Upper left quadrant pain?!

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This part of the abdomen houses the spleen, tail end of the pancreas, part of the large intestines or bowel, part of the stomach, left kidney, left lower ribs and muscles and skin over these structures. The heart sits just above this point too.
Other organs found in this region include the left edge of the liver, upper part of the left ureter, the left adrenal gland, and the tip of the left lung.

Any problem in these structures or near by ones will cause upper left abdominal pain.

?Herpes Zooster or Shingles affecting the skin over the upper left abdomen


?Viral infection of the lower left ribs - left coastochondritis or tiez syndrome


?Strained muscle over the upper left abdomen


?Injury to the spleen or splenic tumour


?Stomach ulcer or tumour


?Pancreatitis


?Hepatitis or cyst or tumour affecting the left lobe of the liver


?Infection of the left kidney - called pyelonephritis - very common


?Left kidney stone - very common too


?Left kidney tumour, cyst or disease


?Left ureteric stone or tumour -


?Adrenal gland disease on the left


?Left bowel inflammation or tumour


?Infection affecting the lower part of the left lung - lower lobe pneumonia of left lung


?Heart problems


?Trapped wind


?... and sometimes a ruptured or leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm


this is also a great website you can check all your other symptoms too :)

http://www.healthline.com/symptomsearch?…

http://www.abdopain.com/upper-left-abdom…