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What Causes Pain In The Bottom Of The Ribs?
When I lay on my left side, the bottom rib hurts. Even if I sleep on my other side, if I roll over in the middle of the night, the pain wakes me up. I was handling frozen ground beef (breaking it up to thaw it out) tonight around 4:30 and it hurt again, while I was standing up. This has been going on for about six months. I told my regular physician and she said, Then don t lay on that side . DUH!
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Sat, 6 Aug 2016
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Hello Dear. May be there is a small injury in your ribs due to constant strain. You need to consult an orthopedic surgeon who will take an x ray of your chest and diagnose. If there is a fracture he will immobilize your limb on that side by putting a cast and prescribe you to take pain killers for 2 or 3 weeks. Then you will be fine.
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Dr Sanjay Kini
Hope i have answered your question. Feel free to contact me if you have any more questions. I ll be glad to help you.
All the best
With warm regards
Dr Sanjay Kini
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