Hi,I am Dr. Shanthi.E (General & Family Physician). I will be looking into your question and guiding you through the process. Please write your question below.
I've been having pain in my right rib just under breast area and was wondering how long should this take to heal. I've been to the emergency room in Feb and had a virus. Well the coughing has caused stabbing feeling's on the right side of my chest. I've been to three docs and the outcome is that I have pleurisy and probably a strain or tear to that area. They said about 3 to 7 weeks for healing. I've completely shut down my workouts to get better and it still feels the same. I feel great, but this constant pain is causing me to lose patience. I'm ready to start teaching my cycling class but I don't want to make this worse. Do I need to see a doc again it's been a little over two weeks.