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When i woke up this morning i had a sharp pain under my right rib cage and at the top of my right shoulder. idea?

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Dr. Mahesh Allam answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Pleurisy: Pain referred to the shoulder could originate from the diaphragm. See your doctor & get an chest xray. Need to consider pneumonia & also clots in the lung (pulmonary emboli).

Answered 4/1/2013

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A member asked:

When i woke up this morning i had a sharp pain under my right rib cage and at the top of my right shoulder. idea?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Mahesh Allam answered

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