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What Causes Soreness In Abdomen When I Lay On Both Sides Of Body?

I have a stomach pain that feels likes its bruised when I push on it. Uncomfortable when not touching. For the first 24 hours when I would lay on both my right side or left, I had muscle contracting sharp pains in my stomach (not belly, its right below the center of my rib cage above my bellybutton). The contracting feelings have lessoned. The bruised pain is still there. has now been 36 hours. Not pregnant. Does not get better when I eat. Pain is not in my chest or anywhere else. Just my stomach.
Mon, 16 Feb 2015
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Hi.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate self-explanatory history.
As per the history you have pain in the abdominal wall just below the ribs and this is suggestive of a few things:
-This can be costochondritis
-myalgia due to some strenuous activity


This can be confirmed by pressing on the lower rib cage - if tender this is more suggestive of Costo-chondritis.

Irrespective of the cause the treatment remains the same and consists of :
-An anti-inflammatory medicine like Ibuprofen in a dose depending upon your weight and to be taken three times a day after food with a PPI to avoid acidity.
-Strict bed rest.
-Local application of heat.
-Oral steroid as an anti-inflammatory medicine.

I hope this should be sufficient to give you complete recovery.
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What Causes Soreness In Abdomen When I Lay On Both Sides Of Body?

Hi. Thanks for your query and an elucidate self-explanatory history. As per the history you have pain in the abdominal wall just below the ribs and this is suggestive of a few things: -This can be costochondritis -myalgia due to some strenuous activity This can be confirmed by pressing on the lower rib cage - if tender this is more suggestive of Costo-chondritis. Irrespective of the cause the treatment remains the same and consists of : -An anti-inflammatory medicine like Ibuprofen in a dose depending upon your weight and to be taken three times a day after food with a PPI to avoid acidity. -Strict bed rest. -Local application of heat. -Oral steroid as an anti-inflammatory medicine. I hope this should be sufficient to give you complete recovery.