Question 1

what causes the rib cage to grow?

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Contents within: The chest grows at a programmed rate from birth 2 accommodate the organs within.

Question 2

what is the purpose of the rib cage?

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Multiple: The rib cages protects your heart and lungs from blunt trauma that otherwise might injure them.  It maintains the size of the lung cavity and provides sites of orgin and insertion for a variety of muscles that assist with your breathing.

Question 3

what could be causing pain in my rib cage?

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Pain: Many things. Among them, your rib could be broken. You could have an infection. The pain could come from something other than your rib. Cancer might do it. Pain from the lung, heart, sternum, liver, spleen, diaphragm... Maybe a more specific question could be better answered here.

Question 4

i have a pain in between the v in my rib cage?

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GB, ulcer, GERD?: Gb attacks usually follow a fatty meal. Gerd, esophagitis, gastritis & ulcers r also culprits 4 these symptoms. Get in 2 c a GI specialist 4 eval & possibly some testing.

Question 5

what is causing my rib cage to feel like it was crushed?

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Crushed??: If this means difficulty expanding and chest tightness, then a lot of things can do it including asthma, copd, cough leading to chest muscle pains, dyspnea, restrictive lung disease.. And i can go on and on... Idea is to see a pulmonary specialist and get a work up done.

Question 6

numbness in left rib cage?

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Nerve problem: Possibilities: pinched nerve in back, bulging disc, early (pre-rash) shingles, traumatic neuropraxia (bruised nerve) , tumor, heart attack, other.
It's worth seeing a physician about.
Go to er immediately for  any chest pain.

Question 7

pain & swelling left rib cage?

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Rib pain: The rib cage does not often become painful and swollen, unless there was some direct injury to the area (rib fracture/contusion) or some indirect sprain/strain to the muscle/ligament structures (costochondritis...). There can be soft tissue masses (and rarely bony) that can present with such symptoms, so please get evaluated.

Question 8

body organs under rib cage

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Organs under the rib: The main organs inder the ribs are the lungs, liver, spleen and partially in the back the kidneys

Question 9

my chest and rib cage really hurt?

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See your doctor: Symptoms like these are best deterimed by a thorough evaluation by your physician.  Based on his/her findings, a treatment plan can be developed to help you.

Question 10

pain in rib cage common with lupus?

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Sort of: The rib cage itself is not involved in lupus. However, pleurisy can cause chest pain that can be mistaken for rib cage pain.

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