RIB CAGE hurts on my left side

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14 years ago 04/21/2009 10:50pm EDT

so over that last two months i've been having some discomfort on the left side of my abdomen (just below the rib cage). in the last two weeks it has been getting worse and increasingly difficult to run. I have also notice that the bottom of my rib cage on my left protrudes out further than the bottom of my rib cage on the right. The only way i can think to describe the resulting sensation is it feels like my organs are being crammed into a tightly fitted enclosure at the bottom of my ribs. Does anyone have any ideas as to what this may be a result of, or have any suggestions on what I should do?

14 years ago 04/21/2009 11:05pm EDT

re: 5ker

I would go see a doctor. It's chronic, and getting worse. That means "go see a doctor."

14 years ago 04/21/2009 11:07pm EDT

re: 5ker

If your rib cage sticks out more on one side, I would suspect that something has happened to your lung to make it unable to fully oppose the natural outward recoil of your chest wall (normally, your lungs recoil inward and your chest recoils outward and the balance of those forces determines how much your chest can expand). If you are tall and thin (and engaging in high impact activities often), you may be at risk for something called a spontaneous pneumothorax:

http://www.medicinenet.com/pneumothorax/article.htm

Check out this link and if you have any of these other symptoms, see a doctor at once. This is a very serious condition (if it is what you have) and should treated as soon as possible. In the meantime, stop running. You do not want to risk fully collapsing your lung!

It could just as easily be something harmless, but from the symptoms you have described, I am begging you to visit a doctor, just to make sure.

14 years ago 04/22/2009 10:52am EDT

re: ickybana5

Thanks for the advice. I checked into the pneumathorax. I am 6'1'' at 145lbs, but really all i do is run so the high impact sport thing happens almost never. I am scheduled to see a doctor tomorrow but I dont think pneumathorax is the problem. I can still run, it's just very uncomfortable for the left side of my abdomen just below the bottom of my rib cage. I feel like both of my lungs are working to their full potential. Perhaps its a diaphram problem? Maybe I am a pussy and this is all in my head. Anyways, I should find out soon enough. Thanks for the help. I'll take any more if someone has any other ideas.

14 years ago 04/22/2009 10:56am EDT

re: 5ker

your spleen's on that side - not something to wait on....

14 years ago 05/15/2009 1:39pm EDT

re: 5ker

my left rib has been protruding out further that the right since i was born and the doctors said it was fine in ever xray i have ever taken since i was little. Wait about a week, and if it still hurts constantly you should see a doctor and get some X-rays done

8 years ago 10/20/2015 5:54pm EDT

re: 5ker

The last month I have noticed that my RIB CAGE hurts on my left side and it seems to stick out farther than my right side, I am also having trouble running and playing sports at school, Anyone have some ideas if what I should do..??[quote]

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