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33 male :( I've been going through hell with this feeling under my right rib / right flank area for exactly a year now... a year and a 4 months ago i quit smoking and with that i picked up some weight(about 5kgs) .. 4 months after quitting while at work one day I suddenly felt this discomfort under my right ribs when bending over ... tried ignoring it for like 3 weeks but it didn't go away ... I prodded the c**p out of my rib/abdomen area feeling for a lump but all that seemed to do was cause pain and no discovery of anything ... eventually went to my gp who done a sonar and claimed all normal... I also have this nagging feeling in my right flank.. feels like a tight muscle ... when lying down on my tummy it feels as if my lowest right side rib is too far forward...its not a pain but a NAG ... I never lost the excess weight that i picked up a year ago and something tells me it could possibly be that... but the hypochondriac in me tells me something more sinister is going on ... wish I could just be normal again :( :(
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Had the same problem with infection,had 4 different antibiotics and still ill.Will have to visit GP demanding referral I think.
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I have that bulge under my right rib ,, when I bend over ,, itcomes and goes ,, had it before dc and it went away ,, back again ,, sore,,
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I think I may have some kind of solution for a less severe case?
This sounds similar to what I’m feeling at the moment. I began to realise that I was feeling some sort of lump in my lower left torso when I was sitting in class at school or laying on my front on my phone, etc. It slowly developed into a larger lump that sometimes felt very hard and large and sometimes felt squishy and large or small. I found after a week or so that I could push it and it would literally disappear and come back on a full stomach or when I ‘really needed to go” for either. I thought that this was the cause and left it for a bit but the lump began to appear even when I wasn’t full or needing to go. I asked my parents to arrange a doctors appointment (thank the lord that healthcare is free over here because this would have been wasted money if not) and the doctors sent me for an ultrasound after feeling the lump. A few weeks later I had an appointment and the doctor couldn’t find anything. He said that it could potentially be a lipoma or a hernia and advised me to see my doctor yet again. Well, it’s been roughly a week since I’ve been to get an ultrasound and guess what- the lump is back! I am honestly so fed up but I think its nothing serious. If you are feeling an abdominal pain with a lump PLEASE ignore this! It could be something very serious like a hernia or a tumour but don’t panic, because it’s nothing too serious.
I hope this helped some people! :)

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I have been experiencing the same issue. If I bend over or turn in an awkward position, something pops out and feels like a Charlie horse. It forces me to straighten my body out to get it to go back in. He is painful!. I hate trying to explain it to a Physician because they look at me like I'm crazy or making this up. My insurance denied an MRI and I was sent for an Xray but its not picking it up. I believe I pushed to hard during my laboring and it's cause a small tear. I can only describe it to be like a small hernia. It's just in a weird place right under my right breast closest to the side of the sternum. I would appreciate any help or knowledge about this. I cannot work out because I'm afraid that it will pop out.
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I have been struggling with this situation for years as others have also expressed. I have had numerous tests that also find nothing. My family doctor thought it was acid reflux, but it was strange that the pain was only under the right rib, and hurt when I bent over, coughed, etc. He now thinks that it may be costochondral separation (when rib is torn loose from the costal cartilage and is detached from the breastbone). My pain also comes and goes when I gain weight. It also gets worse when I eat fried foods, so it may be a combination of conditions. I have also been diagnosed with a fatty liver which I thought was probably the problem, but my doctor doesn't think so. I had a friend with similar pain, and she was told that she had an infection around the lining of her lungs. She was given medicine and is fine now. It is very scary not knowing.
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Oh my God exactly the same. Especially when stressed!
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I have the same thing. It’s been going on for over a year it’s off and on feeling of something stuck under my right rib. My doctor said slipping rib syndrome possibly. All my tests came back normal, liver enzymes, ultrasound, chest X-ray, and HIDA scan. I fell then it got worse. My ribs hurt all the way around to my back. Massage seems to help but it’s so aggravating I wish I could get an answer as to what it really is. I can’t afford a massage every week! I wonder if it has to do with my breast reduction somehow weakened the muscles in that area.
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Hi,
You described almost word by word what I've had for the past two years. Did you find out what it was/is?
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"Wandering Rib Syndrome" google it. Have the same issue. It's sometimes caused by the bottom three ribs moving independently, due to the fact that there is little cartilage holding them in place. It feels incomfortable and alien, but after figuring out the source it bothers me less and less.

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I have exactly the same pain as you describe and also have a floating kidney. Try to pull my shoes or socks on bending over and it grabs me like a very severe cramp. I have to immediately stand up and stretch to relieve the pain.
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Just below my right rib cage I'll get a really painful cramp that you can see while it's happening. It's a very painful burning sensation, and will happen sometimes when I'm doing something where I have to flex my abs. Just driving my truck today I could feel it trying to come on, and if I straighten my back and move a bit where I'm not flexing it will often go away without a full blown cramp. I drank heavily for years but completely quit a year ago. I'm 54, and think I had this thing long before I ever drank alcohol. My dad had these same cramps in his abdomen too, but we thought it was due to his dialysis. Doctor's have told me there's nothing there to cramp, but that's clearly wrong. I'm 5'10" and have lost all of the excess weight I had put on, going from the 180s to 162. I've just lived with it, but the past couple of weeks It's been more frequent. I don't think it's something that's going to kill me, but I would really like to know what it is.

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I have this. What is the significance of the shoulder pain???!!! I have both symptoms!
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I have the same thing. shoulder pain and all. Can you shed some light on this? PLEASE!
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