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