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Why Do I Feel Right Side Of My Rib Scraped With Pain In It?
83 year old senior feel and scraped right side of rib area. About a week later Feeling weaker than normal and has pain on right side rib area. He saw GP a week ago and GP prescribed topical cream. Saw him last weekend and he can only walk a few steps and he is exhausted, what could it be? Thanks
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Fri, 7 Mar 2014
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I have gone through your query.Your problem is most likey costochondritis of rib.An X-ray should be taken to rule out other conditions like TB of lung or pleuritis.For my patients with costochondritis i treat with antiinflammatory gels like nimusulide or diclofenac for local application.Same drugs i give as oral also for some patients.Hope this may help you.
Let me know if you have any further query.
Thank you for asking HCM
I have gone through your query.Your problem is most likey costochondritis of rib.An X-ray should be taken to rule out other conditions like TB of lung or pleuritis.For my patients with costochondritis i treat with antiinflammatory gels like nimusulide or diclofenac for local application.Same drugs i give as oral also for some patients.Hope this may help you.
Let me know if you have any further query.
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