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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.
forgot to say that i also have fatty liver and my liver has been raised i feeel bloated most of the time i look like i am 9 months pregnant not so much pain as a discomfort can any one relate to these symptoms please really worring
i have a discomfort feeling around my right side and under my rib cage comes and goes have had this for a while now going to the toilet to clean my back end is the worst thing ever so sore to twist round
i have a discomfort feeling around my right side and under my rib cage comes and goes have had this for a while now going to the toilet to clean my back end is the worst thing ever so sore to twist round
Hi, do you have a dog that pulls? Not a strange question, although it might seem. I read somewhere that an over-strained muscle in that area, can cause similar pain. I've had this pain for about 7 years, and can't imagine having it for 15.
I am trying to cover every possibility so am checking to see if this might resound with you?
Thank you.
I am trying to cover every possibility so am checking to see if this might resound with you?
Thank you.
I have pain under my right rib that is constant, it's with me all the time, and have had it for nearly 7 years. Over the years, it has come and gone, sometimes lasting for months, then disappears for months. Lately I've had it for several months, and I'm also having some digestion problems too.
When I lay down to sleep, it subsides, because I'm not putting any pressure on that area. I can feel it when I turn to sleep on my sides. When I sit on the sofa, the pain is the strongest, but again, not severe or crushing pain, it's subtle. It feels like something is pushing into the bottom of my right rib cage, never on the left side. It feels like something under my rib cage is swollen and pressing into the rib. I sometimes feel short of breath from it but perhaps it's an anxiety reaction to the pain.
Sitting seems to apply pressure to the area, because when I stand up or stretch my abdomen out, so I'm not bent over, the pain lessens. And again, the pain is subtle but constant.
My doctor looks at me like I'm imagining the pain. Well not really but that's how it feels.
I have a dog. He pulls a lot. I use my right hand to hold onto his leash. I am wondering if you or any of the others on here also have a dog that pulls, I read somewhere that a pulled or over-strained muscle in that area can give similar pain.
I really hope one of us can figure this out because the level of discomfort makes it difficult to stay seated.
Again, no other symptoms except for the ones I have described above. And recently I am having digestion problems and it's unknown if the two are related, but in the seven years I've had this, no digestive problems, so I am assuming that they are not related.
I too have had CT, 2 ultrasounds, and nothing was found.
When I lay down to sleep, it subsides, because I'm not putting any pressure on that area. I can feel it when I turn to sleep on my sides. When I sit on the sofa, the pain is the strongest, but again, not severe or crushing pain, it's subtle. It feels like something is pushing into the bottom of my right rib cage, never on the left side. It feels like something under my rib cage is swollen and pressing into the rib. I sometimes feel short of breath from it but perhaps it's an anxiety reaction to the pain.
Sitting seems to apply pressure to the area, because when I stand up or stretch my abdomen out, so I'm not bent over, the pain lessens. And again, the pain is subtle but constant.
My doctor looks at me like I'm imagining the pain. Well not really but that's how it feels.
I have a dog. He pulls a lot. I use my right hand to hold onto his leash. I am wondering if you or any of the others on here also have a dog that pulls, I read somewhere that a pulled or over-strained muscle in that area can give similar pain.
I really hope one of us can figure this out because the level of discomfort makes it difficult to stay seated.
Again, no other symptoms except for the ones I have described above. And recently I am having digestion problems and it's unknown if the two are related, but in the seven years I've had this, no digestive problems, so I am assuming that they are not related.
I too have had CT, 2 ultrasounds, and nothing was found.
I will make a suggestion that has been posted a few times in this long thread, and that is the pain, sometimes called "post gallbladder syndrome" seems to effect, if you have read the posts, people with and without gallbladders, and that is, for the vast majority, this is an anxiety problem, even if they can't see it. Their posts reflect anxiety.
READ CAREFULLY: it does not mean the pain is not real. Your muscles react to stress in the form of "fight or flight" and tighten and cause pain. I'm sure as a vet you know about "fight or flight", and the physical changes in a body and MIND.
I had this. Nobody knew what it was. Finally I did find out and closely examined how I was living. I had been having faulty reactions to stress y entire life, with various strange symptoms since childhood.
Mine too disappeared. When? When I was totally occupied with another situation that took me outside the hyper attention I was paying to my bodily symptoms. When did yours disappear? When you were totally committed to your other soldiers in Iraq? When you were involved with work? Family? Pay attention to when it returns. Is it after a stressful event?
Anxiety produces real physical symptoms. It does not mean a person is "crazy", but a victim on normal everyday -- and in your case, not so everyday-- stresses. Take a look at Anxietycentre *******. Look at the list of physical symptoms. You will find yours pretty much described.
Good luck, and thank you.
READ CAREFULLY: it does not mean the pain is not real. Your muscles react to stress in the form of "fight or flight" and tighten and cause pain. I'm sure as a vet you know about "fight or flight", and the physical changes in a body and MIND.
I had this. Nobody knew what it was. Finally I did find out and closely examined how I was living. I had been having faulty reactions to stress y entire life, with various strange symptoms since childhood.
Mine too disappeared. When? When I was totally occupied with another situation that took me outside the hyper attention I was paying to my bodily symptoms. When did yours disappear? When you were totally committed to your other soldiers in Iraq? When you were involved with work? Family? Pay attention to when it returns. Is it after a stressful event?
Anxiety produces real physical symptoms. It does not mean a person is "crazy", but a victim on normal everyday -- and in your case, not so everyday-- stresses. Take a look at Anxietycentre *******. Look at the list of physical symptoms. You will find yours pretty much described.
Good luck, and thank you.
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