What Causes Sharp Stabbing Pain Just Under Left Breast?

Posted on Sun, 22 Feb 2015

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Sun, 22 Feb 2015 Answered on

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Question : sharp stabing pain just under left breast

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
For how long have you had this?

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.

I am so sorry to hear about this pain. I will like to obtain some more information about this pain.

1. For how long has this been happening?
2. How bad is this pain?
3. Do you have it all the times or it comes and goes?
4. Do you have any other symptoms?

I hope to hear from you before providing final reflections and recommendation on what we should be doing to address this.

Until then, I wish you well.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Ivo Ditah (15 minutes later)

Comes and goes. exercise does not develop any effect. I have had this for about 3 weeks. It is almost like indigestion.

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I will suggest you try Omeprazole!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I have reviewed your information. Since this is more related to the digestive tract, it location raises the suspicion of a possible stomach pain. I will suggest that you go ahead and try omeprazole. report the response to me in the next 48hours. If we are not getting real relief, then we would be digging deeper to understand what else could be responsible for this.

I wish you well and remember am always here to respond to any further worries that you may have.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar