DH has chest/rib pain. Any ideas as to what it could be

[dejags]

DH was admitted about a month ago for a gastroscopy due to chronic indigestion/acid reflux and intermittent difficulty swallowing.

It all came back clear and the doctor attributed a lot of the problem to stress (our newborn daughter was critically ill and the problems started shortly thereafter).

He is now also suffering from chest/rib pain. He says it feels like muscular pain and it comes and goes.

He had a chest x-ray two months ago for our visa in Australia which came back normal.

So the question is, is what is causing this rib pain. The first time he had it - it lasted 5 days and was just on one side only.

This time he has been suffering for about 5-7 days (2nd bout in less a month) but it is a general pain across his ribcage - again he says it feels muscular.

I have read it might possibly to do with the reflux.

Does anybody have any advice or suffered similar?

DH gets this, it is muscular. A round of golf normally sorts it.

Really - that's weird, because DH says he feels that if could spend a bit of time getting fit, it may go away.

What does your DH do for pain relief when he does get it?

Have just checked, he says it is an inflamed sternum. Some ibobrufen and some stretching exercises if he can not get a game of golf in.

Some stretching exercises a la I must, I must increase my bust, think Barbara Windsor.

Cool I'll try him on Ibuprofen.

Thanks :-)

After insisting on another chest x-ray late yesterday, it turns out that DH has a sizeable Pneumothorax .

He is having surgery today to find the "leak" patch it up and reinflate the lung.

Poor love has been in agony.

crikey dejags - hope it goes well