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Are Pain In Mid Back And Heavy Breathing Post An Injury A Cause For Concern?
63 years old female just fall down the stairs from top floor to basement floor. Reported right mid-back pain and difficult to breath(heavy breathing). Also, reported with left shoulder pain and leg injury on the left side. She is currently laying on the bed which she felt a little more comfortable but the pain persists. She is waiting for her son to be back in around an hour to go to the hospital. Is there any thing I can do or will the waiting endangered her situation?
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
Hello,
If she is still having difficulty with shortness of breath, she should go into the ER where they can do imaging studies and possibly a D-dimer test.
There are a number of things that could have happened which need to be looked into including a fractured vertebra.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, General & Family Physician
If she is still having difficulty with shortness of breath, she should go into the ER where they can do imaging studies and possibly a D-dimer test.
There are a number of things that could have happened which need to be looked into including a fractured vertebra.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, General & Family Physician
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