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What Causes Dull Radiating Pain Under The Right Rib Cage?
Question: I have a dull ache radiating around the area under the right rib cage
Brief Answer:
Take medications and get investigated
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns.
Radiating pain under right rib cage may be due to radiculopathy involving thoracic region. Other possibilities of pain under rib cage may be lung pathology, liver or gall bladder disease.
Is there any back pain, tenderness, lower limb weakness, sensory loss or urinary incontinence?
Any abdominal complains like vomiting, fever?
Any cough, sputum, breathlessness?
For localised pain of neural origin you can take pregabalin or gabapentin.
You should visit a doctor preferable neurologist to get you examined and evaluated properly.
You may require imaging of spine too.
If you have any previous reports or prescription upload them.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Do get back to me for further queries.
Regards
Dr N Kumar
Neurologist
Take medications and get investigated
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns.
Radiating pain under right rib cage may be due to radiculopathy involving thoracic region. Other possibilities of pain under rib cage may be lung pathology, liver or gall bladder disease.
Is there any back pain, tenderness, lower limb weakness, sensory loss or urinary incontinence?
Any abdominal complains like vomiting, fever?
Any cough, sputum, breathlessness?
For localised pain of neural origin you can take pregabalin or gabapentin.
You should visit a doctor preferable neurologist to get you examined and evaluated properly.
You may require imaging of spine too.
If you have any previous reports or prescription upload them.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Do get back to me for further queries.
Regards
Dr N Kumar
Neurologist
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Thank you for your reply to my medical question.
No tenderness in the right thoracic region.
I have been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate.
At different times, I can experience slow passing of urine, and other times it is normal flow, but this is something that is not worrying me at the moment.
I am also experiencing an amount of stress currently.
I am Rx Zopitan 7.5mg nightly and Xanax .250mcg nightly and Aspirin 75mg, as a prophylactic
No tenderness in the right thoracic region.
I have been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate.
At different times, I can experience slow passing of urine, and other times it is normal flow, but this is something that is not worrying me at the moment.
I am also experiencing an amount of stress currently.
I am Rx Zopitan 7.5mg nightly and Xanax .250mcg nightly and Aspirin 75mg, as a prophylactic
Brief Answer:
Take treatment as advised
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
If tenderness or other symptoms are not present then possibility of serious condition is unlikely.
You should take pain killers for few days. Apply local pain reliever ointment too.
Visit a doctor for evaluation regarding any imaging.
Continue other medications as being taken previously.
For prostate problem consult a urologist.
Regards
Dr N Kumar
Neurologist
Take treatment as advised
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
If tenderness or other symptoms are not present then possibility of serious condition is unlikely.
You should take pain killers for few days. Apply local pain reliever ointment too.
Visit a doctor for evaluation regarding any imaging.
Continue other medications as being taken previously.
For prostate problem consult a urologist.
Regards
Dr N Kumar
Neurologist
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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