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Suggest Remedy For Pain In Left Side Of The Stomach

I have a pain in the middle of my stomach under my rib cage that continuously hurts and its more to the left. I had a left Kidney removed in Feb. of this year and the pain I am feeling is not getting lighter, It seems like its getting worse. I also understand it takes up to a year to heal on the inside but this is to the left of my belly button. I also had a hernia removed at the time of my kidney removal but didn t hurt this bad with my heeling process do you have any answers maybe to what might be going on ? its like someone has punched me in the stomach
Mon, 9 May 2016
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted your history of removal of the kidney in Feb and hernia repair, pain in the middle of the stomach under the rib cage that hurts continuously.
The cause of the pain of the nature can be due to the following reasons:
- Neuralgia due to nerve entrapment syndrome.
- Scar causing the nerve entrapment.
- Fibromyalgia
- Costochondritis.
- Since your left kidney was removed it is more possible to have the nerve entrapment in the scar tissue.
I would advise you the following:
Get a clinical assessment done by a General Surgeon.
Try the medical treatment top get a control over the nerve pain with amitriptyline, gabepentin or tegritol which need a prescription.
If this fails a revision of the scar can help you to get a relief from the pain .
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Suggest Remedy For Pain In Left Side Of The Stomach

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted your history of removal of the kidney in Feb and hernia repair, pain in the middle of the stomach under the rib cage that hurts continuously. The cause of the pain of the nature can be due to the following reasons: - Neuralgia due to nerve entrapment syndrome. - Scar causing the nerve entrapment. - Fibromyalgia - Costochondritis. - Since your left kidney was removed it is more possible to have the nerve entrapment in the scar tissue. I would advise you the following: Get a clinical assessment done by a General Surgeon. Try the medical treatment top get a control over the nerve pain with amitriptyline, gabepentin or tegritol which need a prescription. If this fails a revision of the scar can help you to get a relief from the pain .