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Ribcage - anything to worry about?

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Chocol8 · 13/08/2005 10:30

I noticed yesterday in the mirror that the skin seemed slightly swollen on one side of my rib cage.

When I pulled in my stomach muscles (what there is of them!) - on the swollen side, the midrif goes right in at the bottom of my rib cage, but the other side remains quite flat and doesn't go in like the other side - does that make sense???

Would this be due to the organs inside, or is this quite normal?

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katymac · 13/08/2005 21:19

Don't know Chocol8, but hopefully someone else will if I bump it....

Chocol8 · 14/08/2005 21:00

Thanks Katymac! Still a bit concerned about this as I have checked everyone else I know and their rib cages are equal on both sides.

Don't know if it's connected, but have a sort of vertical indent line with swelling on one side between my boobs which has been like that for months. Should I get it checked out or will I be wasting the docs time?

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Tipex · 14/08/2005 21:14

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Jimjams · 14/08/2005 21:57

Get it checked out - do you mean under your rib cage? The liver etc lies under the rib cage and there is more liver and the spleen on the errr ummm left (I think) hand side (trying to visualise so may have that the wrong way round). Could just be that?

Jimjams · 14/08/2005 21:59

Your stomach hangs around there as well- that can be felt when its full....

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