Pain under ribs on right hand side

All the symptoms said that in my case too but after an ultra sound at which the chap doing it had a really detailed look for any signs of blockage etc he could find nothing at all. That was only 3 months ago and the pain was present at the time of the scan. This maybe interesting to someone though, the first time I had this over 15 years ago the pain was intensive for 6 month and they didn't send me for an ultrasound (more fool me) and one morning I woke up and the pain was so bad I thought I was dying, I just lay there I could move, it got worse by the second. After 5mins of this, the pain went, just went and I was back to normal and I had no more problems for 8 years. I had an ultrasound 2 weeks after that episode and nothing showed up at all. To me and I'm no doctor but I feel I had a gall stone blockage and I passed it???? On that occasion. What I find very difficult to take is the fact that the doctors give up, oh well we cant find anything!!! Doesn't seem to matter your pain and discomfort. I bet if we we're paying them instead of the state they'd keep looking. How's the chap who stated this thread??????

Thanks for your comments.

Quick update: only had twinges for last couple of months, and have felt fine.

Then two Saturdays ago in the evening, my stomach ballooned again. This carried on for several days, then on the Wednesday I woke in the morning with more than a stitch, it was painful even to breathe in or out deeply. I got an appointment and saw a locum doctor. To be fair, this was the first time I had been to the docs while actually suffering with the pain. Diagnosis.....gallbladder.

When questioned about the negative scan, I was told it was very common for people, including doctors, to think you have to have gallstones to have the pain. Gallstones are actually a product of gallbladder disease. I have been told the flare Ups will only get worse.

yes thats true you can have pain with no stones you can have sludge in your gallbladder or maybe stones have been present and then passed, i think that i have had a few and passed some when i thought i was dying and now looks like im left with one thats causing so much trouble. i would demand more tests and even second opinion as you cant be expected to be in that pain, i feel like my life has been on hold for ages be glad when its over and done with if all goes to plan

I've had this problem too, for about the last 12 months.

I've had ultra sound and x-ray, but nothing shows up.

I went to the doctor again today, but he seems to have run out of ideas.

It's got to the stage now where I'm thinking I'm stuck with it.

It's not so much painful, as irritating.

It may be just a coincidence, but my problem started after giving up sugar in tea and coffee,

as well as changing from white bread to brown. As suggested at the surgery after a health check.

Sorry to here you have the same problem, the more you look into it the more people you find with the same prob. After a long period of hell mine's calmed down with hardly any pain or discomfort at all. Just went yet again??? I'll just mention what occurred just in case its the same as someone's else's. A bad bout of pain and gone, I was up all night with really, really bad wind and acid. I had to take the max dose of Omeprazole which after a few hours calmed it down. The next day whilst sat at the computer the pain just went??? I'm just taking 20mg Omeprazole as I'm so afraid to stop taking it and it coming back. Even when you've not got the pain you live in fear of it coming back, surly its not that a complicated issue that some doctor somewhere cant sort out or is it???? As per your comments Alan, when its not the everyday conditions the doctors seem to give up, never follow it up, never say well come back every month and lets review the symptoms, its just well get on with it. In fact all the doctors I now see ask me what do I want to do next???? But its far easier to keep a repeat prescription and take what dose you think lol and the doctors are happy with that too. Hope things improve Alan.

I know what you mean Dave regarding doctors. (and I don't want to take this thread off at a tangent)

After I'd had my X-Ray, I waited nearly three weeks before phoning my doctor for the results.

For the receptionist to tell me it was clear. So much for doctor / patient confidentiality.

I have to call them on a premium phone line, and they can't call me with the results which they'd had for over a week.

In my case it's more of a dull ache than a pain. Rubbing some Voltarol into it helps . Isn't Omeprazole

used to combat excess acid ? I don't believe that is the problem in my case.

P.S. I don't know why my posts are appearing as they are ? Format wise .

Yes correct Alan, it is. We know its stomach, liver, gallbladder related but they cant say what, how, why etc and pin it down to one or the other. All I know is that it bloody hurts, last for ages and goes as easy as it starts without a change in lifestyle etc!!! Interesting re the voltarol, muscle???? But why does a muscle hurt for 12 months??

Who knows Dave ?

I'm wondering if my pain is muscle related. Last winter I did suffer with a lot of coughing, in common with a lot of others. Maybe that strained a muscle ?

LONG BUT DEFINITELY WORTH IT!

HERE'S WHAT I'VE DONE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR MYSELF WHEN I HAD THIS CHALLENGE...BUT FIRST, A VERY IMPORTANT BACK STORY! Most important for me to note is that I am not a doctor and I am not giving medical advice...I am simply sharing my experience and what I've learned.

A few years ago, I experienced the same kind of pain. Went to the doctor and it was basically brushed off as a Fatty Liver. Many doctors do not even mention this when looking at the ultra sound because they don't believe it's a real big deal. So your doctor may have said everything looks normal when it's really not.

What I've learned is that while fatty liver is relatively common thanks to the terrible eating habits of people today, most doctors don't even mention it and may even say something like, "your liver looks a little inflamed but nothing to worry about...everything is normal."

But here's the thing. While it does not affect most people, there is a small percentage of people that actually experience physical discomfort from a fatty liver. And when not tended to, it can become serious.

I'm going to guess that many of you who suffer with this may have a little weight problem. I was slightly overweight but not considered obese.

Anyway, I was fortunate enough to find a doctor that specializes in this specific condition. I don't want to mention the name here because I want you all to know that this info is real and I'm in no way trying to advertise for any specific person or product.

This is really my story.

Moving on...the great news about the liver is that it's the only internal organ that can regenerate itself. It's always working and changing. Our job is to help it to change in the right direction...meaning back to normal size.

I did it about 3 or 4 years ago and over a period of a few months the pain literally disappeared. I felt a whole lot better and like an idiot, started abusing my liver again.

So now I'm back on the regiment and committed to taking care of it from here on out. If you don't, it keeps coming back and it can become very serious if not treated properly.

By the way...there's no real "medicine" for the liver...you have to take care of it yourself. So love your liver and there's a good chance you relieve the pain and live longer.

Here's the regiment I used that cleared it up:

*Take a digestive enzyme before every meal to help break food down to relieve the strain on your liver

*Milk Thistle is very powerful. Liquid or capsules are fine. I use the capsules...4 capsules 3 times a day

*Use a supplement I've found that is formulated specifically for liver health.

*Take a Probiotic about 30 minutes after every meal. I use a powder that you can put in your favorite juice. This also helps to reduce the work of the liver, allowing it to use energy to heal itself.

Very important! It is not really fats that you need to avoid although you definitely want to remove saturated and trans fats from your diet. The culprit that is really causing your pain is SUGAR! Cut it completely or reduce it majorly. Otherwise, all efforts are in vain.

And also very important is aerobic exercise...at least 20 minutes, 3 times a week.

Straight up though...some of the supplements are not cheap..

The supplements help to relieve the stress on your liver so that it can focus on regenerating instead of cleaning all dang day.

If you need to choose, I'd say this is the order of importance: Supplement, Digestive Enzyme, Milk Thistle, Probiotic. But using all of them together has given me amazingly fast results.

Some will feel results after just a couple of days and others will feel results in a week, but I know what worked for me...and this was it.

If you can't get any of the supplements then you absolutely have to change your diet...like yesterday. Your liver is overworked...you need to make it's job easier so that it can focus on healing.

I know you want to find out what the magic pill is that will just make it disappear. With the liver...there is none.

It's your life...so you need to make a choice. I know how painful it is and how it disrupts your life...but the freedom has been awesome.

Like I said, I've had to get back on the regiment again...only this time it was easier because I knew for sure that it would work.

Hope this helps.

Good luck and good living.