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What Causes Pain Under The Ribs Despite A Normal CT Scan Report?

If you went to the hospital to have your spleen look and they did a CT and said you are ok but after 5 days you continue to have severe pain under your left rib what should you do? Also, is there any medication or any special diet that may help? This is a college student and I am worried.
Tue, 20 Mar 2018
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Hello,

You have not mentioned your age but as you mentioned that you are college student assuming that your age is less than 30 yrs. CT scan and chest pain has no relation. First of all, if you are still having chest pain, get an ECG (electrocardiograph ) done. Consult your nearby doctor, let him examine if there is any localized chest pain on applying pressure on the rib or chest pain related to respiratory problems. Don't worry. Observe if chest pain is aggregated after meals. Avoid spicy and oily fried food items in the diet. Treatment depends on the cause of chest pain. 
 

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
 Dr. Aparna Amritsagar
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What Causes Pain Under The Ribs Despite A Normal CT Scan Report?

Hello, You have not mentioned your age but as you mentioned that you are college student assuming that your age is less than 30 yrs. CT scan and chest pain has no relation. First of all, if you are still having chest pain, get an ECG (electrocardiograph ) done. Consult your nearby doctor, let him examine if there is any localized chest pain on applying pressure on the rib or chest pain related to respiratory problems. Don t worry. Observe if chest pain is aggregated after meals. Avoid spicy and oily fried food items in the diet. Treatment depends on the cause of chest pain.    Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards,  Dr. Aparna Amritsagar