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What Causes Pain In Ribs After Awakening?
Hi. Most mornings I wake up and my ribs really ache, I m not sure why. I don t sleep very well at night and often moving around. But sometimes they ache that bad I can hardly move. Any suggestions that might explain what this is or why this happens? Many thanks Louise.
Mon, 1 Jun 2020
Hi,
Pain in your ribs can be due to various reasons. so we need to have a detailed history and examination for that. First of all you need to rule out any kind of injury/ trauma to the ribs. rib pain can be due to pulled muscles and rib fractures.
Sometimes due to underlying inflammation (swelling ) of the lungs v, this kind of pain can occur. Besides diseases of bones like calcium or vitamin d deficiency can be associated with such kinds of pains. These are the common causes. I will suggest that you should take some painkillers, apply the pain-relieving gel. If still, it does not improve then you should get some investigations done like vitamin d levels, calcium, X-ray chest, and complete blood count.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Milinda Gupta, Internal Medicine Specialist
Pain in your ribs can be due to various reasons. so we need to have a detailed history and examination for that. First of all you need to rule out any kind of injury/ trauma to the ribs. rib pain can be due to pulled muscles and rib fractures.
Sometimes due to underlying inflammation (swelling ) of the lungs v, this kind of pain can occur. Besides diseases of bones like calcium or vitamin d deficiency can be associated with such kinds of pains. These are the common causes. I will suggest that you should take some painkillers, apply the pain-relieving gel. If still, it does not improve then you should get some investigations done like vitamin d levels, calcium, X-ray chest, and complete blood count.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Milinda Gupta, Internal Medicine Specialist
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