Upper Left Side of Stomach Swollen
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
The area below the left lower tends to be where the spleen or pancreas lies. Other possibilities may include the colon (part of the large intestine).
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Swelling under left lower ribs
Possible causes
- Cirrhosis of the liver
A condition where normal liver is permanently damaged and replaced with scar issue. There are many different causes including infections, alcohol abuse and diabetes.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
An autoimmune disease, caused by the body's own immune system attacking organs and cells in the body. The exact cause is unclear, but risk factors include female gender, childbearing age, and heredity.
- Multiple myeloma (MM)
This is a cancer of a type of white blood cell in the blood, called a plasma cell. Cancerous cells multiply and "crowd out" other healthy, normal cells. Risk factors include positive family history, older age, and male sex. Symptoms include fatigue, bone pain, weight loss, and inability to fight infections.
- Adult Still's disease
Related serious diseases
- Acute HIV infection
Acute HIV infection occurs in some individuals during the first 4 weeks after contracting the HIV virus. The virus rapidly attacks the immune cells and causes fevers, headaches, and sometimes a rash. The patient is highly contagious during this time as the viral load is high. Risk factors for transmitting HIV include unprotected sexual activity and contaminated needle stick injuries(e.g., via tattoos or sharing needles). Rarely, it is transmitted through the transfusion of blood products.
- Infective endocarditis
Questions your doctor may ask about this symptom
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom
Does the area below your left lower ribs feel stretched or swollen?
Do you have a fever?
Have you lost weight recently?
Do you have abdominal pain (stomach ache)?
Do you have any joint pain?
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Reviewed By:
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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