i had the same condition, taking a deep breath doesn't really help, i guess you should take a visit to the hospital.
I can hardly believe that with so many people having this problem, no one has mentioned the following cure for this pain. My sister and I both had the problem that many of you have posted above. Occasional bouts of sharp stabbing pain when taking a breath, in the rib area near the heart. We had both mentioned it to our GPs thinking that we might have a heart problem. Neither of them had any answers or remedies, and standard tests showed nothing. Years went by and we continued to suffer with the problem off & on. Then one day I mentioned it to my chiropractor. VOILA! He had the answer and fixed the problem on the first visit! My sister and I both had a rib slightly out of place. This can happen doing daily things like gardening or housework. Our ribs move slightly as we move and sometimes one will overlap the another and stay that way. This is what had been causing our pain. One simple chiropractic adjustment fixed it! It still happens every once in a while, but a trip to the chiropractor pops the rib back and I am good to go. See a chiropractor and ask him the check for this. It may be the remedy for you as it was for me and my sister.
Research777 wrote: I believe it is gas pain. If you force a big burp it helps. Sometimes gas from stomach (farting) helps to relieve the pain. When trying to force a burp, I sometime get a sharp pain but many times it helps to reduce or eliminate pain. I have tried fasting and that helps too. But you have got to eat so that is not the solution. I will try taking "prevacid' or gasX. Have not done that on a regular basis.
Last friday i started getting really sick, and on the monday i went to the hospital, they did a strept test and it came back negative so i did another swob test and i've been waiting for my results to come in. the doctor said i probably had influenza. A few days ago, i started getting severe pain in my right side, under the rib cage. It hurts to inhale, i can't take deep breathes at all, it hurts laying down, and the most pain happens when i try to sit up, or when im turning to lay on my side. When i bend over to like pet my dog or something, it feels like something is poking me, and my side is starting to bruise. And today while i was laying down, i got short of breathe, and it felt like someone was applying pressure on my chest, and that feeling won't go away making it even more harder to breathe. Im only 17, and i have no idea whats wrong.
I had this pain also and went to the doctor and he could not find anything wrong so i got loads of tests and x-rays but nothing seemed wrong if you found out ws wrong please let me know. thanks.
i went back to the doctor and i have pneumonia now. and my side that has been bothering me turned out i just pulled all my muscles from coughing so much.
I'm 27 years old and I've been having a problem for a while now. I don't know if it's the same as everyone else. But when I bend to far forward when I stretch or lean, then I get this horrendous bubble like feeling under my right rib toward the closer to the center of my body. It's in the same place every time. It takes my breath away and hurts. I press on the "bubble" and lean as far back as possible as if stretching in the opposite way will cause the bubble to go away. I have no idea what this is and I'm scared. Single mom and all....:-)
Of course you should check with your doctor or other health professional, but it also sounds very much like an anxiety attack. Deep breathing, even though it's hard, would help that. They can come on when you're not specifically thinking anxious thoughts, but are in a stressful life situation, as most of us are in modern life. You are right to listen to your body to hear what it's trying to tell you. Take care of your self.
I have had anxiety for a number of years, and it can feel like a heart attack, or a pain in the side. Try relaxation exercises, meditation, yoga. As a lost option, zanax. That will tell you for sure if it is anxiety. Good luck.
ive been havein these really bad pains in my right rib under my rib cage. it feels like someone is stabin me when ever i take a breath or move just alittle....it got alot better since the first time i noticed but the first time was unbareable. when ever i woke up i couldnt breath at all i had to hold my breath to move and i had to yawnbut when i did it felt so bad i quitly bent over to hold my ribs and i started to cry. when ever i walked i had to walk slow and hold my ribs. befor i had these pains umm me and my bf was makein love and he layed ontop of me the day after i started to feel the pain. i dont kno whats wrong but i need help i dont have no money to go to the docktors and i have no inserence
Hi, I get almost the same thing as everyone else, a pain under my
lungs, both. At first I thought I was developing asthma but obviously
that's not the case. I'm at the stage where I feel a dull pain almost
everyday now but the worst period is when I start exercising. When i run
it's almost like a really bad 'stitch' and it takes about 10 mins to go
away. I figured if I put it out of my mind I barely notice it so i try
to run it off, I have a high pain capability so it's not that bad but
it's just eating away at me. It doesn't matter whether i have eaten or
not... Other than that am in good physical
shape, need to know it just a simple thing, because its getting in the
way of my sport and it's just plain annoying. It doesn't occur at any
other time than at peak exertion, I have heard many different reasons
the most prominent being a collapsed lung. I'm not tall and not
extremely skinny. I train about 5-6 times a week and it started after I
came back from skiing in Mt. Buller but also even a little before that I
think. I'm 15 by the way. Any help would be great, thanks.
I am in pain right now, and have been in pain for days, today it has lasted for hours constant pain, ive been trying to adjust my position and breathing. I have noticed a similar pain that was gas, but this is different, it is a very severe sharp stabbing pain in my lower right chest cavity, that has now extended to my back. It hurts to breath in to deep but even more to breath out...so i have been taking short breaths. it just stops on its own and then returns without any warning...its aweful. I have been experiencing these symptoms for over 3 years...if not longer. I have also had problems with my upper right shoulder shocks...like electricity. im not sure if either are related.
I have had a doctor tell me there is nothing wrong, just stress, and others said it was asthma related. however none of the medcations helped...
im not sure what you guys mean with the bubble feeling, that doessound like the gas pains iv had, they were very similar...
If i should diagnos myself without knowing whats going on, I would say it feels like a rib is floating and stabbing organs...lol I know it sounds funny but its not, thats how it feels. h
hopw we can find the real reason becuase apparently more and more people are expeiencing it.
Well ,i have an ultrasound appointment coming up and by what you wrote, it gives me low expectations that the doctor will find the cause. i have a shocking stabbing pain in my upper rib cage. i had it every 2 months and ignored it because i didnt think it was serious. And now i recently had pain much worse. last week on Sunday it came again when i was sitting on the ground eating ceral. All of a sudden i felt like i could breathe, i couldnt take full breathes because it would hurt even worse. And when my dad came he tried to lift me onto the couch and that was the worst. i screamed because it hurt me even more.it sometimes feel that im going to die and it put me in panic mood, even though the calmer the better. its just so hard because it could happen while driving and that would be bad. i just wish someone knew the cause of this.
I experienced this last night. It felt like a bubble that moved from the right center of my chest around to the right side. It was incredibly painful to breathe, but after about 10 minutes of shallow breathing, it went away. Glad to know that others experience the same issue without it being really serious. I assumed it was either a gas bubble moving around or possibly a blood clot. I took an aspirin and it went away.
sounds like "spontaneous pneumothorax"
I have had this pain in the lower right cage area when breathing intermittently over the last 20 years. Having read the post, it is something the doctors can't really get a handle on. i thought it was muscle strain. However, I found common threads that I could identify with in the replies. I am a tall thin male. Some have suggested it is due to collapsed lung. But because the way pain has to do with breathing. It does make some sense.
Based on this, I tried something that worked....for me.
I read some replies that breathing deeply through it can resolve. You do have to overcome the fear or pain of doing more damaged.
Here's what I did. I took a hot shower and did repetitive deep breathing. What I also did was to massage my right chest/lung area very heavily. Literally shaking up my torso trying to cause some internal movements of the lung.
I did this for about 2 minutes...and then the pain of breathing was no longer there.
I don't know what I did to resolve it. But it seems that whatever I was shaking up inside my torso may have reoriented things and stopped the pain.
Just my theory...but after 20 years, this is something that worked pretty much right away.