Sore ribs

[pinkiefriend]

Hello, recently i have had really bad flu and it gave me a huge cough. Since then my cough has gone but i have been left with really sore ribs. It's quite sore around my back, where my sholder blade is on the right hand side and its sore under my boob area also on the right hand side. It's been sore for about 2 weeks now. I've not when to the docs bacause everyone says that they cant do anything for sore ribs. Now I'm starting to worry though because it's not getting any better. Any ideas what it could be?

[Cathyhuns]

It could be a pulled muscle through coughing violently or it could be pleurisy - but that is usually very, very painful. It's worth getting it checked out by the docs because pleurisy needs treatment to heal successfully.