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What Causes Intermittent Right Sided Rib Pain?
Question: What could be making me have pain on my right side about rib height and right side neck. It comes and goes, but I've been expirencing it for about three days now
Brief Answer:
Gallstones can be the reason.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Do you have any nausea with this pain? Does it get worse after foods intake.
From your description, gallstones are quite possible. The pain likes to radiate to the right side shoulder or even neck. Nausea, lack of appetite are quite characteristic for this condition as well.
Abdominal ultrasound should be done to rule this our. As it is 3 days and does not get better, you should not wait with it anymore.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
Gallstones can be the reason.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Do you have any nausea with this pain? Does it get worse after foods intake.
From your description, gallstones are quite possible. The pain likes to radiate to the right side shoulder or even neck. Nausea, lack of appetite are quite characteristic for this condition as well.
Abdominal ultrasound should be done to rule this our. As it is 3 days and does not get better, you should not wait with it anymore.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I haven't had any nausea yet. I have noticed it hurts usually when I lay down and sometimes when I eat
Brief Answer:
Still it can be due to gallstones.
Detailed Answer:
When you lay down, you may change the stone position (inside the gallbladder). So it does not rule the gallstones out.
Still it can be due to gallstones.
Detailed Answer:
When you lay down, you may change the stone position (inside the gallbladder). So it does not rule the gallstones out.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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