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I've had a persistent cough for almost a week. and yesterday the left side of my ribcage under my breast hurts when i breath or cough. ?

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Dr. Stuart Erner answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Cough/ribcage pain: You should get an evalution to rule out pneumonia with pleurisy. This would include an exam of your lung fields and a chest xray.

Dr Novick agreed

Answered 5/7/2014

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