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Tessa · 11-14-2006, 07:25 AM

I agree, Nedra, and that is exactly what I do. Whenever I feel anything which could be remotely interpreted as liver pain, I do ask for an ultrasound scan at my next check-up. Those scans are readily available here. The doctor who does it can simply tell me then and there that he sees nothing, so it is a big relief.

BY THE WAY, could someone clarify the exact location of the liver? I always read that it is below the rib cage, but does that mean below in the sense of closer to the ground, or below in the sense of closer to the spine? No anatomical chart I have looked at really makes this clear.

Thanks,

Tessa

11-14-2006, 07:25 AM	#17
Tessa Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 23	Scans, and the liver/lungs I agree, Nedra, and that is exactly what I do. Whenever I feel anything which could be remotely interpreted as liver pain, I do ask for an ultrasound scan at my next check-up. Those scans are readily available here. The doctor who does it can simply tell me then and there that he sees nothing, so it is a big relief. BY THE WAY, could someone clarify the exact location of the liver? I always read that it is below the rib cage, but does that mean below in the sense of closer to the ground, or below in the sense of closer to the spine? No anatomical chart I have looked at really makes this clear. Thanks, Tessa