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Suggest Treatment For Sharp Stabbing Pain Under The Rib Cage

Hi, I have a sharp p ain on my sides under my rib cage and back. It is also on my left side unsder ribs. It sometimes feels like a pinching. It is tender to touch. I also Have a stomach ache and overall tired feeling. I have been to the DR. and they sent me for blood tests. They say it s muscle pain. I have had it for six months. any ideas?
Fri, 29 Jan 2016
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Hello and welcome to HCM,
The sharp pain under the rib cage can be due to musculoskeletal cause or can be pleural in origin.
Your doctor has diagnoses the condition to be musculoskeletal in origin.
Have you take treatment for muscular pain in the past six months?
If the treatment has not relieved the pain, then probably it is not due to musculoskeletal cause.
Pleura is the double covering of the lungs.
Infection or inflammation of the pleura can lead to sharp stabbing pain in the chest.
Pleural pain is usually associated with breathing movements, it aggravates with movements.
I suggest you to consult your physician or pulmonologist for clinical assessment and relevant investigations to look for exact cause of pain.

Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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Suggest Treatment For Sharp Stabbing Pain Under The Rib Cage

Hello and welcome to HCM, The sharp pain under the rib cage can be due to musculoskeletal cause or can be pleural in origin. Your doctor has diagnoses the condition to be musculoskeletal in origin. Have you take treatment for muscular pain in the past six months? If the treatment has not relieved the pain, then probably it is not due to musculoskeletal cause. Pleura is the double covering of the lungs. Infection or inflammation of the pleura can lead to sharp stabbing pain in the chest. Pleural pain is usually associated with breathing movements, it aggravates with movements. I suggest you to consult your physician or pulmonologist for clinical assessment and relevant investigations to look for exact cause of pain. Thanks and take care Dr Shailja Puri