http://kidneystonepain.org/sharpburning-pain-in-right-rib-area-near-the-sternum-kidney-stones.htm Immediate Pain Relief, Then Painlessly Dissolve & Pass Your Kidney Stone Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:24:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://kidneystonepain.org/sharpburning-pain-in-right-rib-area-near-the-sternum-kidney-stones.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10785 Pixie Chick Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:01:24 +0000 http://kidneystonepain.org/sharpburning-pain-in-right-rib-area-near-the-sternum-kidney-stones.htm#comment-10785 Does this sound like kidney stone pain? No. Kidney stone pain begins as a sudden onset, it is severe, it does come and go as the stone moves. The pain can present in the abdomen, but generally not as high as the rib cage, more navel and below, one sided with radiation to lower back one sided or groin, and testicle with males. You may have no urinary symptoms except maybe a feeling of needing to go. Blood may be visible, if not visible, generally it is seen microscopically in a urinalysis. Many times the pain can be so severe that it makes you nauseous and vomiting is not unusual. Position, movement, touching the area does not worsen the pain from the abdominal side. From the flank or back area, touching or more so tapping this area with a closed fist does cause increase pain, but movement and position have no affect. The pain returns as the stone moves down the ureter traveling to the bladder. Other things that can cause pain in the right rib area associated with tenderness is Gallbladder disease, bone or muscular pain or even something like Shingles. Some times you have nerve pain from Shingles before a rash presents. The positive findings on the CT scan could be coincidental...if it is kidney stone pain, you would know, it is the worse pain a person could experience outside of labor. Investigate some of the other things and if your pain changes or some thing new presents, get re-evaluated. Does this sound like kidney stone pain? No. Kidney stone pain begins as a sudden onset, it is severe, it does come and go as the stone moves. The pain can present in the abdomen, but generally not as high as the rib cage, more navel and below, one sided with radiation to lower back one sided or groin, and testicle with males. You may have no urinary symptoms except maybe a feeling of needing to go. Blood may be visible, if not visible, generally it is seen microscopically in a urinalysis. Many times the pain can be so severe that it makes you nauseous and vomiting is not unusual. Position, movement, touching the area does not worsen the pain from the abdominal side. From the flank or back area, touching or more so tapping this area with a closed fist does cause increase pain, but movement and position have no affect. The pain returns as the stone moves down the ureter traveling to the bladder. Other things that can cause pain in the right rib area associated with tenderness is Gallbladder disease, bone or muscular pain or even something like Shingles. Some times you have nerve pain from Shingles before a rash presents. The positive findings on the CT scan could be coincidental…if it is kidney stone pain, you would know, it is the worse pain a person could experience outside of labor. Investigate some of the other things and if your pain changes or some thing new presents, get re-evaluated.

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