Chest hurts when inhaling

I thought I'd ask some of you zity goers with real medical experience and training,

The other night I was at a party and we did that thing where you find out someone's real laugh by lightly pressing on their chest. The night afterwards, my chest hurt when I inhaled deeply. I thought it might be gas or soreness, but this is the second night and it still hurts. I haven't felt dizzy or shortness of breath. How do I make my chest stop hurting?

You probably injured a costal cartilage or possibly (unlikely) broke or greenstick fractured a rib.

You might need to sleep on your back to be comfortable.

Don't do that again. (You probably figured that out.)

If the pain is sharp and increased with inspiration it's probably costochondritis or chest wall pain. I can hardly imagine if would be a fracture. At your age other causes would be remote.

Very fancy Liquidsky. 😁 😁 😁

Costochondritis is the term for what I said when I said he injured a costal cartilage.

I've had peri-costochondritis twice and it hurts like hell. My F.P. Dr. told me it's usually caused by a viral infection of the rib cartilage. A rib belt was the only thing that helped, along with analgesics. I think he put me on Tylenol # 3.