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pain in back under lower ribs
A 20-year-old female asked:

Dr. Viswanath Chinta answered
14 years experience Internal Medicine
Unrelated: Usually unrelated. But if it recurs always or most of the times with cranberry juice,,, then its irritating your stomach and causing atypical gas pain ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:

Dr. Thomas Namey answered
48 years experience Rheumatology
Many possibilities.: Rib injury. Spondylitis. Internal organ pain, lncluding liver, gb, pancreas. And quite a few other possibilities, including shingles-before blisters ... Read More
A 47-year-old member asked:

Dr. Qamar Khan answered
17 years experience Pain Management
Spine Injury: This chronic pain in the distribution as you suggested is the result of an irritated nerve or facet joints or other injury typically in the lumbar spi ... Read More
A 43-year-old member asked:

Dr. Michael Sparacino answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
Many things: This problem mandates a real-time (face-to-face) meeting with a doctor. A history has to be taken along with a examination as well as labs and other ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. Richard Perlman answered
58 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Kidney?: The organ you describe is probably a kidney, but you can experience pain in that area coming from a number of different organs, including liver, stoma ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:

Dr. Maritza Baez answered
17 years experience Family Medicine
Pain: The pain can be coming from muscle, intestines, kidney stones, bones, ovaries or bladder... Go to a doctor to get checked out more thoroughly.
A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. Edward Hellman answered
29 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Hard to say: There are multiple potential causes, you should consider being seen. Possible causes can incude an irritation of a nerve in the thoracic spine, an in ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ishita Thakar answered
27 years experience Internal Medicine
Spleen: Have your doctor check you for enlarged spleen or referred pain from other organs or kidney stones.
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A 21-year-old female asked:

Dr. Satyanarayan Hegde answered
28 years experience Pediatric Pulmonology
Pleurisy : It could be pleurisy, costochondritis (inflammation around rib joints) or anxiety.
A 20-year-old male asked:

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Need more info: Pain in the ribs and the blockages are probably not related. Blockage of what ... Kidney stones. If kidney stones you would be having !severe! pain. T ... Read More
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