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Suggest Treatment For Lump In The Rib Cage

Hello. I am looking for someone to help me find an answer. I have been having pain on my right side of my abdomen for a while. I just recently noticed a lump that is deep about 2 inches below my rib cage and closer to the center of my stomach. It is hard to push on and is movable as well. It does hurt or ache when I push on it, but it is in the spot where my pain starts. I have pain every day. I have learned to tolerate it the best I can, but I am getting tired. An abdominal ultrasound was normal. CBC, CMP, sed rate, CRP and celiac panel were all normal. I do not have other symptoms of gallbladder problems. I've seen my PCP multiple times and a GI doctor this past Tuesday. He set me up for a HIDA scan on Monday, but disregarded the lump as a possible clump of fat cells. My mother had stage 4 pancreatic cancer so I find myself freaking out about feeling a lump. My husband, coworkers, fellow doctors I work with have felt it. I just need help and I don't want to waste all this money on a wild goose chase with no answer. Please help!!!
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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Welcome to health care magic.

1.The history and symptoms suggest that the lump what you are feeling could be the xiphisternum, which is normal anatomical condition - if there was a mass ultrasound would have been picked.
2.The pain in that region most commonly are gastric causes / ulcers and inflammatory condition.
3.Treatment in this case includes having small portions of food in frequent in intravel of time regularly will help.
4.Avoid junk,spicy,fat containing food and take more of fruits and salads, fibrous diet for better bowel moment - that should help, you try at least couple of weeks.
5.If you have a suspicion and you want to clear once for all - then CT abdomen is right choice - that will clear all your suspicion and help to find any underlying pathology.

Good luck.
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Suggest Treatment For Lump In The Rib Cage

Welcome to health care magic. 1.The history and symptoms suggest that the lump what you are feeling could be the xiphisternum, which is normal anatomical condition - if there was a mass ultrasound would have been picked. 2.The pain in that region most commonly are gastric causes / ulcers and inflammatory condition. 3.Treatment in this case includes having small portions of food in frequent in intravel of time regularly will help. 4.Avoid junk,spicy,fat containing food and take more of fruits and salads, fibrous diet for better bowel moment - that should help, you try at least couple of weeks. 5.If you have a suspicion and you want to clear once for all - then CT abdomen is right choice - that will clear all your suspicion and help to find any underlying pathology. Good luck. Hope i have answered your query, any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask. http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888