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What Causes Pain On Left Side Below The Ribs?

I have pain on left side below my ribs, foamy urine, the pain woke me up out of my sleep, I urinate alot more than usual. I have border line diabetes and my sugar is mostly around 240-270. I work alot of hours At my job. I m always tired. Can you tell me if it s my kidneys or gall bladder
Thu, 7 Mar 2019
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Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist 's  Response
Hello,

With the above history provided what I see is, there is no issue with the gall bladder at all and nor with the kidneys.

In diabetes, people tend to pass more urine, as the body is trying to fight against the excessive accumulation of sugar by doing excretion.

I think you should get your creatine levels checked, and also an abdominal scan, this should help understand much better, that is it because of kidneys or gastric.

In most case where you are mentioning about the pain, its gastric issue mostly, but having a physical examination done by a physician will be good.

Now, as you mentioned you are a borderline diabetic, then I will advise you to do regular physical exercise, because the work you are doing, isn't sufficient to burn the calories intake. You should try doing aerobic exercise and also please monitor your diet, as in long run things might slip out of hand which will not be liked by anyone.

Rather depending on any kind of medication, doing regular aerobic exercise and managing diet should be really helpful in the overall functions of the body.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
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What Causes Pain On Left Side Below The Ribs?

Hello, With the above history provided what I see is, there is no issue with the gall bladder at all and nor with the kidneys. In diabetes, people tend to pass more urine, as the body is trying to fight against the excessive accumulation of sugar by doing excretion. I think you should get your creatine levels checked, and also an abdominal scan, this should help understand much better, that is it because of kidneys or gastric. In most case where you are mentioning about the pain, its gastric issue mostly, but having a physical examination done by a physician will be good. Now, as you mentioned you are a borderline diabetic, then I will advise you to do regular physical exercise, because the work you are doing, isn t sufficient to burn the calories intake. You should try doing aerobic exercise and also please monitor your diet, as in long run things might slip out of hand which will not be liked by anyone. Rather depending on any kind of medication, doing regular aerobic exercise and managing diet should be really helpful in the overall functions of the body. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist