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Have Intense Pain In Back And Bottom Of Rib Cage. Had Flu And Cough. Reason?
I have an intense (7 of 10) painfront and back at the bottom on my rib cage. Right hand side only. I am just over the flu , and wonder if a could have pulled a mussle (diaphram?) from the large amount of violent coughing I have done over the past week. but if that s the problem, why wouldn t it have hurt when I was doing all the coughing?
Sat, 15 Dec 2012
Hello,
You might be having already pleurisy or pneumonitis or an idiopathic right pleuritic chest pain. So i will advise you to see your doctor right away so that you can do a chest x-ray to rule out any pulmonary infiltrates. Steroidal anti-inflammatory will alleviate the symptoms for now. But further investigations has to be done to find the cause of the pain.
Hope this helps and best wishes
You might be having already pleurisy or pneumonitis or an idiopathic right pleuritic chest pain. So i will advise you to see your doctor right away so that you can do a chest x-ray to rule out any pulmonary infiltrates. Steroidal anti-inflammatory will alleviate the symptoms for now. But further investigations has to be done to find the cause of the pain.
Hope this helps and best wishes
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