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Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain Under Lower Right Side Of Rib Cage
SEVERE PAIN UNDER LOWER RIGHT RIB CAGE BETWEEN SPINE & RIGHT SIDE. CONTINUOUS ALL THE TIME. 3 MONTHS NOW. HAS GOTTEN WORSE IN PAST 4 DAYS. SHARP STABBING PAIN. RECENT PAIN WILL TAKE MY BREATH AWAY. UNABLE TO SLEEP ON RIGHT SIDE DUE TO STABBING PAIN WHEN I LIE ON THAT SIDE. I SMOKE 1 PACK/DAY CIGARETTES.
Tue, 18 Dec 2018
Anonymous's Response
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Hello,
This kind of pain, in this region, is most of the times intercostal muscle pain, neurological pain or pleural pain, but rarely is by serious pathology like TEP.
If this pain gets no better by AINS like Paracetamol or Ketoprofen, a Chest-RX must be done and some time biochemical analysis like D-Dimmere and Angio-CT.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sonela Suxho, Pathologist and Microbiologist
This kind of pain, in this region, is most of the times intercostal muscle pain, neurological pain or pleural pain, but rarely is by serious pathology like TEP.
If this pain gets no better by AINS like Paracetamol or Ketoprofen, a Chest-RX must be done and some time biochemical analysis like D-Dimmere and Angio-CT.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sonela Suxho, Pathologist and Microbiologist
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