Pain under left side ribcage....
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About a week ago I woke to a pain on my left side under the ribs, I thought I'd slept awkwardly but the pain didn't go as it usually would. The pain is like a stitch/pulled muscle/gas sort of pain but with sharp stabbing pains also.
I ended up in A&E and was admitted whilst they ran tests. I tested positive for the protein that clots release but a vq scan ruled a clot out. I had orotein/blood in my urine but doctors said this is normal in a woman of my age (34). An ecg and chest xray both came back clear. I was then discharged and told it could be muscular skeletal.
It's about a week since the onset of pain and it does feel less painful when turning in bed etc but I still have this pain under my left rib. If you have ever been pregnant, it's the feeling of baby with its foot in your rib. It's still twinging to my back. I have also got random sharp pains in my stomach and it feels a bit bruised. Bowel movements are softer than usual but not diarrhoea as in I have to go urgently and extremely regularly.
In general been feeling under the weather for weeks. Had dental work and infrction 5 or 6 weeks ago and have had numerous doses if antibiotics prescribed; could this be a link? I have eaten live yogurt to avoid thrush. I am aware of gassy noises/feelings in my gut.
Any help is appreciated.
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I have the same thing (I thought about the same baby pushing on rib thing, I also wondered if I slept funny).
Mine feels like it's right on the bone, though. I only have to press lightly to make it hurt, or bend the wrong way.
Oddly enough, I recently took antibiotics, too. But I also did a lot of strenuous work -- lifting, shoveling, etc.,, so I may have either pulled something, or I was leaning over something putting pressure on that area.
If your pain feels like it's on the ribs rather than the abdomen, look up costochronditis. It's a pretty common condition that causes rib pain, and it can be quite painful.
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