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Right rib pain?
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One of two things: Costochondritis, or thoracic disc. Costochondritis the is localized to the area and the pain increase by movement of the chest. Disc hernia have numbness at the level of the disc and dose not get effected by chest movement.
Answered 12/15/2015
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Rib pain: There are several potential causes of pain in this location. The most common causes are probably strain of the muscles between the ribs or of the cartilage joints connecting the ribs to the sternum. This can be caused, typically, by heavy lifting or other vigorous physical activity. Most of the time, if this is all that is going on, it will respond to standard anti inflammatory medications within
Answered 7/6/2019
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