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 your left rib cage or breast is common, especially after eating or while seated. There are several possible causes and ways to relieve the pain. The pain can be associated with organs such ...

Today, this one spot under my ribs on my right side is acting up again, and it seems worse than before. It kind of comes and goes, but last night pain was so great that it hurt to breathe, I woke up, ...

A tale as old as time (or as old as the Internet): You feel any sort of pain in your body and head straight to the internet hoping for a definitive diagnosis and don’t get one. Then you spend the next ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve been experiencing sharp pain under my rib cage and my reading tells me it could be gallstones. What exactly are gallstones? What causes them? How do you treat them? ANSWER: ...

Unlike other types of bone fractures, broken ribs aren’t treatable with a cast or splint. They usually are treated without surgery, but on occasion, surgery is required. For a long time, broken ribs ...