[Kathleen M.]

Ditto on the checking with the doctor.The colon runs up the right across the top and down the left of the abdomen. So pain just under where the stomach is (which is up against the diaphram) or at/under the ribs on the left and right is seen in IBS when that is where the colon spasms.It runs right under the stomach so it can be hard to differentiate between stomach pain and colon pain. Usually with gastritis and ulcers eating does help with pain, but not always in every person.New and unusal symptoms need to be checked out as having IBS doesn't keep other things from happening.