The left side hurts under the ribs

As a rule, if the left side hurts under the ribs, there are suspicions on the pathology of the heart and the vascular system. But the reasons for this symptom may be completely different, associated with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, endocrinology, respiration and even the musculoskeletal system. To clarify the diagnosis will have to visit a doctor and undergo a medical examination.

Why does the left side hurts under the ribs from the front?

When a history of heart disease or a patient is predisposed to it, it makes sense to make a cardiogram when the phenomenon under consideration occurs. Complaints that the side hurts from the left side under the ribs in combination with pressing, burrowing, pricking sensations, indicate an impending myocardial infarction. This is especially true for women suffering from hypertension and angina pectoris.

If the heart is okay, it is worth paying attention to the concomitant clinical manifestations, which allow to determine the factors that provoke the pain syndrome.

With ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum, the described symptomatology is characterized by burning and stitching pain, which is localized mainly at the epigastric center, but perceptibly gives to the area under consideration.

In those cases when diseases of the spleen and pancreas progress, the left side under the ribs hurts after eating, especially when consuming excessively fatty foods, fried and smoked dishes, red meat. The main cause of this condition is pancreatitis.

Other common factors that provoke pain syndrome are:

• gastritis;
• stomach cancer;
• infectious mononucleosis ;
• lupus erythematosus;
• pathology of the nervous system;
• mechanical damage, fracture of ribs with simultaneous rupture of the tissues of the spleen;
• bacterial endocarditis;
• malaria;
• tuberculosis;
• violations of the endocrine system;
• hemoblastic diseases;
• angina;
• shingles;
• variance of the stomach;
• esophagitis.

A fairly common cause of pathology are diseases of the respiratory system and lungs. In such situations, the left side under the ribs hurts when inhaling, tilting the body, coughing and sneezing. The syndrome can cause such ailments:

• pneumonia;
• lung cancer;
• bronchitis;
• damage to the diaphragm and subdiaphragmatic abscess;
• asthma.

For an accurate explanation of the diagnosis:

1. To hand over a blood on the analysis.
2. To make a fluorography, an electrocardiogram.
3. Conduct ultrasound of the digestive system.

The left side hurts under the ribs from behind

Usually, the cause of this symptom is kidney disease.

With intense, intolerable pains of the thrust, cutting and aching nature, the following diseases occur:

• renal colic;
• uric acid diathesis;
• inflammation of the kidney or adrenal tissue (complicated by hormonal imbalance);
• formation of solid stones (stones, sand);
• nephritis and pyelonephritis;
• mechanical damage, tearing of the kidney;
• an increase in the organ.

Sometimes the left side under the ribs hurts and for other reasons - the pathology of the musculoskeletal system with the localization of inflammation in the lumbar region. As a rule, at the considered phenomenon suspected of osteochondrosis, there are fewer such diseases:

• radiculitis;
• iridocyclitis ;
• sciatica nerve inflammation;
• arthrosis of the femoral joints.

Usually, the pain syndrome begins to radiate, starting from 7-8 days. Unpleasant sensations extend to the entire lumbar region, thigh (to the knee), subclavian areas and ribs. In addition, there is a sharp decrease in motor activity, flexibility of the spinal column, frequent jumps of blood pressure, attacks of dizziness.