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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?
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Are Pain In Mid Back And Heavy Breathing Post An Injury A Cause For Concern?
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