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I have the flu what is the sharp pain under my ribs?
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MUSCULOSKELATAL?: It may be musculoskeletal pain frm coughing or from muscles in chest.If associated with cough and purulent sputum and high fever it can be from pneumonia which is a complication of influenza.
Answered 11/9/2013
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