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Short ribs
Short ribs is a birth defect in which a baby has a much shorter ribs than normal, compared to the average baby from the same ethnic/racial group.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 42-year old asked:
What is causing my reoccuring short rib pains?
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A 32-year old asked:
How many calories are in a 40 oz short rib?
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A 31-year old asked:
Dad called and said the doctor diagnosed short rib pains? People have "short-ribs"?
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A 18-year old male asked:
My body is'nt propotional as a male body - wider chest/hips, narrow waist (short lower ribs). Any exercises to expand lower ribs for rectangular body?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Working out and felt a pull underneath my right rib cage, thought it was a pulled muscle now I'm nauseous and short breath. rib cage feels fine tho?
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A 47-year old asked:
What does sharp pain in ribs, short of breath mean?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Could a hiadal hernia cause congestion in the lungs?Im having severe cramping & pulling next to the hernia below the rside of my ribs.Short of breathe
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A 38-year old female asked:
What causes short shooting pains from ribs up into left breast,from shoulder blade to left breast,and left breast? PCP & cardiologist say not heart.
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A 25-year old female asked:
I keep having sharp short pains under my left rib cage and sometimes when i eat i makes it worst but also it will get worst if i dont eat. Plz help?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I get second long sharp pains randomly in my lower right/back side rib. Could it be gas? Kidney? I get them often but they're so short and random.
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A 26-year old female asked:
My daughter is very short in the body and has stabbing kidney pain alot. Coud her rib be rugging her kidney/?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Pain on left side of rib.On the actual side of my body, happens randomly, sometimes when i eat.Some belching.Its short bouts of pain.Also I have gerd.
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A 31-year old female asked:
Short stabs of pain under bottom of left rib cage that come and go. Is this my Gerd acting up? Had a few huge burps that seemed to help
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have short sharp pain under the rib cage on the right side, on the side of torso.Also it hurts when I hold my urine longer. What can it be?
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A 22-year old asked:
Hello, I have an ache/tightness around the my bottom right rib that gets worse when I start walking/running, then goes after a short while. A bit of background, I have been very unactive for last 3 years but starting running 10 miles a week. Thanks?
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A female asked:
I have rib and chest pain. I am also very short of breath. I am a 31 year old non smoking female?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Dry cough while lying down pain under lower left rib with deep breaths. Somewhat short of breath.
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A 17-year old female asked:
Burning short pains on left upper side, painful spot when touched on the ribs and nausea. Been through a lot of stress, can this be the reason?
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A 56-year old female asked:
My rib cage/stomach area is all pooched out! Even when laying on my back.. Diet and excercise are not helping. I have lost height; is this causing it? Compression? Short of breath occasionally. Thank you?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have a very sharp pain in the left side middle of my back next to my ribs. My stomach is very hard the pain is constant and i feel short of breath?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Coughing violently for four weeks, chest, rib muscle sore, short of breath, what could it be?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Told I had bronchitis over month ago,hasn't gotten better. I feel faint,short of breath on and off and pain in my ribs and shoulder, is it an embolism?
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A 87-year old male asked:
Hi. My relatively healthy 88 y.o father fell in March and fx 12 ribs on his left side. He has recovered pretty well. what is happening now is he is very short of breath, still having a hard time taking deep breaths. His 02 saturation is okay?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I have sharp stabbing pain that comes and goes on my left side just below rib cage for over a week now feel dizzy and short of breath and weak?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Short pain under both breasts, ribs? I have tachycardia and had an echocardiogram that showed no blockages so I don't think it could be heart related
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A 19-year old female asked:
Fell off horse 2 days ago, not sure if I hit my head. S/S: headaches(short, come&go), dizziness&nausea. Head injury symptoms or from my fractured rib?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Fullness in throat andpain under ribs and in back. Have GERD and IBS and feel short of breathwhen i eat.?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Urgent !> pain in ribs on right side when breathing and short breath and no angina cause? Hypertension rt lung base minimal collapse tachycardia
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A 17-year old female asked:
When I have angina, pain in ribs, rt arm tingling pain, and short of breath, when exercising.Should i go to the er? Hbp minimal atelectasis tachy
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A 31-year old female asked:
Im having pain in my legs, thigh and calfs also been feeling very tired and short of breath and going short distabces and up the stairs. also pain in ribs?
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