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What Causes Sharp Pain In The Ribs?
My 80 year old mother got up from couch today and experienced Sharp pain under her ribs around to her back. She then had chills so bad that she turn her ac off and wrapped up in 2 blankets to get warm. She said it took about 45 minutes to stop shaking with chills. I spoke with her several hrs later and she said she felt fine. No pain. What would cause this
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
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Possible causes may be
1.GERD with aspiration
2.pleuracy
3.post nasal drip cause allergic variant of cough
4.cough variant of asthma
5.inhalation of any domestic fumes
Just give steam inhalation and consult your doctor he may advice proper medicine.
Thank you for trusting HCM
Possible causes may be
1.GERD with aspiration
2.pleuracy
3.post nasal drip cause allergic variant of cough
4.cough variant of asthma
5.inhalation of any domestic fumes
Just give steam inhalation and consult your doctor he may advice proper medicine.
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