Stitching in right side

With stabbing pains in the right side to the specialists, patients are treated quite often. Since there are a lot of organs in this area, it is not easy to determine the cause of the appearance of unpleasant sensations. To say for certain, whether it is worth to worry the patient, it is possible only after careful survey and professional inspection.

Why does the stitching in the right side appear?

In fact, discomfort does not always indicate a pathological disorder and serious illness. Alarming, they can even absolutely healthy people. Sometimes the pain, for example, occurs after excessive physical exertion, especially for the beginners who are not accustomed to them. This is explained simply: in the body during complex training there is an adrenaline rush. Because of this, the tone of the bile ducts decreases and the liver becomes filled with blood. An increase in the organ in size and leads to tingling.

Pathological causes

To more serious reasons of sharp stabbing pains in the right side are the following:

1. Unpleasant sensations in the right upper quadrant often indicate problems in the operation of the gallbladder. With cholecystitis - inflammation of the body - the pains are markedly increased after eating edible, too fatty and salty foods. Negative effects on gallstones also affect the excessive use of soda. Sometimes the main symptom is nausea, eructation with a bitter taste, rashes.
2. Stitching in right side under ribs indicates duodenal ulcer. The nature of unpleasant sensations is periodic. In parallel with them, a person can be tormented by heartburn, constipation, vomiting.
3. Another reason - adnexitis - inflammation of the ovaries. Very often the symptoms of the disease are confused with renal colic.
4. Sharp stitching pains in the right side in the lower abdomen can be a sign of inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. They are accompanied, as a rule, by rumbling, swelling and diarrhea.
5. Soreness in the right side of the peritoneum in pregnant women can be explained by squeezing organs.
6. In some women, periodic stitching in the right side occurs at the end of the menstrual period. This is due to the fact that in this period there is an imbalance between the amount of progesterone and estrogen.
7. Unpleasant sensations in the right hypochondrium can testify about pyelonephritis or urolithiasis.
8. In older patients, stitching pains in the right side from the back are symptoms of intercostal neuralgia. At the same time they are very acute. Often because of soreness, even have to adhere to bed rest.