What causes pain in chest and rib after coughing?
Patient: About 3 weeks ago I got a cold or flu of some sort, there was lots of drainage and I think I may have had nodules on the back of my throat. It took about a week for my throat to stop hurting, but a phlegm-y cough has continued this entire time and my nose has stopped being runny just this past week. For over a month my hands have been shaking almost constantly, so about a week before the cough started, but that could possibly be due to anxiety. This last week I've been feeling dizzy and weak, and I've had very low energy ever since the shaking started. I'll also get random, fleeting, but INTENSE pains, in my chest. Related: about a year ago I broke a rib coughing when I had an illness similar to this one, that lasted about a month, but never went to a doctor for neither sickness nor injury until the sickness was gone and the rib was healed months later. Every once in a while I swear I can feel the two pieces popping against each other. Currently, just started about half an hour ago I'm experiencing steady, but not too intense pain where that rib is, and it began after a coughing bout. Doctor: thanks for asking your queryI completely understand your problemsurely cough can cause fractures in ribs, and pneumothorax alsobut if you r having pain in chest now also you should get a chest xray done and consult a pulmonologist who can see the chest xray and guide you best.as root of all this hastle is cough so u need to take some medications for controlling your cough ,and for that cause needs to be sorted out,and for this you should get a sputum pyogenic culture and other blood investigations done .if cough is severe along with yellow phlegm a course or antibiotics such as cefexime should be taken for a week thanks /regardsfeel free to ask more questionsmay gos bless you with good health