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What Causes Rib Pain Despite A Normal EKG Report?

I have a paranoid fear of having a heart attack. I was really hysterical this one day 2 months ago so i went to the ER with my parents. I had pain in certain areas, mostly my ribs, but my EKG was completely normal and my chest xray was fine. However, my dad has AFIB and he has been in the hospital 3 times bc of it. I m just worried
Fri, 27 Oct 2017
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The features of the pain you described mostly points towards non-cardiac problem likely to be musculoskeletal in origin that will respond to an appropriate painkiller. AFIB is not an uncommon finding in middle to elderly aged individuals though it can be a sequale of an underlying cardiac problem.
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What Causes Rib Pain Despite A Normal EKG Report?

The features of the pain you described mostly points towards non-cardiac problem likely to be musculoskeletal in origin that will respond to an appropriate painkiller. AFIB is not an uncommon finding in middle to elderly aged individuals though it can be a sequale of an underlying cardiac problem.