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Pain below right rib cage. pain is sharp and lasts about 3 seconds. pain comes and goes?

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Brief : Sharp rib pain that lasts only three seconds is usually nothing serious. It can be caused by anxiety hyperventilation or build up of lactic acid or inflammation of the rib or rarely other things

Answered 1/8/2020

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