having a extra lower left rib what medical condition is this?
Had an x-ray 10yrsa ago didn't bother me then but now if I bend over to pick anything or try to put my shoes on it gets hard to breathe and my heart starts racing. I think the rib is pushing on nerves, muscles, veins. I just want to know what that is, I want to be diagnosed. I have no health insurance.
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I don't think it has a name per se. Its just called an extra rib and usually has no health issues. https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/rib-deformities-children ************You may want to get insurance first before visiting your doctor. About 1 in 200 people are born with an extra rib called a cervical rib, but this is at the top by the collar bone.
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I never heard of that. Perhaps 'freak' would be acceptable.
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Linda Joy About 1 in 200 people are born with an extra rib called a cervical rib. -
B.H. Wilson
Gee, maybe I have one. I think 'cervical' refers to the neck area. Wait. I am not a 'pencil necked geek'!
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