Fractured rib and cough

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Anyone here actually fractured a rib from coughing?

Yes. It was horrid. Sympathies to you!

Yes. Such an embarrassing reason but soooo sore.

Yes twice, was incredibly painful. I dread getting a cough now 😩

Yes, during my first pregnancy.
I wouldn't recommend it.

Yes. Severe asthma and a CT scan found it.

Very, very painful

Yes! During a bad bout of covid. I had it twice 4 weeks apart and the second time around, I broke a rib and it was AGONY. Codeine was the only thing that vaguely helped as it suppressed the cough. I slept on a wedge pillow with loads of soft pillows to keep me almost upright and coughed kind of hunched over clutching a pillow. Apparently it's not as unusual as you'd think to break a rib coughing!!

Yes when I was 8 months pregnant. Was worse than childbirth!

@ChampagneVan oh you poor love!!!! Yes I said the same at the time, worse than childbirth!!!

Yes, twice.

The worst pain EVER (and I had 2 kids without pain relief).

Yup, twice. Excruciating and no sympathy as there’s no cast for people to see you’ve broken something!!!!

Pressing down around your ribs with your arms or with a pillow helps when you have to cough. And pressing the cartilagey bit of your nose under the tip helps to suppress a sneeze!

I went for an X-ray and it's not actually fractured - I can't believe how painful it is and it's not. Almost wish it was to justify the pain rather than pulled muscles.

It's probably the cartilage...excruciating!!!!