What Could Be The Cause Of Continuous Rib Pain?

Posted on Sat, 23 Nov 2013

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Sat, 23 Nov 2013 Answered on

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Question : Severe rib pain LS for over a year. Now on both sides. No dr can figure out what it is. No infection. But now on both RS & LS of ribs

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (13 minutes later)

Hi this is mos probably due to musculoskeletal causes. I suggest a neurologist and orthopedic consulting.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Benard Shehu (3 minutes later)

I did both. I had MRIs CTs Ultrasounds etc. They cant find anything....

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (19 hours later)

Brief Answer: Please refer to the following answer... Detailed Answer: Hi again, Thank you for sending in your additional medical data. If you have already done MRIs, ultrasounds and ct-scan,etc, and they resulted normal; then, the pain you feel is idiopathic in the nature (according to medical classification). If this is your case, should consult psychologist for further treatment. However, first must be excluded prior trauma, and arthritis. Wish you health! Dr.Benard

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