Unpleasant and painful sensations in the area of liver localization, which increase by inhaling air, usually indicate the progression of cholecystitis. They are associated with the presence of stones in the gallbladder, which completely or partially overlap the ducts.
But pain during inspiration in the right upper quadrant can accompany other diseases not associated with the liver and nearby organs. Correctly diagnose the pathological condition will help the gastroenterologist and neuropathologist.
Causes of dull pain with deep inspiration anywhere in the right hypochondrium
If the character of the pain syndrome is aching, pulling or dull, then the following diseases can provoke it:
- cirrhosis;
- acute or chronic hepatitis;
- liver cancer;
- cholangitis;
- parasitic infestations in the right lobe of the liver;
- calculous and noncalculous cholecystitis;
- diverticulosis of the intestine;
- adrenal gland tumors;
- colitis in the early stages of development;
- fatty hepatosis;
- right kidney pyelonephritis;
- congestive heart failure;
- dyskinesia of bile ducts of hypomotor form;
- bruise or broken ribs;
- upper acute paranephritis.
Why there is a sharp pain in the hypochondrium from the right side during inspiration?
When the pain is very intense, it indicates the presence of an urgent surgical condition ("acute abdomen"), for example:
- damage and rupture of the membranes of internal organs;
- intestinal obstruction ;
- acute pancreatitis;
- blockage of the bile duct;
- appendicitis;
- renal colic;
- abdominal myocardial infarction;
- inflammation of the gallbladder;
- thrombosis of the internal veins and arteries.
Also acute or stitching pain when inhaling in the right upper quadrant is characteristic for such pathologies:
- shingles ;
- colon tumors;
- urolithiasis disease;
- necrosis of the renal papillae;
- intercostal neuralgia;
- colitis;
- osteochondrosis of the lumbar region;
- thrombosis of the hollow or hepatic vein;
- a stomach ulcer.