sharp pain in ribs under chest

hi all just wondered has anyone ever had a sharp pain kinda in your ribs on one side im not looking to be diagnoised or anythng just that i am on 2 lots of antibiotics and still coughn with pred , though im reduing down , i think i may have pulled somthing coughn any one ever done this its worse when i cough and exhale so any of you old crocks like myself ever done this ////?///

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I have that too

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i have that too. After a recent trip to A&E (im mid asthma flare up) i asked a doctor about that who said it is ok for the pain as it a muscular thing. My one is from my continous coughing!

take care

c

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sharp pain in ribs under chest

ow thanks for getting back to me went to a center this afternoon to do some shopping and was doubled over when i coughed i does feel like muscular just so painfull i was imaging all sorts of things thanks again !

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I would go and ask your gp if he can send you for an xray just to be on safe side, it could be a broken rib or just a fractured muscle but you can certainly get some strong painkillers to help dull the pain.

plumie

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Muscles don't fracture

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well took the advice and went to gp after nearly collasping with the pain , sent me straight to ane . afterwaitng 5 hours to be seen was told chest x ray was clear bloods clear so my pain was from my musels under rib cage i had pulled something from coughing so much the previous week , had been in a bad way !! so this is a new one for my books after having 3 kids i never thought pain could be so bad ouch!! so i ask myself no infection so why am i still coughing the pain killers are brill but when i cough its so bad, so question to all am i 2 be left with this constamt cough with no infection . any thoughts breathing is the best it has been in months strange!!

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To me it sounds like it could be a muscle or a broken rib. I've strained a muscle once and broken ribs twice. For me the muscle pain went away after about a week or so with strong pain killers that made me fall asleep, but with the ribs it last for a long long time. The pain was there for about a month, but i could still feel it 3 months later if i did strange things with my body (eg. turned in a weir way or coughed/sneezed really hard). When I strained the muscle it hurt more when i was inhaling though.

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pain in ribs high up under breast

hi thanks a mil a week nearly on pain killers and am no better , my other half is lossing it with me sorry to have a rant , but when people are sick of you complaining , , i can understand x ray came back clear bloods clear . i was sure i had some form of cancer sorry to say it i was in so much pain i though this has to be serious , noone could have pain this bad without it been really serious. to describe it its like someone sticking a knife under your ribs and twisting it when i cough or bend down . im on very strong pain killers and am waiting for the 4 hours to take more . my gp says it could take 6 weeks , to clear up im not looking to be diagnoised or any thing as ive been to hos and gp but if anyone has gone through this sort oif pain brought on from a bad lung infection please reply as im so distressed that its not any better aweek on , you all offer such great advice even if its an experience you dont feel so alone love 2 all carolinexx

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I can sympathise with you as I had severe pain on breathing & coughing with pleurisy following an infection which had gone on a long time.That was just on one side. Similar to when I fractured a couple of ribs in a car accident, really sharp and stabbing so all you can do is breathe shallowly, but of course that's not good to do for long. Any pain on breathing soon gets you down, as there's no getting away from it. The only thing that helped me, in addition to analgesia, was a warm pad on the affected side. If it's really getting you down still, I'd go back to the dr again.

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Lying on the bad side helps, or if you're sitting up, lean the painful side against firm cushions with a microwaveable bean bag or similar between ribs and cushions. Mine was high up on the left side, right at the side and just under my breast

Pleurisy pain can take several weeks to go entirely, but it may help you to know that it gets a great deal more comfortable after 10-14 days. That was my experience anyway. I think it's usually caused by an infection.

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Hi, I sometimes suffer with sharp stabbing pain in chest (usually at top of rib cage on my Left side), comes on very suddenly with breathing in, followed immediatly with tight chest and shortness of breath.When it happens, i can bearly move without it hurting and it can last for quite a while. I have found myself in funny positions on the floor just to relieve the pain LOL. The pain is like a knife in my chest and is quite frightening. My Asthma nurse and G.P have informed me it is inflamation of the muscle tissue between the ribs, which is caused by Asthma, can be triggered by stress (usually my 19 year old son!!).

Hope this helps confirm what you have been told.

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I'm having same problems with pain at the moment. I can't lie down, even propped up as the pain is too intense. Going to be fun trying to get some sleep. Only got 4 hours due to severe attack, oxygen and double nebs, was in shock and couldn't sleep. I'm on pred but it's not helping and not coughing just chest pain. Hope you all feel better soon

Kate

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hi, i tried to sing at church today and gained the pain, so i quickly stopped singing and took some painkillers and it solved the problem. I think it is body saying slow down, we want to work but are tired. Maybe, otherwise see your GP. I know mine is often pluerisy/ pulled muslces from coughing / me managing to fracture ribs coughing.

PLease take care rattles and others!

And if worried please please please contact your medical team!

PLumie

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pain in ribs

hi all thanks for all the replies , glad that im not the only one with this as you can imagine i was thinking all sorts, my gp wrote in the hospital letter it was pleuric pain but the hospital didt actually say that in fact thy didt say what it was at all just that everything came back clear x ray bloods , gave me tylex they are good but make you so tired , alittle better today thanks a lot guys for all the replies XX

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Sounds like damage such as a tear to the intercostal muscles. Common in people with respiratory distress and lots of coughing. Treatment is painkillers, but be aware that some asthmatics can't take ibuprufen (Nurofen) or aspirin.

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pain in ribs

yea that sounds like what it is checked out some websites and they all say the same tanks amil !!

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I have asthma and currently have very bad pain behind my right rib, like sore muscle from a spasm. Started a few months ago. I was in my car and I twisted to reach my purse to get something. Instead of grabbing my purse I just twisted my body and I got a cramp and I actually felt something flip roll and twisted and knotted up and cramped. I had to stop and twist myself back in the opposite direction and raise my right arm up over my head and turn my upper body in direction to make it uncramp. Brutal!! Now when I try wash my hair bent over sink and put my hairbow in, anything that raises my arms especially if Im beding it cause a muscle spasm behind my rib. Go figure. Long story short. I've been coughing alot and the asthma has flared up. Now my rib wall is so sore extremely. I went to the doctor because it hurts to cough, can't carry a conversation without getting winded. Out of breath and the pain wont stop. It hurt worse riding in the car any bumps in road turn my head it was aweful. Well I've been out of inhaler also. Pain in rib on right and muscle so bad. Took exray to may sure my lung didn't collapse all good inflated doctor said. He gave me steroid pack, oh and I had to ask, will you give a script for inhaler, right DA I said I have asthma, ok, so he did. Been on it two days. Sitting in the car at pharmacy I took a puff of inhaler, actually about six and before I left I had a little relief, the pain wasnt gone, but it was so much more easy to back up and drive myself home and the little spots in the road didn't kill me in pain . so the inhaler was needed, and I can't believe I had to ask the doctor for that. So two days in. Still hurt. Not near as bad. But the steroid pills help for a good few hours the pain eases and returns so its working a little. And while taking the steroid pack you ca not take pain pills or anti inflammatory medicines. I have to wait a week before I can take pain relievers. So there is a name of the muscle spasm type maybe unfortunate it will return because the stress and damage to that muscle behind the rib is now for keeps. I'm in severe pain now, hurts pretty bad. I researched some trying to find whats wrong but possible respiratory infection that got worse not taking the inhaler that caused the stress on muscle from continious coughing, oh and body twist a few months ago. Costochondritis

Check out info for Costochondritis right sided muscle pain behing or along the rib

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I walked into a door nob a few months ago and I think I fractured a rib. It got better but then I started coughing more from asthma and have horrible coughing fits and my inhaler doesn’t work. Now my side hurts again so I’m thinking a pulled muscle. Also have upper back pain prob from coughing. I understand!

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I have had that for 2 years and now it has just disappeared, I have had xray, ct scan everything and then I was told that it were my chest infection was 6th rib and I was so much in pain I couldn't do anything so my heart goes out to you as it is so painful and no one really had answers,. Please just rest as anything can set you off even coughing and sneezing or lifting. Take care