Adults with high ribs and low ribs, if the symptoms are more serious, may cause harm mainly for the compression of thoracic organs, thus affecting the cardiopulmonary function, causing people to have poor breathing, shortness of breath, panic, and even respiratory distress and other symptoms. According to the difference in the height of adult ribs, it can be categorized into two situations, one is that the high side of the ribs is normal, and the low side is pathologically sunken; the second is that the high side of the ribs is pathologically elevated, and the low side is normal. The former is more harmful and may cause pressure on the heart, lungs and other organs, resulting in thoracic cavity deformity, thus affecting the body’s normal breathing. If the height of the adult rib cage is normal on the low side and pathologically elevated on the high side, it will not cause compression of the thoracic cavity organs, and the harm is relatively small. Usually, there is no obvious discomfort, so it can not be specially treated for the time being, but it should be regularly observed through imaging examinations and other means to observe the changes in the height of the ribs, and it should be dealt with in time if there is any change in the condition. If adults have high ribs on one side and low ribs on the other side, they should go to the hospital in time for examination, make a clear diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to carry out the corresponding treatment, in order to prevent the condition from worsening and causing other physical discomfort.