Firstly, I'm from Malaysia and I'm 22
I have been suffering from pain in my
right side in my rib area..I have had this
pain for nearly 2 and half years but it
getting more worst recently..it feel like
something stabbing on my right rib..I will
fill the pain for about 5 to 7 minutes..it
happens 2 or more times daily..I been
search on the internet about this pain,
and some of it, said maybe i got a lung
cancer..can you tell what really happened
to my body and do i seriously got a
cancer?please someone out there help me
because I'm going nuts with all this pain
and sickness
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critical care RN
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 92
Posted: 05-08-07 21:44pm
lung cancer rarely presents as pain.
Usually shortness of breath or more
commonly a relentless cough. Could be many
different things such as Pleuritis or
Inflammation of the lung lining. Strain of
the intercostal muscles. Fractured rib.
The best thing to do is get a check up and
a chest x-ray.
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