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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Soooo I have really bad ribs from coughing. To be extent that I can hardly move! Muscles between ribs in agony. Paracetamol, ibuprofen, muscle rub, hot water bottle, hot bath. All tried. Limited result.
Anyone got any ideas?
Perhaps nice cuddles? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If it’s muscular, stick an ice pack on it, that’ll help calm down any inflammation.
If you’ve cracked a rib, just have to ride it out. Takes about 4 weeks to improve. I cracked a few ribs boxing training a couple of months back and it really hurt to breathe for ages. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It sounds like you have pulled your intercostal muscles and if that is the case all you can do is to carry on what you have been doing with the hot bath and the muscle rub and it will get better on its own over about a week. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It sounds like you have pulled your intercostal muscles and if that is the case all you can do is to carry on what you have been doing with the hot bath and the muscle rub and it will get better on its own over about a week."
Thank you. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"If it’s muscular, stick an ice pack on it, that’ll help calm down any inflammation.
If you’ve cracked a rib, just have to ride it out. Takes about 4 weeks to improve. I cracked a few ribs boxing training a couple of months back and it really hurt to breathe for ages. "
Cheers.;) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Man up ! ....thats the answer "
Haha believe me, I’m trying. Been hurt many a time at work and usually just man up through it. This is horrendous though  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You might have got costochondritis. It's not serious but is incredibly painful. It can last quite a while too. I've had it a couple of times and wanted to cry every time I coughed, sneezed, breathed in, lay down. |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
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"I had something similar a couple of years ago op. Tried for ages to shift it but to no avail. Turned out I had pleurisy. Hurt like a cunt so it did "
Pleurisy is a fkn nightmare, had it 4 times and double pneumonia twice (I'm just falling to pieces).
Be careful around people with colds and flu, as your immune system will now be lowered xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hubby gets pleurisy and pneumonia because his lungs have been scorched before. He knows he has it without any symptons and with coughing cracked his ribs. so be careful and if it gets worse then GP |
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By *utie91Woman
over a year ago
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See gp ask for better pain relief..
naproxen works better for ribs
You could always try co-codamol instead of paracetamol. You can buy co-codamol over the counter (8/500mg)
Or ur gp can prescribe (30/500mg) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I had something similar a couple of years ago op. Tried for ages to shift it but to no avail. Turned out I had pleurisy. Hurt like a cunt so it did
Pleurisy is a fkn nightmare, had it 4 times and double pneumonia twice (I'm just falling to pieces).
Be careful around people with colds and flu, as your immune system will now be lowered xx "
Strangely enough I've never had a cold since I had it |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I had something similar a couple of years ago op. Tried for ages to shift it but to no avail. Turned out I had pleurisy. Hurt like a cunt so it did
Pleurisy is a fkn nightmare, had it 4 times and double pneumonia twice (I'm just falling to pieces).
Be careful around people with colds and flu, as your immune system will now be lowered xx "
Flipping heck. Didn’t think of that. Thank you. |
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By *os19Man
over a year ago
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"Soooo I have really bad ribs from coughing. To be extent that I can hardly move! Muscles between ribs in agony. Paracetamol, ibuprofen, muscle rub, hot water bottle, hot bath. All tried. Limited result.
Anyone got any ideas?
Perhaps nice cuddles? "
. Just over 5 years ago I was coughing a lot and one after I felt a crunching pain after coughing I went to hospital by ambulance as the pain was that much after X-rays rib number 7 was cracked through coughing nonething I could do other than rest and take prescription pain killers took 3 weeks before I could go back to work. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"sounds like you've done all you can , are you sure its just muscular?"
Not 100% but lungs and chest seem clear. Could be broken ribs but nothing they can do for that anyway x |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
Livingston |
"I had something similar a couple of years ago op. Tried for ages to shift it but to no avail. Turned out I had pleurisy. Hurt like a cunt so it did
Pleurisy is a fkn nightmare, had it 4 times and double pneumonia twice (I'm just falling to pieces).
Be careful around people with colds and flu, as your immune system will now be lowered xx
Strangely enough I've never had a cold since I had it "
Unfortunately, my immune system is totally compromised because of the MS, so I tend to catch anything and everything lol xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"sounds like you've done all you can , are you sure its just muscular?
Not 100% but lungs and chest seem clear. Could be broken ribs but nothing they can do for that anyway x "
hope you feel better soon! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"See gp ask for better pain relief..
naproxen works better for ribs
You could always try co-codamol instead of paracetamol. You can buy co-codamol over the counter (8/500mg)
Or ur gp can prescribe (30/500mg) "
...Or ask me privately and I can get the over the counter (8/500mg) co-codamol into 250mg of codeine  |
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