I have deformed ribs and it is painfull sometimes its hard to breath I went to the er and they ...?
964313
The emergency room is often not very good at diagnosing health conditions and I will tell you why:\nThe ER's job is to assess emergency situations and to provide emergency care IMMEDIATELY.\nOnce the ER has saved your life and/or has prevented your health concern from advancing to "critical condition" or to "fatal", they have pretty much done their job.\nAll the ER intends to do is to patch you up or bandage you up ---> so that you are able to survive long enough to be able to be seen by your physician or PCP (Primary Care Physician).
915841
You might want to check out the symptoms of "costochondritis" -- inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs -- to see if that condition is similar to what you are experiencing.  (see links below)\n\nThe good news is that it's not serious, it usually goes away on its own, and it can be treated with various painkillers.  You might want to try a heating pad, or ice packs, or alternating the two.\n\nJust in case, however, I would recommend a visit to your doctor to confirm.  If it were something more serious, like your liver, gallbladder, or heart trouble, you wouldn't want to miss the early warning signs.
928849
Well, Im a girl and Im having the same sort of problem.  Sometimes Im culd just be talkign adn when I breath through my mouth I could have sharp pains in my chest.  It feels like a pin or somthing and then it hurts to brethe for a few seconds, but then it's gone.  I dont get it often, but sometimes it happens.  My sister says its no big deal and that it is probably just cramps.(She is NIQU nurse or however you spell it, but she worked with other things too)
496032
could be. but pain for 2 months? any trauma? did you fall? sound like a broken rib. any coughing? could even be pneumonia. go see your doctor.
77942
See a doctor right away, you have a problem with your lungs.  Could be simple, could be more serious but the sooner you start to fix it the better.
915716
Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine.  If it gets bad enough, it can change the shape of your chest cavity, and eventually make it hard to breathe right.\n\nHere's a picture of really bad scoliosis:\nhttp://erikdalton.com/newImages/scoliosisgirlback.jpg\n\nAnd here's one of milder scoliosis in an adult:\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/1728.jpg\n\nIt's too bad that your doctor didn't have time to explain it to you.  Here's a site that will give you more information:\nhttp://www.iscoliosis.com/\n\nHope that helps.
700471
I AM NOT A DOCTOR, but I did have, had the same systems a year ago.  I thought I was having chest pains and panicked.  Went to the ER, after my trying to explain the pain, (different country) and after an eternity found it was not my chest, but my lungs, I had an ammonia, (walking)  After a couple of days looking back since I am an older person, and if anyone has that little tickle (cough) in their throat check it out. Also dander from pets. Sorry pet lovers I have birds, dogs, cats, the list goes on because I live in the country..\n\nI also felt something different for at least a couple of months, but did not think anything of it, just a tickle in my throat\n\nHonestly I thought it was chest pains, but turned out to be my lungs.  Because I described where the pain was the doc's where checking out the heart, took like eons for them to know it was the lungs. Once x-rays and everything came back they started treatment, am grateful to be alive now.
1042009
From my experience, 5 broken ribs at 3 separate times, you should do nothing except to take it easy, lie on the side that is the least painful, try not to do anything exerting as it could puncture your lung and hurt real bad otherwise.  Don't lift heavy things...you will know what things not to do because your ribs will inform you quite loud and clear!  Don't tape them!  If you ask doctors, they will tell you the same thing.  Most doctors don't have you tape them because it can cause you to puncture your lung.  See a doctor and ask him, but if you are just going by Yahoo answers, don't wrap them!  You think having busted ribs are bad, try that while you are having bronchitis at the same time...coughing all the time...long wracking coughs, killer dude!  Lucky yours is on the bottom.  Good luck and I hope it feels better soon.
778130
I would see your local doctor.  My guess is your on some type of medication.  He/She can put you one  a lite pain reliever while the side of your chest heals.  The reason it hurts is you have been coughing for some time and the muscles on your side have been used and therefore ache.  If your Doctor can prescribe some stuff, your muscles can relax and heal, therefore relieving an pain in the future.
85483
Sounds more like a pinched nerve if the ER is saying nothing is wrong.  However, since the ER could not do a stress test or an MRI it is tough to be sure that it is not your heart.
574794
she probably suffered broken ribs & has continued to reinjure them...medical attention was needed a long time ago & she certainly needs to seek it now...she may be suffering pleurisy....she needs to go to the emergency room...NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
1138002
ABSOLUTELY - i have stomach ulcers and when they flare up it feels like hell in my chest - however if you have shortness of breath at the same time call 911 !!!
895210
Could be a couple of things.  I would see a doctor.  First have you done any heavy lifting or weird stretching, if so it could be your intercostal muscles.  These are muscles that help you breather.  Very, very painful if torn.  You could also have an ulcer that is bleeding.  This will give off the same pain.  Again it could be a lot of different things.  I would see a doctor, even if the pain goes away.
834896
Maybe you got food stuck in it or you didnt sallow it well it can hurt you in the chest!!!
1121133
you should get a medical opinion for a question such as this.  I get the same thing but mine is acid reflux disease.  My husband on the other hand had  the same pain and turns out that the fluid between his ribs and chest wall was not there any more.  He thought he was having a heart attack.  so you see if could be a number of things.  I would get to a Dr. real soon.
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You might want to see a chiropractor.  After having my first son I was having a great deal of pain in my ribs and back and no one could figure it out. I got a new family doctor who can do re-alignments of joints and that really worked for me.
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Sounds like you are experiencing the same thing I was.  I was feeling a sharp pain in my chest on the left side that would cause my body to clench up and make me short of breath.  I was worried, but I went to a doctor and it turned out to be a pulled muscle in the ribcage.  Every once in a while it would spasm and bother me.  They gave me some Motrin and it went away over time.  I think I provoked it when I started working out after a long period of laziness, but now that I'm back in shape it hasn't bothered me at all.\n\nGo to a doctor, though, to be sure.  They gave me an electrocardiogram just to make sure there were no serious issues.