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Upper Abdomen and Shoulder

About a week ago, I've had this pain in my upper abdomen, it was hard to lay on it , and do any kind of exercise. I waited it out and yesterday is when the pain in my upper shoulder started to hurt. It hurts on the upper collar bone leading into my shoulder blade. After a few days, I can now lay on the side that hurts, but it still aches.

Female | 18 years old
Complaint duration: 7 days
Medications: N/A
Conditions: I had scoliosis since I was a child; I've have sharp pains on my side before, but they quickly went away in a matter of seconds.

June 10, 06:59 PM

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Your description of your upper abdominal pain is so vague that one can hardly accurately relate it to any of the sstructurres in your abdominal or thoracic atea. The commonest connection between upper abdominal pain and and shoulder blade pain is gall bladder infection with outlet obstruction.

If the pain returns you should get details of its trigger, time of onset, character, intensity, exact location, its radiation to other parts of the body, other associated symptoms, what makes better or worse, etc. Take that information to an urgent care center if you can not see your PPPCat once, so that you can be physically examined and tested fo establish a diagnosis.

Otumdi Omekara, MD

Preventive Medicine Specialist in Portland, OR

Level: Key Opinion Leader (106)

Website: Dromekara.com Health & Fitness Publishing

June 11, 04:40 AM

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You should have an evaluation with ultrasound to make sure it is nothing related to your gallbladder. You are welcome to contact my office (908) 273-4300.

Soma Mandal, MD

Primary Care Physician in Berkeley Heights, NJ

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June 11, 02:44 AM

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If the pain is on the rRIGHT shoulder, you have to see a doctor to rule out gall bladder stone: if that is on the LEFT shoulder, your doctor might want to do an ECG. MRI of neck, thoracic and shoulder are also useful for dx.