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12 y/o boy, hist. of insidious onset of sharp right lower rib pain. no trauma, and sharp pain reproduced with deep breath and going down from situp.?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Likely muscle strain: If it's affected by movement or pushing on it, it's likely muscular. Sometimes moving wrong or coughing hard can strain a rib mucle, can be quite painful, but not dangerous unless worsens, becomes short of breath, or fails to resolve within 2 weeks.
Answered 9/28/2016
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See below: Possibilites include: pneumonia, liver issues, gall bladder issues, abdominal muscle pull, hiatal hernia, constipation, gas cramps. See doc asap.
Answered 9/28/2016
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