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What Causes Rib Cage Pain When Having High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol?

My mom is 80 years old very strong still clean front and back yard daily, it is hot here in Arizona and now she is having right lower under rib cage pain, not very painful but yet she have fever, I know she have high blood problem and some cholesterol problem.What is wrong with my mom? She is asian.
Mon, 7 Sep 2015
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Hello and thank you for asking on HCM. I understand your concern.

All right, besides the problems with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which of course mandate treatment and control, the problem as you describe it may be related to the gallbladder and any obstruction in the normal flow of bile through bile ducts. I am assuming a gallbladder wall chronic or acute inflammation by gallstones, since the pain is mild in intensity. Combining the female gender, the age of the madame, the type and localization of the pain and the presence of the fever, the main diagnosis that should be confirmed or excluded is gallstones and gallbladder inflammation. Therefore, I recommend to do an abdominal ultrasonography, to check for gallstones in the gallbladder or any reason for obstructing the bile ducts, such as gallstones or a phenomenon in the head of the pancreas. Also, some blood tests should be run: a complete blood count (CBC), liver profile (AST, ALT, GGT, bilirubin, ALP).

I hope I was helpful with my answer. Wish you a good health.

Regards,
Dr. Meriton
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What Causes Rib Cage Pain When Having High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol?

Hello and thank you for asking on HCM. I understand your concern. All right, besides the problems with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which of course mandate treatment and control, the problem as you describe it may be related to the gallbladder and any obstruction in the normal flow of bile through bile ducts. I am assuming a gallbladder wall chronic or acute inflammation by gallstones, since the pain is mild in intensity. Combining the female gender, the age of the madame, the type and localization of the pain and the presence of the fever, the main diagnosis that should be confirmed or excluded is gallstones and gallbladder inflammation. Therefore, I recommend to do an abdominal ultrasonography, to check for gallstones in the gallbladder or any reason for obstructing the bile ducts, such as gallstones or a phenomenon in the head of the pancreas. Also, some blood tests should be run: a complete blood count (CBC), liver profile (AST, ALT, GGT, bilirubin, ALP). I hope I was helpful with my answer. Wish you a good health. Regards, Dr. Meriton