I am having pain under my right rib cage just below my breast. It hurts when I breathe in and it comes and goes. I have been feeling this pain occasionally for a couple of weeks now.
2006-09-25 19:21:48 · 0 answers · asked by almond flakes 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I don't smoke, nor do I drink.
2006-09-25 19:27:14 · update #1
If it is not because of an injury or a broken bone, then it is because of PLEURISY (Pleuritis) which is causing you this pain. It is due to the inflammation of the pleura and is common after pneumonia or a lower respiratory tract infection. Most commonly it is related to some viral pneumonia which may have been manifested by cough, fever, prostration of varying degrees, varying ranges in difficulty in breathing. Bacteria are also commonly implicated like Streptococcus, Tuberculosis, etc.
Besides routine blood tests (which may reflect a raised WBC count with lymphocytosis) and test for ESR, a Sputum culture with antibiotic sensitivity tests become essential as is an X-ray of the chest to confirm the diagnosis of Pneumonia/pneumonitis and pleural effusion if there is any.
If you have been keeping a good health otherwise, there would probably be nothing to be overtly worried about. However, if your health has not been so good in the recent past, you may have to be tested perhaps for immunocompromised state, diabetes, and for Tuberculosis.
Sometimes a liver abscess may burst giving rise to pleuritic reaction of the adjacent pleura above the diaphragm. However this is very rare.
A course of antibiotics along with pain killers would have to be prescribed for you. Please consult your own doctor for this problem.
2006-09-30 08:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by doctor2 4 · 11⤊ 2⤋
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2016-05-08 20:49:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pain Under Right Breast
2016-09-28 07:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gas, eating spicy foods and drinking acidity product is the major cause of pain below the right or left breast in the rib cage.
2014-09-29 11:41:52 · answer #4 · answered by LYSA B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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It could just be gas to hun. that happens sometimes. take some tums or something. That should help. Or i believe you can take peptobesmol. If after that it still hurts go see a doctor. Best of luck. Hope you feel better =]
2016-04-09 03:47:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-01 04:32:49 · answer #6 · answered by Gray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rib out of place?
Gall bladder or spleen problems.
I get pains exactly like that usually on the left side, but occasionally on the right. They started when I was pregnant with my son and come and go occassionally since then and he is 9 now. I was told it was my gall bladder.
2006-09-25 19:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by inzaratha 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is most likely gas, though it is possible that you have pulled an intercostal muscle. These are the muscles between your ribs. Try stretching and deep breathing exercises. Weather gas or muscle, this will help.
2006-09-25 21:43:22 · answer #8 · answered by D 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
its most likely gas if you rub counter-clockwisefrom the bottom of your stomach to under your breast it could relieve you your problem
2006-09-30 18:03:29 · answer #9 · answered by nicolehaleyshane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your liver , you may want to get some blood tests for Hep A, B, or C which are contagious and could kill you if untreated , even if you dont drink or smoke taking medicines and some foods can cause a fatty liver , It is the filter of our system , dont let this go , check it out , also it could be cancer of the liver
2006-10-01 13:16:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋