I'm a 49 year old male, I have had a reoccurring pain on the right side of my abdomen, just below the ribcage, the pain is severely worse when I cough, burp, sneeze or breath in too much, I cannot sleep on my left or right side or my back, I have no prior history of any other medical ailments, i'm not on any medication, the only thing I take is a headache tablet when the need arises, I used a course of azithromycin 500 mg the first 2 times and it seemed to help my situation. What could possibly be causing my distress?

Dr. Karuna ChawlaHomeopathy Doctor27yrs exp

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Since when r you having this? What r other symptoms that you r experiencing? By doing what like walking, exertion, eating or empty stomach- it increases or decreases in intensity. For how much time it remains? Is there stiffness also? How is your appetite? R you constipated or having loose stools? Any problem in urine? I need details of the case.in the meanwhile follow this 1. Take your breakfast every day. Don't skip it. U should eat whatever your mother or grandparent eat in bfast. I mean to say whatever is your traditional food. If punjabi eat paratha, if belongs to south then take idli/ dosa etc. 2. Don't overeat 3. Don't take tea empty stomach. Eat something like a banana (if you are not diabetic) or any seasonal fruit or soaked almonds and a glass of plain water first thing in the morning (preferably within 10 mins of waking up). No only biscuits or rusk will not do. 4. Have light meals every 2 hours (in addition to your breakfast, lunch n dinner) e.g. Nariyal paani, chaach, a handful of mixed dry fruits, a handful of peanuts, any fresh n seasonal fruit (eat whole fruit not juice), a cup of curd/milk etc 5. Take simple food like rice n dal in dinner. Finish your dinner at least 2 hours before going to sleep. 6. Maintain active life style 7. Avoid fast foods, spicy n fried foods, carbonated beverages 8. Take a lot of green vegetables n fruit. 9. Drink lot of water. 10. Everyday preferably sleep on same time 11. Take 1tsp of ghee in bfast, lunch n dinner. Exercise in the form of yoga, cycling, swimming, gym etc 

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Dr. Anmol GodaraGeneral Physician6yrs exp

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Could be muscular pain, liver and gallbladder problem or pleuritis also. Best choice would be cbc, lft and usg abdomen. Taking too antibiotics may cause problem of their own. Do contact me for further diagnosis and treatment if you feel necessary.  

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