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A member asked:

When i pick up my son it feels like a flip/flop or shifting of an organ underneath the left side of my rib cage. it's not constipation & no pain.

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Dr. Hushang Haghighat answered

Evaluation: You should be evaluated and have chest Xray to find the cause so be treated.

Dr Beck and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/3/2016

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