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Does Rib Injury Cause Pain And Twinges In The Rib?

A couple of months ago i fell about 5 foot from a ladder landing on a concrete floor injuring my ribs in several places on my left side. For the last couple of weeks i am feeling an increasing burning feeling and twinges under the bottom of my ribs and around to my left side and am wondering if i have have now damaged anything else in the fall? Thank you for your time.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,

Rib injuries are one of most painful injuries because the injuried bone moves with every respiraion.The present burning pain and other associated featurs are associated symptoms of our injury.

You should only concern ,if there is excessive redness at injured area,difficulty in respiration or there is blood in sputum.

Present symptoms does not warrants to take more steps.Please continue to take analgesic,take rest ,avoid lifting heavy weight.It may take 3-4 weeks to have relief.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari
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Does Rib Injury Cause Pain And Twinges In The Rib?

Hello, Rib injuries are one of most painful injuries because the injuried bone moves with every respiraion.The present burning pain and other associated featurs are associated symptoms of our injury. You should only concern ,if there is excessive redness at injured area,difficulty in respiration or there is blood in sputum. Present symptoms does not warrants to take more steps.Please continue to take analgesic,take rest ,avoid lifting heavy weight.It may take 3-4 weeks to have relief. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Mukesh Tiwari