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What Causes Pain Under The Left Rib Cage After A Fall?

I fell and as I fell from my bed trying to catch a glass of water on the night stand the top drawer was open and i landed on the corner of the drawer.i have extreme pain in my whole left side ribs.i can t reach or bend down with extreme pain this happened last Friday
Mon, 27 Aug 2018
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Hi,

It could be muscle injury but it also could be a rib fracture and we need to do a X-ray to rule that out.

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What Causes Pain Under The Left Rib Cage After A Fall?

Hi, It could be muscle injury but it also could be a rib fracture and we need to do a X-ray to rule that out. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.