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Chest Pain, Internal Swelling, Lower Dorsal Area, Back Pain, Pain In Thumb, Nerve Pain. What Is Going On?

I am 27 year old. I have pain in four prominent areas. firstly, in the right chest, just near the lower rib. It started when I accidentally hit a sharp edge of furniture in october. It subsided after 3-4 days. However, in winters during december it came back like a internal swelling. To make things worse, one fine day in December end I got pain in my back at lower edge of dorsal area. I got xray and doc told it was ok. He put me on Zytis-D ( Diclofenac potassium ) for 3 days. I got instant relief but the 2 days i left the medicine, pain came back. For few days I continued without medicine and chest pain continued and moved from right to left area, similarly my back pain appeared to spread to surrounding areas. I was put on Etova-P (Etodolac& Paracetamol ) which worked wonders for the 5 days I took it. Besides the above I have pain in the middle of thumb , and just below the ankle. I applied diclofenac gel at the night and there was a strange pain in the morning in the peripheral areas where I had applied the gel. When I use diclofenac gel for nerve pain it works fine however. Moreover. When I hold something warm in my hand, my thumbache gets better. Even pain killer (Etova-P) subsided the pain to a large extent. Both the pain is there since last 1 month. I am troubled by pain and never in my life has pain taken so long to go away. Without pain killers I cannot sleep as after 4-5 hours my backpain gets terrible and because of chest pain I cannot sleep upside down. It looks as if I have developed a fragile body. I am worried what to do and how to improve my situation
Fri, 8 Mar 2013
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Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
The pain that you are having in your back and rib cage is likely to be a muscular pain. Usually mild pain killers, hot fomentation and application of local analgesic gels do take care of such a pain. For severe pain you can get some muscle relaxants prescribed.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal
drtayal72@gmail.com
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Chest Pain, Internal Swelling, Lower Dorsal Area, Back Pain, Pain In Thumb, Nerve Pain. What Is Going On?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. The pain that you are having in your back and rib cage is likely to be a muscular pain. Usually mild pain killers, hot fomentation and application of local analgesic gels do take care of such a pain. For severe pain you can get some muscle relaxants prescribed. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Praveen Tayal drtayal72@gmail.com