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Severe pain under right rib was coughing and felt a pop now it hurts bad tender to the touch hurts when i breath or cough pain goes kinda deep.
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Broken rib?: Very vigorous coughing can actually fracture a rib. That might have happened. Alternatively, you could have suffered a dislocation of the joint where the rib meets the breast bone. An X-ray is needed to make the diagnosis.
Answered 1/13/2015
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