rib pain at night

[rajeshhp]

hi I am suffering from rib pain after three to four hours after sleep. How to get rid off from this. Kindly help

[Skipper55]

Can you tell me what you are suffering from is it a vascolitis type disease or CSS and if so it is probably inflamation of the cartloge type material between the ribs . My GP showed me the picture of the spots or places where these are and with auto immune diseases when you have a flair up these become inflamed and the pain is that of a broken rib ie very bad . You can google it and my GP had it highlighted in his medical text book . I get this a lot and it really knocks you around ,if I sit wrongly on our lounge the pain can start so I go and lie on the bed on my back and stay straight for up to 2 hours with a dose of Panadol . Be sure and get sugar dairy and carbs out of your diet and that will reduce the occurrence . I just cannot think of the medical term for this situation but it is an 8 out of 10 when full blown in the rating of pain. I hope this is of some help but Google inflamation of rib joints and see where that takes you all the best

[cyberbarn]

Could this be costochondritis?