No one is immune to aches and pains, especially when it comes to stomach aches. Yet, pain under the right rib cage may feel mysterious, alarming, and downright uncomfortable, especially if it's ...

Pain under the left rib cage can be a sign of a heart attack, which is a medical emergency. An enlarged or ruptured spleen, which may result from trauma, can cause sharp pain. Kidney infections can ...

Pain on the right side of the abdomen under the ribs is a common complaint. We’ve all felt it at some point. The pain may be sharp or dull. Perhaps it was sudden or slowly crept up on you. At the ...

Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located just below the ribcage. Healthy kidneys work hard to filter your blood by removing waste, toxins, and excess water to produce urine. When there is a ...

There is no pain quite like it. Once experienced, most people never forget the pain of a rib “being out.” Acute rib pain is typically felt as a savagely sharp, debilitating pain just to one side of ...

Atypical chest pain usually feels like a burning or stabbing pain in your chest. Your heart isn’t always responsible. Lung conditions, acid reflux, or cartilage inflammation can also cause chest pain.

Rhomboid muscle pain occurs between the shoulder blades and spine. It may feel like tenderness around the shoulder blade. Risk factors for rhomboid muscle pain include injury and general overuse. The ...

Dear Doctors: I was in a car accident, and an X-ray showed I had two broken ribs. A second X-ray taken a month later showed I also had a cracked rib. Why didn’t that show up the first time? Why isn’t ...

If it feels like your rib cage is literally expanding during pregnancy, that's because it is — and it can hurt.