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What Causes Pain On Left Rib Area?
I have pain at the top of my left rib area. Hurts to touch it about 3 or 4 ribs from the top center or ribcage, hurts to lift anything Blood work was good was told by Dr possible costocondritus I feel unsure I has MRI and CT scan all they found was 2 gallstones but nothing that required removal of gallbladder. But I wanted doctors to focus more on its my left side not right side and only answer I got was possible costocondritus , could it be heart ? Or would blood work show that.
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Mon, 8 Jun 2015
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Hi there.
You could be having Teitze's syndrome which is osteochondritis I advise you to apply cold soaks to the painful area. Take Tablet Ibuprofen 200mg twice a day and apply Diclofenac gel on the region of pain. If you have heartburn or shortness of breath, then you need a checkup for the heart. Teitze syndrome should resolve in a coiuple of weeks.
You could be having Teitze's syndrome which is osteochondritis I advise you to apply cold soaks to the painful area. Take Tablet Ibuprofen 200mg twice a day and apply Diclofenac gel on the region of pain. If you have heartburn or shortness of breath, then you need a checkup for the heart. Teitze syndrome should resolve in a coiuple of weeks.
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