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What Causes Burping, Constant Pain In Rib Cage?

my wife has semi constant pain in her rib cage on back/right side and it gets worse after eating. she also has more gas/burping than normal. we fear gall bladder issues and want to know how urgently we need to respond to this current condition. She has avoided solid food altogether for 2 days now, which tells me she is in pain.
posted on Sat, 13 Sep 2014
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I think it is important for your wife to see a physician semi urgently- today if possible . If she is not eating she will get dehydrated and a diagnosis needs to be made with further blood tests and imaging tests, e.g. ultrasound. I think ignoring or procrastinating may be inviting avoidable problems
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What Causes Burping, Constant Pain In Rib Cage?

I think it is important for your wife to see a physician semi urgently- today if possible . If she is not eating she will get dehydrated and a diagnosis needs to be made with further blood tests and imaging tests, e.g. ultrasound. I think ignoring or procrastinating may be inviting avoidable problems