constant pain under the ribs (on the right side ..in the back)

No he didnt checked for that as far as I know. Now I am interested to know that. Although, how would I do that without upseting the Dr would suggesting him what he has to do?

I suggested once in the past, and a lady Dr got upset..a bit..by patronising me..and saying that in the UK, Dr`s decide what tests to give to patience, unlike other countries..(I am not a British citizen.. ).

I must say that it really annoyed me and now, I amconcerned that this Dr mught take offence if I make an appointment to just suggest him what to do

How would I manage this I wonder, without bothering their ego?

As mortals, have some knowledge and a brain as well..to think for ourselves, but Dr`s seem to foget that..maybe.

Best to you too Dana

H.Pylori. It's a simple blood test. I suffered with exactly what you are describing. It continued to get worse until I was barely able to eat. The treatment is simple but the recovery is long. However, it's the indigestion and burping that is the key symptom here.

You should get tested for H Pylori stomache bacteria. They can take blood or take a breath test. They give you several different kinds of antibiotics and omeperazole antacid pills for two weeks. I had a hard abdomen with excruciating pain. It felt like my ribs would break, weight gain, bloating, diarrhea, headaches with stabbing pain in head, dizziness, cloudiness of mind. The medicine works wonders. Unfortunately once you've had it it usually comes back. I think it lies dormant until the next attack. I've had it numerous times.

I am going through the same thing. I'm 38 and been in pain for 3 weeks. ct's, ultrasound, and xrays but no explaination can be found. I just want it to go away!have you had any relief? how?

I am going through the same thing. I'm 38 and been in pain for 3 weeks. ct's, ultrasound, and xrays but no explaination can be found. I just want it to go away!

have you had any relief? how?

I have almost identical symptoms!  I am 41 and have a dull pain in my right side which sometimes feels as though it is also around the right of my back.  My Doctor also dismisses anything serious and says it must be a muscular problem that probably happened in the night whilst I was sleeping! (Seemed like straw grasping but ok!)  I have had blood tests for kidney function but no scans as yet - I will insist on them in another week if the pain stays.  I cannot say that it's so painful that I can't concentrate, it's just that it's always there and has been for the last couple of weeks and is getting a bit demoralising. Looking at these threads, it seems as though it might be here to stay for a while :-(  Does anyone have any ideas on how to minimise or relieve the pain/ache?

Just wondering if you have ever found pit what is going on with your pain? I have the same symptoms as you. Although the pain is on the right side, more toward back, up under the rib, it makes it worse if I lay on my left side. Feels like something is pushing, on something. I had the pain 2 years ago for several months, it disappeared and now has been back for a few weeks. Any info is appreciated. ..

Greetings all,

Am currently being treated for very similar symptoms.  Went to a GP, a chiropractor, and am now attending an excellent physiotherapist and a massage therapist.  Turns out there is a muscle at the most inner part of the abdomen that is often thought of as a back muscle but it isn't.  Do get some massage treatment and go see a physiotherapist for some appropriate exercises to help address this issue.

The quadratus lumborum, or QL, is a common source of lower back pain. Because the QL connects the pelvis to the spine and is therefore capable of extending the lower back when contracting bilaterally, the two QLs pick up the slack, as it were, when the lower fibers of the erector spinae are weak or inhibited (as they often are in the case of habitual seated computer use and/or the use of a lower back support in a chair). Given their comparable mechanical disadvantage, constant contraction while seated can overuse the QLs, resulting in muscle fatigue.  A constantly contracted QL, like any other muscle, will experience decreased blood flow, and, in time, adhesions in the muscle and fascia may develop, the end point of which is muscle spasm.

I have had nearly for a week now, what many on this blog seem to have.  I had bronchitis or bronchial pneumonia for about 3 weeks, but my coughing was almost gone, and then i got the upper rib back pain!    I thought it was delayed pain from bruized or fractured ribs from all the coughing, but that seems weird.  About 1 1/2 weeks ago i stopped my no refined sugar health diet i had been on for 7 weeks, and am thinking that may have caused this inflammation.  Anyone have any thoughts on this?  I was so depressed at getting so terribly sick even though i was getting healthier without all the refined sugar, i ate some candy from the frig i had forgotten about and kept eating sugar.  I don't drink coffee, alcohol, or smoke, but have had touches of osteoarthritis (some people call this fibromyalgia).  My doctor says this is a made-up disorder, as most of the joint and other pains are simple inflammation caused by sugar.  Refined sugar does these things:  causes inflammation (osteoarthritis and a myriad of other inflammatory diseases), feeds cancer cells (not normal cells), causes diabetes, causes high bad cholesterol.  All the fats and eggs and other things blamed for all the diseases and suffering are not the cause at all.  It is the refined sugar and white starch diet of most western cultures causing all the mayhem. Then the toxic drugs used to treat this does further harm to people.  Now i am preparing to go back on my non refined sugar and starch diet and see if it solves this terrible upper back rib pain which is getting slowly worse every day.  Horrible!

I am 56 am having same problems, so bad that I have very loose bowels as soon as I eat, shooting pain at bottom of my right side under my rib, also makes me sick at my stomach, loose my balance too, and migran heaachs, my chiroprator did ex-rays 3 months ago and showed narrowing of my spine, spurs, arthueritis and ruptured disc, think it time for me see if I can get disability, be fittig this for 30 years

I also have tingling of my feet toes and fngers, and my eye sight is effected

Look into dystomnia. POTS specifically. Passing out. pain,.numbess, vision issues and also gi...pots affects so much. I spent 6 years in and out of week long hospital stays with no answers. Finally this past fall received a diagnosis from amazing Doc in Cleveland Ohio (Dr Robert wilson). Slowly I am.regaining strength. One in 8 women develop pots and average time to diagnosis is.aboit 6 years. We need more awareness

Hello gerryp.....want to know about the region of pain you were suffering. Actually am also suffering from the same problem yet not diagnosed by Dr. for what reason it is. Is the pain you suffering from was in the lower back region which got transmitted to abdomen of that side and also in groin region of the same side..... am having these symptoms. some time there is pain in leg also ....