Sharp painful cramp left side under ribs

2017-12-11 05:33:37
I was eating at a restaurant and started feeling a few stomach cramps. This is not unusual as I have IBS. When I went to the restroom, I started experiencing my IBS cramps but this time it was accompanied by an extreme, sharp, immobilizing cramp up my left abdomen and under the lower half of my left ribcage. I nearly vomitted from the pain and became extremely sweaty. I was able to pass a normal stool. No diarrhea. Since then I have had a mild sharp pain under my lower left rib cage.
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Left sided abdominal pain can be due to gastritis, left sided colitis ( infection of colon) or may be a muscular pain. If it's in loin or slightly lower back then it may be due to left kidney stone. You need to go for a ultrasound of abdomen and A Gastroscopy to rule out ulcers / erosions .

Answered2017-12-11 17:29:26

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