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Advice on pain under ribs right side
I really need some advice—I feel so lost and broken.
Last year, I started having pain on my right side under my ribs that sometimes radiated to my back. My bowel movements were normal, but the pain persisted. I was worried something was seriously wrong, so I went to the ER. They did a CT scan with contrast, but they found nothing. All my blood work was normal, and my CA-19 score was 7.
I then saw my gastroenterologist, who ordered a HIDA scan and an MRCP. Both tests came back normal, and no one could figure out what was going on. The pain was always worse when I sat, like I was squishing something. Eventually, after months, the pain just went away, and I don’t even know why.
Fast forward to a month ago—the pain is back, but worse. This time, I feel sharp pains on the right side of my stomach, which radiate down to my ribs and around to my back. I also have a reduced appetite and occasional nausea. After a month of dealing with it, I went to the ER again. They did an ultrasound and blood work; the blood work was normal, but the ultrasound noted:
> "The included liver is slightly increased in echogenicity, which may be due to steatosis or other hepatocellular conditions."
This time, I also have very loose stools. The only thing that seems to help a little is ibuprofen.
I told my gastroenterologist that I was worried about cancer—either pancreatic or liver—but she doesn’t think so, given all the tests I’ve had in the past eight months, including CT scans. She can't imagine something like that being missed so many times.
I’m scheduled for an MRI at the end of the month. Has anyone experienced anything like this?
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I'm havingbth8s pain currently.being investigate for h pylori and SIBO...did you get an answer?
Halo...I had experience same last week.pain went from ribs to back side. I feel like back was on fire somewhere where kidney is located. I went to emergency to hospital. They did my bloods and scan and nothing showed up. Doctor diagnose me with costochondritis which is inflammation of ribs.....it's conditions which is known like not showing on scans or bloods.costochondritis would never show in results. He said is not life treating it could last days, weeks or months. Take painkillers and antiinflammatory. After 3 days of taking lots of tablets pain went away but today it's starting again but only bit so I'm gonna continue with medication to clear it.
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3 Reactions@mia2655 - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm glad to hear you were able to get a diagnosis. Since your diagnosis was costocondritis, you might like to check out these discussions on Connect on that topic:
- Does anyone suffer from costocondritis? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/costocondritis/
- Costochondritis: How do you manage pain? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/costochondritis-1/
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4 Reactions@michael1012 same. Fatty liver and it is painful. No fibrosis but very fatty. Pain goes around and through my back rib cage. Just a watch and see approach and avoid alcohol and high fat content
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2 ReactionsHello @larastreet1 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I see that you added to the conversation about your experience with fatty liver disease. How long ago was this discovered?
I see that you have noted some dietary restrictions. Does this alleviate the pain completely or do you still have problems?
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It has taken almost 7/8 months of watching my diet and removing steroids and NSAIDs from my regime, a common occurrence from RA and what I think has been the most beneficial was abstaining from alcohol.
Not any of the changes have been fun but it did take me from Mash to plain fatty liver. The pain has only recently stopped but 8 months in things are looking much better
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That is good to hear. You must be pleased.