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I was sick with upper respiratory infection and i coughed hard and felt a pop in my lower ribcage on left side its been a week and still in pain?
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See below: It sounds as if you've subluxaed one of your ribs. There's not much to do about them other than symptom control.
Answered 3/8/2020
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