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Extreme severe right shoulder pain 10 days after gallbladder ultrasound showed stones?

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Dr. Allen Lu answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Referred pain: It is very common to have pain in the shoulder after injuries and problems in the abdomen. Injuries to the liver and gallbladder often causes right shoulder pain while injuries to the spleen often causes left shoulder pain. It occurs because the same nerves that go to that part of the abdomen also go to the shoulder. Our brain cannot distinguish between the two.

Answered 3/16/2017

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