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My ribs on the front of my body feel tender to touch. both sides, not in back. no pain with breathing or coughing, just when applying pressure.normal?

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Pain location: gives the likely etiology. Cannot say in your case without an exam but, tender to touch, on the outside, implies a musculo-skeletal condition costochondritis (pain at joints of ribs at sternum) is pretty common

Answered 10/28/2015

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A member asked:

My ribs on the front of my body feel tender to touch. both sides, not in back. no pain with breathing or coughing, just when applying pressure.normal?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

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