What is the treatment for high blood pressure and pain in the rib cage?
Patient: my husband went to emergancy room about week ago due to his blood pressure being 162/118-they hooked up an ekg to him while he was still hooked up they took some chest  xrays-he said after they where done he felt a sharp pain by his rib cage right after the xrays-my question is it possible to get electrical shock from the xray and ekg wires Doctor: No mam, x-ray and ecg cannot cause such kind of pain. Reason has to be something else.For blood pressure he is track his blood pressure regularly and consume low salt diet. Also take a medicine regularly. Healthy lifestyle and regular exercises will help