I have a bad cough from being sick im.not sick now just a cough n now when i cough or not cough i have a pain in my right upper rib area:/?

Call your doctor: With symptoms this complex, you owe it to yourself to call your doctor to help you make sense out of them.

Bronchitis: A cough that persists after a cold is often bronchitis or inflammation of the bronchioles/small tubes in the lungs. The soreness you feel with coughing can be caused by that inflammation or by a small pulled rib muscle. However, shortness of breath, fever, wheezing, or symptoms lasting more than a few days can require urgent medical attention.