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Rib symptoms

Rib symptoms: Introduction

Further information about Rib symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Rib symptoms: rib pain, Rib rash, Rib itch, Rib swelling, Rib bruise, Chest expansion, asymmetrical, Abnormal rib number, Barrel chest or other types.

Rib symptoms: Symptoms affecting the ribs. See detailed information below for a list of 157 causes of Rib symptoms, Symptom Checker, Assessment Questionnaire, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Types of Rib symptoms:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Rib symptoms:

• Rib pain (31 causes)
• Rib pain (31 causes)
• Rib rash (21 causes)
• Rib itch (20 causes)
• Rib swelling (24 causes)
• Rib bruise (14 causes)
• Chest expansion, asymmetrical (13 causes)
• Abnormal rib number (19 causes)
• Barrel chest (32 causes)
• Barrel chest in children (13 causes)
• Bumps on ribs (12 causes)
• Costovertebral angle tenderness (11 causes)
• CVA tenderness
• Gradual onset of rib pain (8 causes)
• Intercostal bulging (3 causes)
• Intercostal retractions (17 causes)
• more types...»

See full list of 62 types for Rib symptoms

Rib symptoms: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Rib symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Rib symptoms and Skeletal symptoms (149 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Bone symptoms (127 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Head symptoms (127 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Face symptoms (113 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Developmental problems (109 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Infant symptoms (101 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Growth symptoms (99 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Body symptoms (96 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Poor growth (94 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Chest symptoms (92 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Limb symptoms (89 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Musculoskeletal symptoms (85 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Skull symptoms (84 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Mouth symptoms (81 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Respiratory symptoms (80 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Short stature (72 causes)
• Rib symptoms and Deformity symptoms (68 causes)
• more...»

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Rib symptoms Treatments

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Stories from Users for Rib symptoms

Real-life user stories relating to Rib symptoms:

• severe pain under ribs on right side
• clicking noise under rib cage
• Rib cage clicking-muscle tightness
• rib cage lumps
• Pain in/or under ribs.
• Persistent pain under bottom left rib after colonoscopy
• Broken Ribs Overlaping
• Pain under ribs, spreading up towards chest.
• broken ribs
• Pain under the rib--no answers
• Pain Under My Right Rib
• Nicholas Cage - Love him or hate him?
• pain under my ribs.
• Nicholas Cage - Love him or hate him?
• Persistent pain under bottom left rib after colonoscopy
• I think I seperated my Rib
• Rt Shoulder, neck, and rt rib cage

Message Boards for Rib symptoms

Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Rib symptoms or relevant symptoms:

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• Respiratory (Lungs and Breathing) (313)
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Diagnostic tests for Rib symptoms:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Rib symptoms. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Examine the affected area of the chest looking for swelling, bruising, tenderness and deformity that may indicate rib fractures
  • Examine the lungs for signs of complications from rib fractures such as pneumothorax or lung collapse
  • Examine for signs of Cushing's syndrome such as thin skin, bruising, high blood pressure, stretch marks, proximal muscle weakness, acne, pigmentation, excess hair on face, frontal balding in males, moon face, buffalo hump, truncal obesity, fluid retention
• Blood tests
• more tests...»

See full list of 20 diagnostic tests for Rib symptoms

Rib symptoms: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Rib symptoms may include these symptoms:

• Skeletal symptoms
• Bone symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Face symptoms
• Developmental problems
• Infant symptoms
• Growth symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Chest symptoms (1355 causes)
• Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Research the causes of related medical symptoms such as:

• Rib (157 causes)
• Rib disorder
• Rib pain (31 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Rib symptoms

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Rib symptoms:

• Chest symptoms (1355 causes)
• Heart symptoms (2927 causes)
• Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
• Rib pain (31 causes)
• Rib rash (21 causes)
• Rib itch (20 causes)
• Rib swelling (24 causes)
• Rib bruise (14 causes)
• Chest expansion
• Asymmetrical
• more symptoms...»

Assessment Questionnaire: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Rib symptoms. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.

It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.

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See Rib symptoms Assessment Questionnaire (13 listings)

Rib symptoms: Deaths

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Organs affected by Rib symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Rib symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

• Muscle
• Nerves
• Rib
• Skin

Detailed list of causes of Rib symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Rib symptoms mentioned in various sources:

• 3C syndrome - abnormal rib number
• Achondrogenesis - short ribs
• Achondrogenesis type 2 - short ribs
• Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino Type - short ribs
• Achondrogenesis, type 4 - short ribs
• Acro-pectoro-renal field defect - rib abnormalities
• Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type - abnormal rib number
• more causes...»

See full list of 157 causes of Rib symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Rib symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Rib symptoms. Of the 157 causes of Rib symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 4 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 156 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 157 causes of Rib symptoms

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Rib symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Rib symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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• 3C syndrome ... abnormal rib number

A

• Achondrogenesis ... short ribs
• Achondrogenesis type 2 ... short ribs
• Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino Type ... short ribs
• Achondrogenesis, type 4 ... short ribs
• Acro-pectoro-renal field defect ... rib abnormalities
• Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type ... abnormal rib number
• Acute Tracheitis ... Intercostal retractions
• Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus ... abnormal rib number
• Allain Babin Demarquez syndrome ... narrow rib cage
• Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency ... barrel-shaped chest
• Arthrogryposis IUGR thoracic dystrophy ... narrow rib cage
• Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, distal, X-linked ... narrow rib cage
• Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy ... short ribs
• Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy 2 ... short ribs
• Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy 3 ... short ribs
• Atelosteogenesis, type 2 ... short ribs
• Aural atresia -- multiple congenital anomalies -- mental retardation ... abnormal rib number
• Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum ... rib abnormalities

B

• Beemer-Langer syndrome ... short ribs
• Boomerang dysplasia ... narrow rib cage
• Bornholm disease ... rib muscle tenderness
• Bowing, congenital, short bones ... short ribs
• Brittle bone syndrome lethal type ... thin ribs

C

• Campomelia Cumming type ... abnormal rib number
• Camurati-Engelmann Disease ... changes in ribs
• Caudal appendage -- deafness ... rib abnormalities
• Centronuclear myopathy, congenital ... thin ribs
• Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome ... rib abnormalities
• Chondrodysplasia -- disorder of sex development ... short ribs, narrow rib cage
• Chondrodysplasia -- pseudohermaphrodism ... short ribs, narrow rib cage
• Chondroectodermal dysplasia ... short ribs
• Chromosome 1, deletion q21 q25 ... abnormal rib number
• Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q4 ... abnormal rib number
• Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome ... thin ribs
• Chromosome 19q, partial duplication ... barrel shaped chest
• Chromosome 22 Ring ... thin ribs
• Chromosome 3, monosomy 3q13 ... narrow rib cage
• Chromosome 8, monosomy 8q ... Barrel chest
• Chromosome 8p deletion syndrome ... barrel chest
• Chromosome 8p duplication syndrome ... barrel chest
• Chromosome 8p mosaic tetrasomy ... rib abnormalities
• Chronic laryngotracheitis ... Intercostal retractions
• Costocoracoid ligament, congenitally short ... narrow rib cage
• Craniofacial dysostosis -- arthrogryposis -- progeroid appearence ... narrow rib cage
• Craniomicromelic syndrome ... narrow rib cage
• Cushing's disease ... Rib fractures
• Cushing's syndrome ... rib fractures

D

• Del (3) (q11-q21) ... barrel chest
• Deletion 8q ... Barrel chest
• Diaphragmatic hernia, congenital ... barrel-shaped chest
• Diflucan -- Teratogenic Agent ... thin ribs
• Dwarfism -- tall vertebrae ... thin ribs, narrow ribcage
• Dwarfism -- thin bones -- multiple fractures ... thin ribs
• Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... barrel chest

E

• Ellis-van Creveld syndrome ... Short ribs
• Eosinophilic granuloma ... rib tumor

F

• Facioskeletalgenital syndrome, Rippberger type ... rib abnormalities
• Faye-Petersen-Ward-Carey syndrome ... narrow rib cage
• Fibrochondrogenesis ... thin ribs, short ribs
• Fluconazole -- Teratogenic Agent ... thin ribs
• Francois dyscephalic syndrome ... thin ribs

G

• Game-Friedman-Paradice syndrome ... abnormal rib number
• Gigantism partial -- nevi -- hemihypertrophy -- macrocephaly ... coarse ribs
• Gracile bone dysplasia ... thin ribs
• Greenberg dysplasia ... narrow rib cage

H

• Heart defects -- limb shortening ... rib abnormalities, narrow rib cage
• HEM dysplasia ... narrow rib cage
• Herrmann Opitz arthrogryposis syndrome ... rib abnormalities
• Herrmann-Opitz craniosynostosi ... abnormal rib number
• Hip cancer ... rib pain, rib fractures from minimal trauma
• Hydrocephalus -- costovertebral dysplasia -- Sprengel anomaly ... rib abnormalities
• Hypophosphatasia ... short ribs, rib fractures
• Hypothalamic hamartomas ... short ribs

I

• Inheritable disorders of connective tissue ... Barrel chest

J

• Jaffe-Lichtenstein syndrome ... rib pain, rib swelling
• Jeune syndrome ... short ribs

K

• Keutel syndrome ... calcification of rib cartilage
• Kniest dysplasia ... barrel-shaped chest

L

• Larsen-like syndrome, lethal form ... narrow rib cage
• Larsen-like syndrome, lethal type ... narrow rib cage
• Lethal chondrodysplasia, Moerman type ... abnormal rib number, narrow rib cage
• Lethal congenital contracture syndrome (LCCS) ... thin ribs
• Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 ... thin ribs
• Lobstein disease ... rib abnormalities
• Lutz-Richner-Landolt syndrome ... barrel chest

M

• Manouvrier syndrome ... abnormal rib number
• Maroteaux-Stanescu-Cousin syndrome ... narrow rib cage
• Meconium aspiration syndrome ... barrel-shaped chest, intercostal retractions
• Melhem-Fahl syndrome ... abnormal rib number
• Mental retardation -- blepharophimosis -- obesity -- web neck ... narrow rib cage
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type ... narrow rib cage
• Metatropic dwarfism ... short ribs
• Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, Toriello type ... abnormal rib number
• Microcephaly -- seizures -- mental retardation -- heart disorders ... rib abnormalities
• Microlissencephaly -- micromelia ... abnormal rib number
• Micromelic dwarfism, Fryns type ... narrow rib cage
• Multiple Myeloma ... rib pain, rib tumor
• Multiple pterygium syndrome ... rib abnormalities

N

• Nivelon-Nivelon-Mabille syndrome ... short ribs, narrow rib cage

O

• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type VIII ... barrel-shaped chest
• Osteoporosis, severe -- shortened long bones -- white sclerae ... barrel-shaped chest
• Oto-Palatal-digital syndrome ... thin ribs
• Oto-palato-digital syndrome, type 2 ... thin ribs

P

• Periodic paralysis, potassium-sensitive, cardiodysrythmic type ... thin ribs
• Pfeiffer syndrome Type 3 ... rib abnormalities
• Pfeiffer Syndrome Type III ... Rib abnormalities
• Piepkorn karp hickoc syndrome ... short ribs, narrow ribcage
• Platyspondylic lethal chondrodysplasia ... short ribs
• Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type ... short ribs
• Powell-Chandra-Saal syndrome ... rib abnormalities
• Proteus Syndrome ... coarse ribs
• Proximal spinal muscular atrophy ... abnormal rib number

R

• Rathburn disease ... narrow rib cage
• Renal dysplasia -- limb defects syndrome ... rib abnormalities
• Rhizomelic dysplasia, scoliosis, and retinitis pigmentosa ... short ribs
• Rib fracture ... Rib swelling, Rib bruising
• Rib Tumor ... rib pain, rib fractures from minimal trauma
• Rommen-Mueller-Sybert syndrome ... abnormal rib number

S

• Schneckenbecken dysplasia ... short ribs
• Seghers syndrome ... rib abnormalities
• Severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans ... short ribs
• Short rib -- polydactyly syndrome ... narrow rib cage, short ribs
• Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Majewski type ... short ribs
• Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Saldino-Noonan type ... short ribs
• Short ribs -- craniosynostosis -- polysyndactyly ... short ribs, narrow ribcage
• Short stature, Brussels type ... narrow rib cage, short ribs
• Shwachman syndrome ... short ribs
• Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome ... Short ribs
• Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type ... short ribs
• Sketetal dysplasia coarse facies mental retardation ... thin ribs
• Smith-Martin-Dodd syndrome ... narrow rib cage
• Spondylocostal dysostosis, autosomal recessive ... abnormal rib number
• Spondylocostal dysostosis, Dandy-Walker ... narrow rib cage
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia, Aggrecan Type ... barrel chest
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, micromelic ... narrow rib cage
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenita ... barrel chest
• Stuve-Wiedemann dysplasia ... thin ribs
• Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome ... thin ribs

T

• Tel-Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome ... narrow rib cage
• Tetraamelia -- multiple malformations ... abnormal rib number
• Thanatophoric dysplasia ... Short ribs
• Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1 ... short ribs
• Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2 ... short ribs
• Thin ribs -- tubular bones -- dysmorphism ... thin ribs
• Thoracic dysplasia -- hydrocephalus syndrome ... narrow rib cage, short ribs
• Thoracolimb dysplasia, Rivera type ... short ribs, narrow rib cage
• Thoracopelvic dysostosis ... rib abnormalities, short ribs
• Tietze's syndrome ... rib swelling
• Trigonocephaly -- ptosis -- coloboma ... rib abnormalities
• Trisomy 13 mosaicism ... thin ribs
• Tsukuhara syndrome ... abnormal rib number
• Type II Achondrogenesis-Hypochondrogenesis ... short ribs

U

• Upton Young syndrome ... Rib abnormalities

V

• Vertebral fracture ... Rib pain

W

• Waaler Aarskog syndrome ... Rib abnormalities

Conditions listing medical complications: Rib symptoms:

The following list of medical conditions have Rib symptoms or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

W

• Whooping Cough ... broken rib

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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Rib symptoms?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Rib symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

• General practitioner
• Emergency physician
• Dermatologist
• Orthopaedic surgeon
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Classifications of Rib symptoms:

Subtypes of Rib symptoms:

Rib pain (31 causes), Rib pain (31 causes), Rib rash (21 causes), Rib itch (20 causes), Rib swelling (24 causes), Rib bruise (14 causes), Chest expansion, asymmetrical (13 causes), Abnormal rib number (19 causes), Barrel chest (32 causes), Barrel chest in children (13 causes), Bumps on ribs (12 causes), Costovertebral angle tenderness (11 causes), CVA tenderness, Gradual onset of rib pain (8 causes), Intercostal bulging (3 causes), Intercostal retractions (17 causes), Intermittent rib pain (10 causes), Intermittent rib pain on both sides (9 causes), Intermittent rib pain on one side (10 causes), Narrow rib cage (34 causes), Pain below the 12th rib (12 causes), Painful rib cage in children (5 causes), Rib abnormalities (21 causes), Rib pain on both sides (7 causes), Ribcage hurt (4 causes), Severe rib pain on one side (13 causes), Sports related stress fractures of the ribs (5 causes), Sudden onset of rib pain (13 causes), Intercostal rib retractions (14 causes), rib bruise (14 causes), rib rash (21 causes), rib swelling (24 causes), rib itch (20 causes)

Medical Conditions associated with Rib symptoms:

Chest symptoms (1355 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)

Symptoms related to Rib symptoms:

Chest symptoms (1355 causes), Heart symptoms (2927 causes), Bone symptoms (2907 causes), Rib pain (31 causes), Rib rash (21 causes), Rib itch (20 causes), Rib swelling (24 causes), Rib bruise (14 causes), Chest expansion, Asymmetrical

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