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Have had random sometimes sharp, sometimes achy ribcage pain for about 4 years... possible reasons?
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Rib pain: Chronic symptoms like that could be costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs to the sternum), pleurisy, bone abnormality. See your primary care physician.
Answered 4/20/2013
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