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A 29-year old female asked:
Pain in upper left abdomen near rib cage. Xray of ribs and blood work on spleen normal. What else could it be? Ulcer maybe?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Will an xray of the rib cage appear different between bruised&fractured ribs and what would the difference be? Can xray show organ damage?
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A 63-year old female asked:
I am 63 yrs old female. Last summer I fell and thought I hurt my ribs.When I fell I curled up and kind of rolled. Xray showed ribs were ok. Pain has ?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I needed an xray of my spine and ribs and they couldn't get the right angle/image and took like 10 tries. Was i exposed to a lot of radiation?
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A female asked:
Why would they take a rib x-ray on expiration ?
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A 44-year old asked:
Could smoke show up on a chest/rib x-ray?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Can an X-ray determine if ribs were broken by squeezing. ?
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A 46-year old female asked:
How much radiation dose in a single rib X-ray view/one side?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I experienced pain in my ribs. I went for an x-ray. Dr said I am fine. 3 weeks later I am still experiencing pain.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Hi I had hit the side of my rib really hard last week and now it's swollen and hurts when I touch it should i get and x ray?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it necessary to have xray for a broken rib?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Can an X-ray determine the cause of broken ribs.
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A 16-year old female asked:
Can still have a crack rib and have it not show up on an x-ray?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I've had an accident in October and got three fractured ribs and now I feel no pain in my chest are they healed ? if so will healed fractured ribs look different from other ribs on the X-ray?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is it possible for you to see dislocated ribs on xray?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Bottom front left rib is thicker. XRAY and ultrasound normal. Why stick out & thicker laying down and standing? Visible to others as well.
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A 31-year old male asked:
Was looking straight on at my tspine xray and notice I have many ribs that are very uneven in alignment. Could this be symptomatic or common finding?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Yesterday as I picked up my 4 yr old daughter I felt a pain in my rib had a X-ray done but dose not show any damage the pain is really bad today why?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Left bottom front rib juts out + feels much thicker. Awaiting xray results but any ideas meanwhile?Uncomfortable lying on side. Had 1 month, no injury
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A 38-year old asked:
Can an xray show cracked rib in back?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is there any way other than X-ray to tell if my rib is bruised or fractured?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Can rib AP view x-ray detect all forms of non-malignant bone tumors? What about malignant?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I've had pain on/under my left rib and chest. Dr said I have a bony abnormality as rib sticks out. Had xray today and shows 2 black circles?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Having bad rib pain that moves to the middle and upper rib on left side. I fractured it when I had pnmonia 5 months agoHad an x-ray Dr's sayis ok?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Went to the dr had a xray didn't see anything said come back in 2 weeks if I still have pain on my right side underneath my ribs It hurts all the time?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Sometimes i will experience pain at my ribs. Feel like something piercing.I've been to a xray and they told me nothing is wrong with me! no idea why~?
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A male asked:
Am having a pain in my lower part of the right rib which has been there for a long time,I did go for x-ray but nothing was found my doctor took blood ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have pop-rock like popping in my ribs and continous pain/aching. I had an x-ray a little under a month ago and everything was "normal". How concerned should I be?
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A 36-year old female asked:
What does extensive calcification costal cartilidge ribs mean on X-ray?
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A 18-year old female asked:
How do you tell the difference between bruised and broken ribs without x-ray?
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