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Ball Type Movement In Stomach, Painful, Feels Bruised, Happens Around Rib Cage. What Could Be This?

I am a thirty one year old female. I work as a nursing assistant in a nursing home and lately I have a ball form suddenly come and go in my stomach. It is very painful and doesn't last long, but afterwords, I feel bruised. It has always happened on my right side, except once it did hit on my left. It is always around a rib cage. What could this be?
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
Do you have difficulty in breathing/ chest pain/ cough with sputum/ fever?
Do you have acidic belching/ retrosternal burning pain/ difficulty in swallowing?
Do you have constipation/ watery diarrhea and spasmodic abdominal pain?
With the available described details, there appears to be possibility of gastritis.
Presence of pain in defined region suggests the diagnosis.
You should consult with internal medicine specialist/ gastroenterologist and should go for thorough check up.
You should go for complete blood count, serum amylase, liver function test, renal function test, ultrasound imaging and endoscopy for better clarification.
You should also go for chest x ray.
Treatment depends on exact diagnosis.
Meanwhile, you should take proton pump inhibitors along with prokientics and antispasmodics.
Take care,
Dr. Mayank Bhargava
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Ball Type Movement In Stomach, Painful, Feels Bruised, Happens Around Rib Cage. What Could Be This?

Hi, Thanks for posting your query. Do you have difficulty in breathing/ chest pain/ cough with sputum/ fever? Do you have acidic belching/ retrosternal burning pain/ difficulty in swallowing? Do you have constipation/ watery diarrhea and spasmodic abdominal pain? With the available described details, there appears to be possibility of gastritis. Presence of pain in defined region suggests the diagnosis. You should consult with internal medicine specialist/ gastroenterologist and should go for thorough check up. You should go for complete blood count, serum amylase, liver function test, renal function test, ultrasound imaging and endoscopy for better clarification. You should also go for chest x ray. Treatment depends on exact diagnosis. Meanwhile, you should take proton pump inhibitors along with prokientics and antispasmodics. Take care, Dr. Mayank Bhargava