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Weird, Popping Feeling On Rib, Sens To Move On Bending. What Is It?
Posted on
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Tue, 21 May 2013
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Question : hi i have a weird popping feeling on left rib. my partner felt it and hes pretty sure its part of my rib. it just feels like theres something there all the time and when i bend over it kinda feels likeits moving and rubbing against bottom of my ribcage is this serious
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where exactly is the popping feel? is there any pain or cough, breathlessness with movement?
Is there any lumpy feel underneath?
Do you have any other associated symptoms like nausea?
Pain, shortness of breath, cough can occur in pleural rub (lung crackle).
Things moving under the left ribcage are stomach, spleen, heart, colon parts etc.
If there are no associated symptoms, it is not serious.
I hope to help you more specifically once I get these answers.
Take care and keep me posted.
where exactly is the popping feel? is there any pain or cough, breathlessness with movement?
Is there any lumpy feel underneath?
Do you have any other associated symptoms like nausea?
Pain, shortness of breath, cough can occur in pleural rub (lung crackle).
Things moving under the left ribcage are stomach, spleen, heart, colon parts etc.
If there are no associated symptoms, it is not serious.
I hope to help you more specifically once I get these answers.
Take care and keep me posted.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
i have no pain no cough nausea or shortness of breath when i touch it.
the popping feeling is about where the lower ribs curve in.
its more annoying than anything.
the popping feeling is about where the lower ribs curve in.
its more annoying than anything.
Ok. It is most likely not serious.
To be sure, you can get an Xray chest and an ultrasound of the abdomen done.
It will rule out any pathology causing this abnormal finding.
As it helps us to improve continuously, may I request you to write a rating review before you ‘accept’ and ‘close’ the query anytime.
Thank you!!
To be sure, you can get an Xray chest and an ultrasound of the abdomen done.
It will rule out any pathology causing this abnormal finding.
As it helps us to improve continuously, may I request you to write a rating review before you ‘accept’ and ‘close’ the query anytime.
Thank you!!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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