right side of my back whenever I am up on my feet for a while. I noticed this a couple of months ago when I was on my two mile walk, by the time I was finishing up, my right back side felt like a knife was gouging me. Also I feel like gas or air is trying to escape through my throat as I breath so I make myself belch to relieve the pressure. Also It hurts to lay on my right side at night.  The dr. is currently treating my for skelitor and muscle soreness, but the meds ar not helping. I have had a endoscopy and gullbladder (gallbladder) ultrasound and they found nothing. Any advice???????

[Jd_astro]

I think the pain I have as well is muscle/bone related. It usually comes on with some stretching movement I make and  goes away after a few minutes, but is sticking around this time. Thanks for sharing.

[trudy43]

I fell down stairs cracked 2 ribs. Hurts Sooo bad when coughing,sneezing...anything. Reallly hurts behind them too. Thinking ultrasound should be done?

[Wolf_In_A_Shell]

I believe you might have gas in your larger or smaller intestine. I will slowly relieve itself after a why. To make sure if you actually have gas pains, push in that areas and see if there is a gurgling noise and release of pain. Then you will be fine after a couple forceful pushes. I am having pains under my right ribcage, but no surgery to diagnose the problem. Although, I am having gas pains, but it is in the wrong place for gas pains. The only affective daily activities that it triggers pain with is breathing and sleeping. So I have difficulty getting the average 8 hour sleep before I cleave to work at 6:53am.

It's not much to speak of, bu the pain is slowly increasing. Some days it's not as bad as others, body moving that one area creates a dull pain. It all started on Monday, and it is currently now Wednesday, which might go on through the week. On the 5 day, I will go into the doctors before panicking. My mother said that I must leave it for a few days before issuing a visit to a professional.  So I am going to hold it off by the 5th day, as said. If anyone has experienced this pain before, as in every other comment/reply, please diagnose my issues.

My mother gave me a few suggestions on what it might be, Growing Pains, Gas Pains, or Misc. Which I would have to go with Misc.