Having severe pain in my right side but ct scan and bloodwork came back normal?

I wish I could help you….been there myself and it is scary as hell in pain and not knowing. Is the pain in the front or back or side?? Either way your FU with your Doc is your best course and even then get a second opinion if the news is not good.

Go back to the ER immediately, there is no one here that can advise you beyond that.

It could be anything, gallbladder, heart issues, anything!

Go back and DEMAND to be seen again!

I agree with Coloma. I’d go back and get them to check for more than just kidney stones.

I agree with @Coloma. You should go back to the ER if your pain is persisting and spreading.

Thank you for all your advice and responses! I did demand more tests and the Dr. said that they couldn’t do anymore since the ct scan and bloodwork came back normal. I was like ??? that is the stupidest thing I ever heard! As if a CT scan is the final answer to EVERY ailment. And the bloodwork only showed him that my liver was fine and my white blood cell count was fine. And to answer your question cruiser, it is the back side of the bottom of my ribcage, throbbing pain, that comes sporadically and lasts anywhere from 2 to 5 mins. I also am always nauseous and severely bloated. I looked up gallbladder ailments online and my symptoms sound so much the same as an inflamed gallbladder.

Call your doctor’s answering service. Explain the situation, ask him or whoever’s covering for him to call you. Most likely they will tell you to go back to the emergency room, but if you tell them that Dr. _ sent you, you will most likely be seen by whomever’s covering his/her rounds. If you live in a community with multiple hospitals, make sure you ask the doctor which hospital you should go to so it will be easier to be seen by him/her.

* Are you able to urinate properly?
* Is there blood in your urine?
* Is the pain greater or lesser when you drink lots of water? After you eat? When you’ve not had a bowel movement in awhile? After exercise?
* Can you move to a position where the pain lessens, or is it unaffected by position/movement?

You should call your doctor immediately and explain the situation. If you have Kaiser, you can call the 24 hour nursing assistant (the 800 number on your card) to get advice on whether to go to the emergency room. If you don’t have Kaiser, just go ahead to the emergency room. It sounds pretty serious. Some of the symptoms for heart attack in women (which are different than symptoms for men) sound similar to what you’ve been describing. Make sure you tell the doctor exactly when this started, how long you’ve been experiencing the symptoms and any and all medications (legal or otherwise, supplements, herbal remedies and alcohol consumption, and food you’ve eaten right before this came on, or if you had an injury such as a fall or a blow to the head etc.) Below is a list of some heart attack symptoms in women.

As per studies and statistics symptoms of heart attack in women are different from men.99% of people think that the chest pain is the major symptom. But it may be correct for men. The following symptoms are found both in men and women

•Chest discomfort, uncomfortable pressure over the chest,
•fullness of chest

•squeezing of chest

•pain in the center of the chest,

•spreading pain to inner side of left arm(occasionally right arm),

•Pain over the upper back,

•Radiating pain to the jaw,

•Radiating pain over the neck region

•Upper part the stomach(epigastric region)-In this condition usually women are mis diagnosed as they are suffering from gastritis and treated with antacids.

•Nausea or vomiting

•Sweating

•Chest pain(30% only)

Thank you all for your great answers and questions! Barnacle Bill, I went ahead and called my Dr. thru answering service like you suggested and my Dr. said to go back to the ER immediately and demand more tests. I did just that and was sent home again with NO ANSWERS!! They did a sono of my pancreas, kidney, liver, and gallbladder. And all was fine. Supposedly there are other tests to detect if the gallbladder is not working, which is the only thing they suspect at this point, but, they could not do this test there. It is an outpatient test at another facility that needs to be set up by my dr. So, that is where I am at now. Playing the waiting game.Meanwhile, I’m eating painkillers, that make me extremely nauseous, to ward off the pain. CaptainHarley, none of the symptoms u listed are present, everything else is fine. The pain is greater after eating, especially fatty foods, and it is not affected by movement. The pain comes on sporadically and is an intense cramping that lasts anywhere from a few seconds to 5 minutes. Occasionally, it shoots up my rt shoulder blade. The main pain is deep inside my left side, bottom part of my ribcage.

@litlbren You poor dear. I think you may be right that it could be gallbladder problems/fatty liver disease. My cousin has this problem and happened to say that she was having a bout of it 2 days ago and the symptoms seems the same. She says it is due to eating fatty foods and certain other types of foods like veggies in the cabbage family. If that is what they find is your problem, you will likely need to have it taken out (cousin doesn’t have insurance and can’t afford to get hers out). Just make sure that you are pro-active with the doctors and make sure that they help you and don’t just send you home with no answers. We are rooting for you. So sorry you have to feel so poorly at Thanksgiving. Is there someone at your house to take care of you???

If it hits especially hard after fatty foods, then it does sound gallbladder problems. I went through a round of something like this a few weeks ago, but perhaps a little less painful. It stopped on its own with me going on a low fat diet. My doctor told me that November and December are gallbladder blow-out months in our region; people who are on low-fat diets all year eat rich and fatty foods during the holidays, and end up with gallbladder problems.

The question then becomes is it because your gallbladder is diseased, or is it diet related? Follow up with your doctor.

If I were a physician and had to make a diagnosis at a distance, I’d say the odds are that it’s your gallbladder. I recently had mine removed for the same sorts of pain.

I completely understand where you are coming from here. I have been suffering from this right side pain myself now for over a year. It is now about 3 am and it woke me up this morning. Mine is usually accompainied by bad diahrea. I have been in and out of the er and dr offices but the last thing they told me is that they do not know what is causing the pain, they can only tell me that it is not cancer. they have done about 3 different tests on my gall bladder and they tell me it is working at 70% which is within functioning range so they will not even consider removing it. I have been removed from all dairy products and am on a high fiber diet, but it dies not seem to be making a difference either. It seems like every dr’s answer is to toss me a perscription for pain killers and send me home. It is very frustrating. Anyway, I hope you can find some answers soon.