On my right side sorta below my rib cage theres a dull pain... If its my kidneys what could it be? I know you guys aren't doctors but you will probably be more helpful then search engines like yahoo and google who just link to other engines... What might my dull pain be and if it continues how long should I wait to have it checked out? I've had it for 2 days...

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Hi Motley.

I know this may sound crazy, but what have you eaten over the last few days?.

I usually get pains like that after eating a doner kebab when the chili sauce is hot, or after an indian take-away.

Cheers,


Ian

I stick to my usual foods: Cheeseburger, Coke, Long John Silvers Chicken, Pizza Lunchables and thats about it... Since 2003 or 2002.. But not so much that it would kill me in a couple of years.

Right side front is generally the area where an inflamed appendix would bother you. Watch for a fever or more sever pains.

If you don't get any worse, play some hockey or something cause then you'll hurt all the time and stuff like that won't bother you anymore.

Im watchin. Appendix can be removed safely without killing you. But I dont want to go into surgery..

TMF maybe right about your appendix, but it doesn't seem as low as that. An appendicitis can start on the left hand side ( in the groin area ) well below your rib cage, then it moves across to the right. As your pain is just below your rib cage at the back, it could be several things, and I doubt it would be appendicitis.

Have you done any sports recently because it could be a strain?.

dude, go see a doctor.

And change that diet asap!

Well basically i had the same kind of thing and found out i have a rare tumour , and i am just on loads of tablets now waiting till they lower my blood pressure so they can operate. The best thing to do it go and get it checked out by a doctor.

sounds like a stomache ache due to gas or maybe depending on how low, a fractured rib. (only treatment for that is advil and time)

If you ate a lot of acidic food recently, try eating some basic foods, and if you ate a lot of basic foods, try eating some acidic foods.

That might be the cause of it.

If your pain is at the front - then it is not your kidneys. Kidney pain will usually only occur in your back, right at the bottom.

It could be your appendix, but looking at your diet, which is REALLY bad, it could just be an overload of fatty foods. I'd get some water down your neck and try and flush some of the crap that you have eaten through!

Oh and eat some fruit and veg!

Doing that.

Actually... My food style has only been like that since early 04...

I dont wanna see the phucking doctor

its your best bet to see whats realy happing inside of you.

Would that be done with X-rays or what?

*Nervous*

The pain has faded alot now but it still shows its ugly head at night.

usually it invoves drinking some rather nasty liquids (read sulphur in a can) and getting put through a tube wearing very little clothing....

but that was just my experience with appendecitis (sp)....

whats really fun is to find out you have to have your appendix removed and "oh by the way, we saw a kidney stone on the cat scan as well"

It's your health, man. It's worth a bit of nervousness. I'd see a nutritionist as well, your diet is crap and probably causing you a lot of health problems.

Is your pain usually at night? You might have an ulcer!

Is this when you're lying down?.

What's more important to you, a potential life threatening problem and seeing a doctor or just suffering the pain in the hope that it is something 'simple' and will get better?

See a doctor ASAP!

If it is your appendix and you leave it long enough it could rupture and kill you - unless you can get treatment quickly!

Just my 2p worth.

TTFN

His diet would cause hypertension... not some "ambiguous kidney sore."

To reiterate, go see a doctor... sounds serious if it's nagging you.

Actually, I had the same thing recently. I spoke to a long time RN and a MD about it before off the record and they said that my diet (your's too by the look of it) can cause your gallbladder to act up. Your gallbladder typically echo's it's pain elsewhere and the most common location is right where you described. I tried cutting greasy foods out of my diet for a while and found the pain went away.

*disclaimer*
i'm not a dr. don't take my words as law

Consider the possibility of a kidney stone as well... the pain can last several days, becoming quite intense at times as they pass from the kidney to the bladder. I've had several of them, and frankly wouldn't wish them on my worst enemies... the pain can literally take your breath away.

I drunk 4 bottles of water yesterday and only one Coke.
I have drank One bottle of Water and One Mountain Dew.

I have pee'd like 70 times today, Whats up with that? Is that all those nasty toxins caused by Coke flushing out every 5 minutes or so?

(my pain is completely gone btw but Ima stick to more water than soda from this day forward)

Gall bladder problems can also present itself as pain in the right shoulder.

it's a tricksy thing isn't it?