Imagine! Suddenly someone stabbing you, someone scrapes you hard. You feel an electric current passing through your body?
I know it begins with a feeling of owww.
Wait, my dear! Do not engage yourself in so much brainy activity.
Some women fear this sign could indicate breast cancer but It may be sometimes normal.
Yes, I can read your mind and tell you the fact because I have experienced this in the past. I was wearing your shoes.
Ok! Let me be clear with you, I have had experienced a stabbing sharp pain under right breast and it used to freeze me up for 4-5 minutes. It happened usually when I change my dress, while I am cooking or doing any household activity.
Is this same happening with you? Bang! You’ve been hit with
Wait for a little, I am going to answer all the questions that are flying in your mind. But you have to read them attentively as our brain creates lots of differential diagnosis.
Know The Cause Behind the Pain Under Right Breast
Inflammatory Bowel Disorder
This disorder is associated with your digestive system, the digestive organ becomes faulty when you eat something not good, I mean the bad food or the contaminated food.
- It happens when there is inflammation in the gut.
- It happens when you engulf some food item.
- This can cause abdominal pain and discomfort below the right rib cage.
- Symptoms are vomiting and altered bowel movement.
- And you feel sharp, stabbing pain below the right rib cage.
Appendicitis
This organ looks like a mesh.
- The appendix is a small extended part of an intestine, it is situated at the lower side of the abdomen.
- When it is infected, can cause inflammation and pain.
- This pain is more on the right lower side.
- But sometimes it is felt on the upper side as well.
Liver Disorders
A liver is the vital organ in the body, when it gets infected, creates lots of problems.
You need to take care of this organ well.
Yearly, 8- 10000 people die with liver disease, so you need to pay attention to this organ well.
- The liver is located below the right rib cage.
- When there is inflammation of the liver (hepatitis), enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly), liver cirrhosis, liver abscess, and fatty liver.
- These above conditions cause sharp pain in the upper right ribs and associated with gastric complaints.
Acid Reflux And Ulcers
- Regurgitation of eatable contents and reflux of acids into food pipe causes pain under the rib rage at the right side.
- There may be burning in throat, peptic ulcers, especially those affecting duodenum, the duodenum is located on the right side too can cause the sharp pain.
Rib Injury
Ribs are delicate bony structure when Hiten by any strong object, they easily get fractured. Ribs are the habitat of the lungs, in simple words, they protect the lungs, act as the shield for them.
- The rib cage is a fragile structure in the body. When there is any injury to the rib cage or if they got fractured, you may feel a stabbing pain. This condition is common in pregnant females as their ribs got fractured when hitter by extremities of developing baby inside.
- The small hairline fracture can cause sharp pain and can make you lock for 2-3 minutes. This pain can be felt at any side when felt on the right side, it is said pain under right breast.
Intercostal Neuralgia
- Neuralgia means pain in the nerves.
- This is caused because of the nerve compression. Especially, in the abdominal area or the thoracic area.
- Intercostal Neuralgia is seen very rare, the pain is felt along the intercostal muscles and nerves.
- These nerves are resting in between the rib cage and if there is any injury to the ribs or the rib cage, this results in damage to the nerves also and the condition is called intercostal neuralgia.
- This causes sharp pain in the chest below the right breast.
I know your excitement, you want to know everything about neuralgia because you are suffering since long.
I used to have the same illness, went through x-ray, MRI but the radiologists diagnosed nothing. The doctor gave me some medicines for a week, I took medicines and I am perfectly fine.
Well, you need not worry about, You will be alright with medicines if your findings are same.
Gallbladder Disease
The gallbladder is among the digestion family, it’s seen when there is some problem with the gall bladder, It causes pain at the right side.
Most importantly, It is because it is situated at the right side of the body.
So one can have pain below right side when there is some hurdle in the gall bladder.
Let’s see how!
- The digestive juice called bile is made by the organ liver, the gallbladder use to store and release the bile.
- When there is an abnormal amount of cholesterol, salts, and pigments in the body, the bile crystallizes and gallbladder suffers from stone.
- Stones causes inflammation which in turn cause sharp pain under right breast.
Kidney Stones
Kidney stones are rarely the reason behind pain below the right side, but sometimes they relate.
Let me tell you how?
- The acidic minerals and salts unite and crystallizes to form the kidney stones.
- Small stones, not a problem but when they combine and forms a more bigger stone, the problem starts.
- It causes pain on the affected side, the pain may radiate towards the ribs and when it is radiated towards the right side, it is felt under right breast and the condition is called pain under right breast.
Pleurisy
When you have pain and you hear a wheezing sound while you breathe, it is obvious that you have secretions called toxins in your chest.
Or you are suffering from the prolonged cough which can lead to pneumonia or any other inflammation.
Still, not convinced? Let’s see how!
- Pleurisy is caused by the infection of the chest cavity, the causes may be; pneumonia, trauma.
- It affects the lubricating system of the body and the person feels sharp stabbing pain while breathing.
- Pleurisy creates pain under right breast which is exaggerated when you take deep breaths, do the quick movement, sneeze or a cough.
Costochondritis
Remember one thing; Pain below right breast most of the times is associated with the problem in Ribcage. Costochondritis is also associated with your Rib cage, know how?
- There is a cartilage attached to the ribs and when there is inflammation in the cartilage, it creates the problem.
- This inflammation increases due to infection, trauma, and continuous coughing.
- This causes severe pain under right breast.
A Hiatal Hernia
- This problem is seen very rare.
- This problem happens when the stomach extends via delicate area of the diaphragm and opening is caused in the chest cavity.
- This, in, turn results in chest pain, heartburn, and attacks of breathlessness.
- These all conditions are related to pain under the right breast.
Rib Muscles Stress
As I told you above; you need to take well care of your rib cage. Any abnormality related to rib cage can lead to a big problem.
Believe it, or not ribs are delicate but vital too.
- In this above-mentioned stigma, rib cage muscles are involved.
- Muscles attached to rib cage sometimes get hurt, because of any stretch, over-exercising at the gym.
- There is an inflammation in the muscles which leads sudden pain under the right breast.
Nodules Formation
Hmmmm! Now, this can be the bit challenging.
Here comes the scary part!
This particular problem is common today, Every third woman is suffering from this issue.
Especially when you have just stopped breastfeeding.
You have to take care off because when you stop breastfeeding, chances are there for the formation of the milk lumps because you are no more feeding but your breast will still secrete the milk.
The milking process will end up within one month. Be careful regarding nodule formation:
- Check out for nodules below your right breast.
- To check you have to palpate with your fingers.
- If you feel any small ball like structure and those balls are painful when you touch them.
- If you feel any small ball like structure and those balls are painful when you touch them.
- This may be an indication of the nodule.
- That nodule may be malignant or benign.
- Go for proper medical check up.
I know now you are looking for the solution of pain under right breast, Here comes the solution!
Ways to Get Rid of Pain Under Right Breast
We cannot provide you the exact solution until you get diagnosed with the condition.
So far, go for your routine checkup and when any of the above-mentioned condition is diagnosed, the doctor gonna treat you well for that.
First of all, Find any relevant symptoms in you.
You have tried everything but without knowing the cause we cannot proceed.
If you are trying hard and your symptoms are stable (not worsening), this sharp pain may be because of some other illness like (costochondritis). This condition is very normal these days, you will be alright with the normal dose of painkillers.
If there is any serious respiratory illness, then you should consult your doctor first without any second thought. You never know that your present illness may affect the other organs also.
So, It is advised that you should visit your doctor for time to time follow-ups.
Tests include
- Blood tests
- Urine Test
- Imaging tests like X-Rays, CT scan, MRI, and Ultrasound
See, this completely depends on your physician’s assessment after he takes your medical history and physical examination.
What Have We Concluded?
I have experienced pain under right breast more than you. So no one can understand better than me.
So, if you looking for a proper diagnose, Trust your doc, Go through the process of findings.
Be positive because the reason may be small and your brain is indulged in big thinking.
Stop thinking!
Set your mind well, go to your doctor, let him do his procedure. The doctor will definitely help you out. If this stands valuable or you have still any questions in your mind.
Ask me. I would love to hear your thoughts about pain under right breast. Till then cherish moments of your life.
