My husband has had this pain in his back for about a week now and each day it gets worse. He first thought a kidney stone, because he gets them frequently but he said this time is different. It’s not excruciating pain. It is sharp and stabbing, but not like a kidney stone. And usually he has blood in his urine by now and he doesn’t have that and the pain hasn’t really moved.

He doesn’t have a fever. The pain is right below his rib cage on the right side of his back. It’s not tender to the touch, but it does hurt to lay on it in certain positions. Basically if his body isn’t all contorted, he’s in pain. The pain does not come and go, it is constant. Aleve has not helped (which I hate giving him NSAIDS because he has a genetic fatty liver, but it helped his pain in the beginning).

He also feels bloated all along his right side (it’s not a visible swelling to me) and he said all he wants to do is sleep.

He’s been drinking tons of water and no change in symptoms. Any ideas?

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