
Having Pain Under Armpits Till Waist. X-ray Shows No Fracture. What Can This Be?

Thank you for the query.
Please note that the area where your pain is located is composed of bones, muscles, fatty tissue, nerves and skin. X-ray tells only about the bones condition. It is good to rule out ribs fractures, what has been done.
However after falling, muscles are very often injured. The pain does not appear right after the fall. It is because the fall causes muscle cells damage. This damage does not hurt itself. What hurts, is an inflammation which appears to clean this damaged cells. It takes time for this inflammation to develop (inflammation cells needs to migrate to this area). That is why muscles pain can appear few days after the injury. And it can last even 2 weeks.
Other possible reason of your symptoms is spine disc herniation. Due to nerves compression (disc herniation can compress nerves on both sides) the pain can radiate to mentioned by you areas. And disc herniation wont be visible in the X-rays. MRI needs to be done to visualize it.
I suggest you to visit orthopedist, have physical examination and consider MRI.
In a meanwhile, you should try Diclophenac 50 mg twice a day (should be prescribed by your doctor, should be taken along with Omeprasole 20 mg once a day to protect the stomach).
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.


Urinary tract stones (kidney stones) can also give upper right abdominal pain radiating to the lower abdomen. With this condition frequent urinating or burning while urinating can also appear.
If you have any stool problems like constipation, diarrhea, blood in stool, large intestine condition should be also checked. The upper right abdomen and lower abdomen is where the part of large intestine is located. Such pains can sometimes be caused by issue of the large intestine.
To diagnose mentioned conditions please visit your doctor and have some basic tests. Abdominal ultrasound (for gallstones diagnose), blood work, urine analysis should be done. FOBT (fecal occult blood test) is also a good idea, even if you have no symptoms at all.
Hope this will help.
Regards.

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