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Sometimes when i bend down.. and try to stand up my lower rib get swollen and i feel pain...until few minutes when it goes down again?

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Dr. Harold Fields answered

Floater: You may have a floating rib and you are moving it when you bend..it is probably of no consequence and should settle down

Answered 7/29/2018

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A member asked:

Sometimes when i bend down.. and try to stand up my lower rib get swollen and i feel pain...until few minutes when it goes down again?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Harold Fields answered

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