Side pain!?
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Ok if they have ruled out gallstones by doing an ultrasound then that is good. Now there is this thing called Costochondritis which is an inflammation of the ribs or the muscle inbetween the rib cage and is very painful. The pain comes and goes very fast and can be unpredictable. Here is a site
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/costoch...
This may help explain this. The treatment is easy, you have to take aspirin daily 81mg a day. IF this doesn't help seek a second opinion.
You may also have appendicitis? But the doctors probably would've found that in the tests. But still, do you have the symptoms?
The main symptom of appendicitis is abdominal pain. The pain is at first diffuse and poorly localized, that is, not confined to one spot. (Poorly localized pain is typical whenever a problem is confined to the small intestine or colon, including the appendix.) The pain is so difficult to pinpoint that when asked to point to the area of the pain, most people indicate the location of the pain with a circular motion of their hand around the central part of their abdomen. A second, common, early symptom of appendicitis is loss of appetite which may progress to nausea and even vomiting. Nausea and vomiting also may occur later due to intestinal obstruction.
As appendiceal inflammation increases, it extends through the appendix to its outer covering and then to the lining of the abdomen, a thin membrane called the peritoneum. Once the peritoneum becomes inflamed, the pain changes and then can be localized clearly to one small area. Generally, this area is between the front of the right hip bone and the belly button. The exact point is named after Dr. Charles McBurney--McBurney's point. If the appendix ruptures and infection spreads throughout the abdomen, the pain becomes diffuse again as the entire lining of the abdomen becomes inflamed.
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