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Have Extreme Pain On Top Of Rib Cage. Lasts Few Seconds. Advice?

For last month , I have been having extreme pain in short sharp stabs along the top of my rib cage, on both sides of mid range of my body approximately 4 inches either side of center. Also I have the feeling of 1000 ants crawling across the same region most of the time. The pain stabs are of 8 or 9 level and last no more than a few seconds.
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Hi,

thanks for writing to us

I am Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi, I am Orthopaedic surgeon and spine specialist.

I have studied your case.

The cause of frequent problem -this kind of pain is due to compression of nerve because of spinal disc bulge. Nerve compression lead to radiating pain, which aggravated on long time sitting in same particular position.

Another differential is pleural pain due to lung inflammation.
you may need methylcobalamine , muscle relaxant with analgesic

take rest , , hot or cold fomentation
avoid lifting weights

physiotherapy - SWD ,IFT WILL HELP
If pain is not relieved you will need MRI cervical spine.
You need clinical examination from surgeon.
for further query contact on my profile directly
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Have Extreme Pain On Top Of Rib Cage. Lasts Few Seconds. Advice?

Hi, thanks for writing to us I am Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi, I am Orthopaedic surgeon and spine specialist. I have studied your case. The cause of frequent problem -this kind of pain is due to compression of nerve because of spinal disc bulge. Nerve compression lead to radiating pain, which aggravated on long time sitting in same particular position. Another differential is pleural pain due to lung inflammation. you may need methylcobalamine , muscle relaxant with analgesic take rest , , hot or cold fomentation avoid lifting weights physiotherapy - SWD ,IFT WILL HELP If pain is not relieved you will need MRI cervical spine. You need clinical examination from surgeon. for further query contact on my profile directly