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Feels like something under left rib and burping a lot

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Changethesettings · 06/01/2026 15:02

I am going to get a GP appointment about this but I’m wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar to this.

I have an occasionally pain (sharp or dull) but a fairly consistent feeling of something being trapped under left side of rib cage. Sometimes right too. Maybe a feeling of fullness or pressure, not keys painful just odd. I have a lot of bubbles in that area that I can hear and what sounds like water moving around, particularly after I’ve eaten.

I am also burping a lot, even after drinking just water. And quite flactulant too.

I have an appetite and I’m not struggling to eat as such. No nausea.
I haven’t changed my diet. Apart from more fatty and sugary stuff over Christmas.

If anyone has anything similar, I’d be interested to hear.

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Callie001 · 11/06/2026 15:03

Hi, sorry this is a late post but just read your post and I’m having exactly the same symptoms at the moment. Just wondered whether you’d got to the bottom of it. Thanks

sundayvibeswig22 · 06/01/2026 16:00

Trapped wind?

Clartzilla · 06/01/2026 15:42

Changethesettings · 06/01/2026 15:11

What’s the treatment for gallstones?

Very low fat diet until you can get your gallbladder removed. There's no cure for gallstones

Linoleum81 · 06/01/2026 15:19

I bet it’s your gallbladder.

10 years ago I had exact same symptoms but pain was extreme. Sent home from a&e multiple times. Googled symptoms and found a thread on Mumsnet where someone had similar and it turned out to be gallstones

Megsgs · 06/01/2026 15:17

Removal of the gallbladder

Changethesettings · 06/01/2026 15:11

What’s the treatment for gallstones?

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DeadMansBones · 06/01/2026 15:10

I had gallstones and felt general tightness all around my rib cage

Megsgs · 06/01/2026 15:09

For me it was gallbladder, typical is feeling it under your right which I did sometimes but had a lot of pain on the left but didn’t have any sounds

MidnightPatrol · 06/01/2026 15:07

What’s the AIBU?

Poppingby · 06/01/2026 15:07

It is probably wind. But GP will confirm or have other ideas. I'm not an HCP.

Changethesettings · 06/01/2026 15:06

This is mostly left side

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Clartzilla · 06/01/2026 15:05

If it had been mainly under your right side ribs then that is exactly what the early symptoms of my gallstones felt like.

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