Pain/noticable Lump Under Left Rib Cage Posted: 03-25-06 12:47pm
Hey, im turning 16 pretty soon and am a
male. As of late I have noticed a sort of
hard lump that seems to be attached to the
ribcage itself on the upper left quadrant;
its rather hard when I push on it and
doesn't seem to hurt very much; however
when I lift my arms I can see it more than
I can see the other bump (on the right
side) the lump is located directly under
my breast/pec and it doesn't hurt but it
feels as tho its pushing against the skin.
Could it be cancerous? I haven't noticed
any odd symptoms at all so im worried.
Any help is great thanks
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tabmow
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 3
Posted: 03-25-06 12:52pm
Just wanted to add; looking at this
diagram; looks exactly where the spleen
is, I dont want to jump to conclusions but
could it be related to my spleen perhaps
:| very scared what it could be
Hiya, i'm soon to be seventeen and I have
had a lump under my left rib cage for
around 8 months now. It sounds similar to
yours. Mine is a lump about the size of a
bouncy ball that is directly under the
left rib cage. Sometimes it sticks out so
it is actually visible, this is usually
when I stretch. It can cause some
discomfort but it is not actually painful,
it was only painful once while I was
training ( I do alot of kickboxing
training) I went to my doctor about 2
months ago, and he told me that it was
cartilage and I have probably had it all
my life. However he did tell me to
monitor it and not irritate it. I'm not
100% sure that this his diagnosis was true
but I feel a bit silly going back again!!!
Get it checked out at your doctor, i'm
sure you'd rather know that it was nothing
than worry about it being something!!
Hope I could help, let me know how you get
on or feel free to ask any more questions!
:)
xxx
