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Upper left side pain

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eric92205
eric92205

Hi all,

For the past 6 months or so, I've been suffering with a pain in my left side, just under the rib cage. It almost feels like there's a build up of pressure.

This only affects me in the morning or during the night when I awaken from sleep. The pain will go within 10 minutes of getting up out if bed and going about my day.

Does anyone have any insight into what this could be? I do suffer with gas and constipation as a result of IBS. I'm hoping that it's just a result of that.

I'd rate the pain 2/10.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.

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  • maggie__55735
    maggie__55735 eric92205

    Posted

    I recently had a really bad time with pain under the ribs 9/10 scale and was quite breathless. Did some research and found that when reflux of acid is particularly bad it makes the veins in the airways swell up. I have a hiatus hernia and my reflux smelled of faeces for eight years. I just recently got on top of that with diet, but I made the mistake of eating too much tomato over a few weeks and thought I was in real trouble, but by talking indignation liquid and tablets every few hours and a more alkaline diet (chicken soup) and the pain has died down and my tummy is almost pain free. Hope this helps.
    • astrozombie
      astrozombie maggie__55735

      Posted

      I do not have this hernia etc but just wanted to say great biological knowledge and this is the sort of knowledge we need as we all know what happens when we have a flare up/attack but I am sure very few understand what happens within outer bodies. My mother wanted me to study medicine and I really should have listened.
  • junieju
    junieju eric92205

    Posted

    Hi

    I have this and I just thought it was Ibs related.

    After a few weeks I went to the doctor, they said it was costochondritis, my doctor sent me for an X-ray to make sure it was nothing else.

    Look it up and see what you think

    Junie

    • eric92205
      eric92205 junieju

      Posted

      Thank you for your reply.

      The pain im experiencing is below the left rib cage so I'm not sure if this could be a possibility.

      It is worse if I'm lying on my left side however.

    • junieju
      junieju eric92205

      Posted

      It sounds like it may be what I have, mine started on the right side, now I get it both sides.

      Look it up on patient Uk, see if it sounds like what you have.

      Get your doctor to check it out.

      Let me know how you get on.

      Junie

    • philippa61759
      philippa61759 junieju

      Posted

      I have had costochondritis and it is agony.  I thought it was a pulled muscle but it went on for three months so I went to the doctor who diagnosed costochondritis without any tests.  It can be caused by stress.
    • junieju
      junieju philippa61759

      Posted

      Hi Phillipa

      It is painful, I thought I had a cracked rib.

      Some days it is ok, and then it starts again.

      Junie

    • philippa61759
      philippa61759 junieju

      Posted

      I was told by the doctor to to take nurofen for the pain and wait it out.  She advised me the pain would be gone after three months and it did.
  • astrozombie
    astrozombie eric92205

    Posted

    I get that but the pain is more 7/10 sometimes increasing to 10/10 but the latter denotes an attack is imminent.  I do not get the pain daily so more intermittent for me. I was in A+E recently and had this whilst sat waiting which was fun. I just had to rub my stomach for about 30 mins which settled it.
  • Falena16
    Falena16 eric92205

    Posted

    Hi eric!i have this on both side it almost feels lyk a stitch dos that make sence?it can also go right around my back aswell!i think it can b trapped wind due to ibs...
    • eric92205
      eric92205 Falena16

      Posted

      That sounds exactly what I have. The pain radiates to the back also. Feels just like a stitch.
    • Falena16
      Falena16 eric92205

      Posted

      I have been backand forward to the dr recently as iv had pain around kidney area like a squeezing felling which is believe to be colon going into spasms!!then i got the stitch like pain pretty bad right around both ribs that was pretty uncomforable for me...try taking something for trapped wind defo sounds like it to me!i rubbed around the areas that was sore as sometimes it can move it can its easier to come away
  • philippa61759
    philippa61759 eric92205

    Posted

    You can have pains just about anywhere with IBS.  I have left and right sided pain, in the middle, back and ribs.
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