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Does anyone experience rib pain with their osteoporosis
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 6 12:01am | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
Hi I have had rib pain for 6+ years and I saw a couple of doctors and no one can figure out the cause. It occasionally goes away mysteriously for a few months and then returns. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis just 3 months ago. Now that I’m reading this I wonder if it’s related? But the going away part doesn’t really make sense if that was the cause.
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Your experience is close to mine. My GP identified ‘punch-outs’ occurring on my ribs that appeared to heal and then appear in other areas. At the same time I had a hard fall and broke my pelvis which incidentally healed well. There was no mention at anytime that I had osteoporosis. Although I kept complaining about my rib pain so she sent me to an internal specialist who did a tissue biopsy but results were inconclusive. Now a year later he wants to do a bone biopsy to rule cancer.
The specialist took a tissue biopsy which came back non inconclusive and now a year later he wants to rule out cancer. My blood tests and ct scans show no evidence and I am rethinking going through with a biopsy that may only again be inconclusive.
I would rather just concentrate on my health, with proper nutrition, strength training, balance and intensity and all the other things to go towards living with osteoporosis