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What Causes Upper Right Abdominal Pain?

Hi my name is crystal I have been having upper right abdominal pain, I have had this for a few years and just had gotten worse in the past year. They have ran an hida scan endoscope and sonograms and just found inflammation they now are sendin me for a second opinion
Tue, 25 Aug 2015
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Hello,
Welcome to Health Care Magic. I read carefully your query and I understand your concern.
The most common cause of upper right abdominal pain is the gallstone. It happen that gallbladder ducts’ was blocked by the stone and causes the inflammation and the enlargement of the gallbladder and this cause the pain on this region.
The most common examination to determination this are the hida scan endoscope and abdominal ultrasound and also the liver blood tests bilirubin ,alkalin phosphatas(AP),AST &ALT and a simple blood test evaluating the white blood cells.
Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions.
Kind regard,
Dr .Armando MULLA
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What Causes Upper Right Abdominal Pain?

Hello, Welcome to Health Care Magic. I read carefully your query and I understand your concern. The most common cause of upper right abdominal pain is the gallstone. It happen that gallbladder ducts’ was blocked by the stone and causes the inflammation and the enlargement of the gallbladder and this cause the pain on this region. The most common examination to determination this are the hida scan endoscope and abdominal ultrasound and also the liver blood tests bilirubin ,alkalin phosphatas(AP),AST &ALT and a simple blood test evaluating the white blood cells. Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions. Kind regard, Dr .Armando MULLA