Hi. I am 20 years old and a female. The left side of my rib cage sticks out in the front. I never paid it much attention until recently as it seems to have progressively worsened in the degree of sticking out alongside quite severe pain I have been having off and on in my back on the middle-upper left side. I have never seen a doctor over this. But should I?
I completely understood your query pain in unilateral chest can be caused by variety of cause and most common it can be a pleural effusion that causes catchy or sticky pain, for that u need to get a chest X-ray and consult a chest physician or a pulmonologist. Hope this helps u can ask more questions if u feel like