Pain on left side

[kris907]

I have a sharp pain I am getting on my left side. It feels like it is deep inside and more towards my back. The pains come and go, I notice it hurts more when I am moving around. I am thinking maybe it's my kidney but I have no discoloration in my urine. I heard that too much B vitamins can be bad for your kidneys - is there truth in that? I am a 23 year old female. I would appreciate any advice or help I can get, as I hate to go to the ER and I have no insurance!

[LisaLuke]

I think i have the same thing, im a 25 year old female.  I posted on here a little while ago about the pain i'm having in my left side just under my ribs.  Someone suggested that it could be a problem with the gallbladder even though the gallbladder isn't on the left the pain apparently can radiate to the left.

Is your diet high in fat or do you drink a lot of alcohol?  Everytime i eat healthier the pain seems to go away.

[lovethebops]

Do you typically get pains around ovulation time?? Could be that, I know I get them every month..

[paranoidpatty]

I get the same pains also on the left under my rib.  It's as if there is something pressing against your rib cage and poking you and nothing stops the pain.  I noticed they started after I got off of a low carb diet and got off bc pills at the same time.  So I don't know which one caused it.  I got ultrasounds and tests and they still don't know what it is.  I was starting to look into the liver because that's exactly where the pain is.  Acetominophen can irritate your liver and I took a bunch of that.

I stopped taking acetominophen and the pains stopped a few weeks later.

[confused1031]

I have kidney reflux disease and was hospitalized when i was very young like 6 years old because i almost died i went into a seizure because i had puss pockets on both of my kidneys the size of quarters. I havd the same exact pains but no discoloration in my urine. You should definately go to the doctors and get checked just to be sure. Good luck!

[mrskdempsey]

Is it possible that you could be pregnant? I had an ectopic, and that is exactly what happened to me.

[jsec]

I have pain on my left side kinda high up but I had a ct scan and it showed nothing, I know that is where the colon bends but I also noticed this started when I started eating a lot of salads and just wondered if that could be it?