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What Can Be Done For Pain Caused During Coughing?

Hi, I have recently had a bad virus which involved a lot of coughing, during one of these coughing episodes I felt a click on my left side, very painful, now every time I cough the pain is excruciating, could I have pulled a muscle and what could I do to make it better!
Fri, 11 Apr 2014
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It does sound like you may have pulled a muscle, occasionally people can even fracture ribs through coughing. The treatments for a pulled muscle or fractured rib in the chest included heat and anti-inflammatory medication.
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What Can Be Done For Pain Caused During Coughing?

It does sound like you may have pulled a muscle, occasionally people can even fracture ribs through coughing. The treatments for a pulled muscle or fractured rib in the chest included heat and anti-inflammatory medication.