Hi,

Thanks for your query.

From what I understand, you have soreness under the left ribcage since 2 weeks. You seem to feel vertical band like painful lesions in the left upper abdomen in the back ground of HIV infection.

Since there are no visible lesion on the skin, it is not an skin condition.

The possibilities are muscle strain, intraabdominal pathology such as tender and enlarged spleen, colon problems, pancreatitis etc. Stress and anxiety could also cause similar symptoms.

In the absence of other symptoms such as fever, indigestion symptoms, abdominal bloating, vomiting, loose stools and so on, intra abdominal pathology or a HIV associated condition is unlikely. The likely cause is muscular strain or Anxiety associated symptoms. Both the condition do not concern me.

You may try anti inflammatory medications such as Ibuprofen 200mg twice a day after food for few days. Warm compression using hot water bags on the affected region will also benefit you.

A physical examination and tests which include sonograpy is entailed if the symptom worsen or persists for more than 2 weeks.

Hope my answer was both informative and assuring. I will be available for follow ups should you have any more concerns.

Regards

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Hi,

Good to hear from you again.

As I explained you before in my previous post that it could be due to Muscular strain or anxiety associated symptoms and would require antiinflammatory and warm compression.

Regarding bacterial infection, I feel it has a very low probability as you do not have any other symptoms associated with tenderness and no rise in temparature.

I would suggest you to follow the above mentioned measures and if it doesn't improve or the symptoms worsens, then you can see a physician for examination and evaluation.

Hope this answers your query.

Wish you a speedy recovery.

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