What is the pain in the right side of the rib cage?

The symptoms of right-sided rib pain may be due to the following reasons: 1. Lifting heavy objects, strenuous exercise, sudden sneezing, and continuous violent coughing can cause damage to soft tissues such as the muscles and fascia of the chest, which can stimulate the intercostal nerves and cause right-sided rib pain. The location of the lesion is in the muscles and other soft tissues, but it feels like rib pain, which is the most common cause of rib pain. 2. Sudden and strong external forces can lead to rib fractures, especially in middle-aged and elderly people who have varying degrees of osteoporosis, and the slightest external force can cause fractures and local pain symptoms. The more characteristic performance of patients with rib fractures is the sensation of bone rubbing against bone, or even ringing, when moving the chest substantially.3. Patients with costochondritis will have symptoms of rib pain. However, it is mostly concentrated in the rib cartilage of the anterior chest, and the pain is accompanied by local swelling.