A member asked:

I have had pain that moves in my right chest & right lower ribs, radiating down my arm for about 2 + months now. mri, cts & x-rays have shown nothing. started just after when i had pneumonia in dec. activity makes it worse. gabapentin helps a little.

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It's not uncommon: during or after any kind of lung infection to have inflammation of the pleura (the outer membrane surrounding the lungs). The pleura are very pain-sensitive. If the pain is adjacent to where your pneumonia was seen or heard, that may be what's going on. Even tho you have symptoms, MRI, CT and x-rays might not necessarily pick this up, Dr. Anne

Answered 11/28/2017

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