In a message dated 10/07/2000 10:57:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
huschen@mtco.com writes:
> Hi! I have a sharp pain right under my breast in the rib area on my
> left side. I had bronchitis last week and coughed really hard alot and
> wondered if I could have strained it somehow. It goes around to my back
> and hurts when I lift my baby, cough, sneeze, laugh. It just started a
> couple of days ago and seems to be getting worse. Any thoughts?
> Renee
>
My advice (no expert here) is it certainly won't hurt to get it checked. But
that has happened to me on many occasions from a hard cough (esp w/
bronchitis). Bruised a rib one time. -chris
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