Whether rib pain caused by cough can be cured by itself cannot be generalized, the pain triggered by muscle pulling caused by cough can be cured by itself in general, while rib pain caused by coughing due to bone metastasis of lung cancer cannot be cured by itself in general. Cough-induced rib pain is mostly seen in pneumonia, acute bronchitis, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, pleurisy and other diseases. It is usually relieved after a period of treatment according to the cause. If the cough is caused by acute bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases, the pain symptoms can be relieved after about 1 week of treatment. For elderly and frail patients, treatment is usually required for about 3 months to recover. If it is a malignant tumor, there may be bone metastasis, the patient is coughing, stimulation of the ribs to produce pain, as well as lesions involved in the pleura, changes in the thoracic cavity resulting in pleural pulling pain, generally impossible to cure. Cough causes rib pain, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.