have pain in right side around the bottom of my right rib, it is a dull with sharp pains form time to time, have been to a doc, urologist and hade ct scane, blood work, urion test, and all came back negitive, but still have pain and worse at night. had a kidney stone a year ago and it don t fill like that did. Had an uper respatory infection in Jan 2010 came with a cough that would make me through up that lasted all through Feb 2010 and on March 3 2010 I got this bad pain on my side ,, I fells like the same pain i had with pneumona/pleuracy 10 years ago and they thought it was a kidney infection thin to and i lived with it for 3 months till i had to be hospitalised and my right long drand of 750 cc of flued,,, can this be the same thing i have know????
Hello, You had right pleural effusion. Pleural effusion can be recurrent. Yes, this pain might be due to right pleural effusion. So better to get done chest x-ray and ultrasound examination of the thorax. If both of these are normal then no need to worry about pleural effusion. Sometimes simple musculoskeletal pain can also cause a similar kind of pain. So avoid heavyweight lifting and strenuous exercise. Avoid movements causing pain. Apply warm water pad on affected areas of the chest. Take simple painkiller like paracetamol or ibuprofen. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.