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What Causes Pain Between Ribs And Abdomen While Having High BP?

I have pain in my mid rif area in between the bottom of my ribs and down the right side of my abdomen. My abdomen feels stretched and tight and bloated. Feelings of sickness but not actually sick. I have back pain in the middle of my back and constipation. when I go to the toilet my stools have gone dark in colour last few days. I do suffer with high blood pressure and take lisinopril but other than that no other known health problems. Im 34 yrs old. what could be wrong?
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to irritable bowel syndrome. The dark stool may raise suspicions of gastro-intestinal bleeding.

For this reason, I would recommend performing some tests:

- an abdominal ultrasound
- a stool analysis for the presence of blood
- a complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytes (considering the fact that lisinopril can cause high potassium levels, which can lead to constipation).

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri
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What Causes Pain Between Ribs And Abdomen While Having High BP?

Hello! Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM! I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to irritable bowel syndrome. The dark stool may raise suspicions of gastro-intestinal bleeding. For this reason, I would recommend performing some tests: - an abdominal ultrasound - a stool analysis for the presence of blood - a complete blood count for anemia - blood electrolytes (considering the fact that lisinopril can cause high potassium levels, which can lead to constipation). Hope you will find this answer helpful! Kind regards, Dr. Iliri