Pain Under Left Ribs And General Nausea/weakness Posted: 10-26-07 13:53pm
I've suffered from health anxiety for a
while. I'm F, 34, a little bit
overweight, don't smoke or drink. I've
had a pain that comes and goes under my
left ribs for a few months now, on and
off. It's quite high up, just under my
left breast. Today is the first day I've
been able to feel it all day. It's more
like an ache/bruise pain than a sharp pain
and I seem to be short of breath (though
that's nothing unusual for me). I'm also
feeling really exhausted and a little bit
nauseous.
Any ideas? It's really worrying me. I
have been having stomach pains and feeling
sick for a while.
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kelle-belle
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Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 4
This Sounds Familiar! Posted: 11-14-07 13:56pm
This is the only page I've found on-line
that even remotely comes close to
describing what I've been experiencing!
I'm a 28 year-old female, VERY healthy and
strong, never smoked, drank or done drugs
of any kind.
Every morning for the past few weeks I've
been waking up with aching and sporadic
shooting pain deep under my upper left
rib-cage, going all the way up to my
collar bone. When I roll to my left side
it gets worse. On my right side the pain
usually abates. I don't often feel this
pain during the day though for the past 3
days it's been a more constant pain with
quick little shooting pains that seem to
coincide with my heart beat.
Have you found anything out?
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makeupjunkie
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Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1
Sharp Pain Under Left Breast Posted: 06-09-08 22:32pm
I am also a healthy, 23 female without a
past of alcohol or drug abuse and I have
never smoked. I even work out regularly! I
have the same problem and have for a good
5 years now, but it is getting more
frequent and even wakes me up at night. I
also notice that when I lay on my left
side it gets worse. My husband is in
medical school and thinks it has to do
with my colon. I do have IBS and I thought
it maybe had something to do with my
heart, but doesn't think it, so don't
worry! I do find this very interesting and
thought that I was the only one out there
with this problem and am happy to find I
am not. It sometimes takes my breathe away
too.
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peaches615
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Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 1
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Me too Posted: 06-27-08 22:08pm
HI I am new to this site, and I am very
frustrated not knowing what is wrong. I
had my gull bladder removed 6 months ago
and 2 months ago I started with this pain
on my left side and shoots to my back. It
is not a pain I can't tolerate, but it has
goten worse lately. I have had many exams
done, and nothing comes out. The DR says
this is good, but, what is causing the
pain? I am despearately seeking for
answers. I also have shortness of breath
but only when I excercise or become a bit
active. I am also very tired,exhausted. I
have spent thousands of dollars on all
kinds of exams, and Nothing. My Dr thinks
I have an ulcer in my colon, but the 2 CT
scans show nothing wrong. Please, if you
have any answers, please let me know.
Thanks- peaches
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Infinity777
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Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
Colon Posted: 07-08-08 02:34am
I have just went through CT, ultrasound,
upper GI, and a bowel follow through with
xray in order to watch how contents empty
through the bowels. My pain is under my
left breast. After all of these coming
out normal including the bowel follow
through the conclusion is that the colon
comes up higher on some than others. This
is why I feel pressure under my ribs and
causes nausea because it pushes or rests
against the stomach. This is not truly an
abnormality just a difference in some
people's anatomy from others according to
the radiologist. However, the doctor says
it does require eating less gaseous foods
as well as less acidic foods. Less
gaseous to relieve the colon from bloating
and putting pressure on the organs under
the left rib and less acidic to relieve
the stomach from nausea. This was a very
frustrating 3 weeks of tests and
processes, but I am grateful to know that
there are several things that can be done
in order to relieve the problem. One of
them is to lose weight if you are even
slightly over weight. Even a few pounds
apparently can make a difference. I hope
this helps anyone else that has this same
aggravating pain (pressure + nausea).
