Painful rib syndrome, anyone had this?

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Dd has been diagnosed with this after daily episodes of acute pain for a year. Dr says they don't know what causes it and it's difficult to treat. He's prescribed regular ibuprofen. Google doesn't really bring much up.

Anyone had it? Found anything which helped?

i was prescribed naproxen for the pain. on me you can see and feel the swelling but everyone is different

This sounds familiar to something I got mainly in my teenage years (and about 3 times a year now I'm in my 20s.

I never got a diagnosis though, just told to stop making up lies...

Your DD is aneamic, has low vit d and is experiencing frequent bouts of pain? Has she been tested for Coeliac and UC, Crohn's disease?

I would be inclined to visit a chiropractor, particularly a McTimoney trained chiropractor who do a gentle whole body technique and will assess the ribs. They can work in conjunction with your GP too.

About Christmas I was in a lot of pain in my left side. Doctor said I had a floating rib. Now when it sets off I get stabbing pain right in to my left breast and my side. Doctor has said maybe a vitamin d deficiency. But I’m sure it’s the rib. Any help would be great x

Kwright Its hopefully not this but I had the same as that and was puzzled. Went on for 6 months or so, pain in right rib, sometimes going to bottom centre of right breast and also going down side of me to right hip. After 6 months or so a big lump appeared in right breast which turned out to be lobular breast cancer which forms a lump at the end. Its very unlikely to be this but check - at this stage there weren't that many signs in the breast - later on there was a few skin changes, if put arm up breast distorted, breasts looked different from each other if arm up, this type grows like a spiders web so initially its like lots of tiny lumps which clump together at end. The pain went when I had breast surgery, vit D plus calcium does help but any indication of anything in breast get checked out asap. My first GP refused and so mine got picked up quite late but if it had been picked up at this stage there would have been much less treatment needed. Hope yours is something much more innocent and probably is.

Does she have any other symptoms like numbness, pins and needles, vision problems OP? Has GP referred to Paediatrician?

Dd gets this and indeed has been told by an 80yo locum. dr that it was “painful rib syndrome”. Wonder if it was the same locum?

she also has low vit d and is anaemic (by the way ask for a coeliac test for your Dd as is anyone investigating the malabsorption). Low Vit d can cause really unusual pains.

couple of years later she got diagnosed with EDS which makes this sort of rib pain more common. Another dr has said she also has costachronditis.

she had a bad attack last week and the GP sent her to hospital that day for a “lung scan”. I wasn’t there and am only going off what Dd told me but it sounds like she had an ultrasound, they told her the muscles round one of her lungs was inflamed. 🤷‍♀️ Then sent her home.

Omg not only is this is a zombie thread but have just realised I was the OP under a name I didn’t use for long! So I’m giving advice to myself. 😂😂😂😂😂

@QuebecBagnet hahaha!

on a separate note, sounds like Bornholm disease.

I have Tietzes and that’s incredibly painful - as well as pretty rare so I’m always having to explain to HCPs what it is! A cocktail of pain meds, anti inflammatory and heat treatments help me but during extremely painful flares I have to go to hospital for pain management ( I have a pain protocol ).

I also watch what I eat, because too much salt, sugar or foods containing MSG can set it off alongside stress, too much physical activity and even laughing too much 🙄

Your poor DD… I hope she gets some respite soon. I would call the GP back and ask about Tietzes ( tee-et-zees) and if they don’t know ask for someone in the surgery who does! Orrrrr do what I do and say it’s similar to costocondritis. When I say that, most HCPs are like “ahhhh ok” and they seem more familiar with that.

Omg zombie thread 🙈🤣 well I hope the OP is well and her DD is doing ok :)

Hope you are ok now? I have had both breasts checked and had a X-ray. The pain all started when I got the floating rib x

She had pain in breast?

I’m on naproxen now. Where was your pain?