Hello!

I am struggling again with a mild pressure like feeling under the left rib, more or less aligned with the breast. It can be felt when sitting, much less when lying down and basicly not at all when moving or standing.

The feeling itself is not as a pain but very mild pressure. Sometimes it also seems to "travel". It is never above the rib below the breast but sometimes can be felt also further down. It is nothing one can not live with but seems to be persistent. It does not wake me up at night or anything, just is a bit uncomfortable and creates anxiety.

I had the same situation last yeay and latest this year in the spring/summer when it disappeared for a while. Then they did me sonography (may), CT (july), gastroscopy (may) and colonoscopy (july). All of them came back fine. Gastroscopy found a lot of mucus though. General understanding was that this is an irritable bowel syndrome as it is often accompanied with diarrhea as well. Bloodwork was OK too (latest in october).

I am 40 years old, overweight but do not smoke nor use excessive alcohol. My father died of stomach cancer (probably due to heavy drinking and smoking) hence I am worried about this. Could this mild pressure be caused of IBS or does it indicate something serious e..g cancer?

There are no accompaning symptoms that I could complain about though. Just this mild pressure.

With kind regards,
Kaido