How can you break a rib coughing?

[NotAllThere]

I went to the docs at the beginning of this year because it really hurt everytime I coughed. I hadn't broken a rib, but something close (don't ask me what...). Anyway, he gave me a night time cough suppressant and some nice pain killers. Apparently it's quite common.

[FiveTimes]

friend also broke ribs coughing.

It starts off with a chest infection, then the coughing, then the broken ribs.

Once you have the broken ribs its harder to breathe and you take shallow breathes. This in turn causes problems and he developed Pneumonia.

It took him months to get over it

[DaveB]

I went to the docs at the beginning of this year because it really hurt everytime I coughed. I hadn't broken a rib, but something close (don't ask me what...). Anyway, he gave me a night time cough suppressant and some nice pain killers. Apparently it's quite common.

You probably seperated it. That is, detached it from the cartalage that connects it to the sternum. Painfull, and sod all you can do about it but rest and avoid doing anything strenuous.

It's more likely you can do this through coughing than actually breaking a rib.

[DimPrawn]

I'm no medical expert, but you can definately break wind coughing.

[DaveB]

I'm no medical expert, but you can definately break wind coughing.

I used to have a horse that would sneeze and fart at the same time.