Rib pain on the right side of the chest is considered to be related to soft tissue injury, costochondritis, intercostal neuritis, pleurisy, rib fracture and so on. 1. Soft tissue injury: fall, contusion, sports injury can cause soft tissue injury, mainly to the affected area of swelling, pain. When the right side of the patient’s chest ribs at the soft tissue injury, can be manifested as rib pain phenomenon. 2. Costal chondritis: the cause of the disease is still unclear, may be related to infection, chronic strain, trauma and so on. Typical symptoms of patients with costochondritis include pain in the chest area, redness and swelling of the skin, chest tightness, elevated body temperature, etc. It can also be manifested as rib pain on the right side of the chest. 3. Intercostal neuritis: the disease will cause some patients with rib pain on the right side of the chest, and the pain will be aggravated when coughing, deep breathing or sneezing. Intercostal neuritis is mainly caused by herpes zoster, but also due to nerve compression, trauma and other causes. 4. Pleurisy: mainly related to pathogen infection, pleural mesenchymal tumor, trauma and so on. The main manifestations of patients are chest pain, chest tightness, fever, body fatigue, dyspnea, etc. Some patients will have rib pain on the right side of the chest, and the nature of the pain is tingling or pulling pain. 5. Rib fracture: when the patient has a rib fracture on the right side of the chest, it may be manifested as pain, redness and swelling of the skin, which is easy to aggravate when taking a deep breath, coughing or rotating the body position. Some patients may also have hemopneumothorax and flail chest. Usually rib fractures are traumatic and are caused by direct or indirect violence to the ribs. It is recommended that people with rib pain on the right side of the chest should seek medical attention in order to clarify the condition and then follow the doctor’s instructions.