Kidney Pain Under Ribs. You might feel kidney pain or discomfort as a dull one sided ache in your upper abdomen side or back. They can cause a cramping.
However doctors from cedars sinai say that pancreatitis can also cause pain in right side under the ribs. They can cause a cramping. One of the first signs that you have kidney stones is a severe pain below the ribs on your side back and upper abdomen flank pain.
But pain in these areas isn t always a sign.
Pain under the ribs in this area can indicate a health problem affecting one of these organs. Kidney stones are hardened calcium and salt deposits that form into stones. But pain in these areas is often unrelated to your kidneys. When your left kidney is involved you might feel pain near the left side of your rib cage.