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Pain In The Shoulder After The Fall. Feeling Weakness In The Arm And Difficulty In Breathing. Need Treatment?
hi i am 43 years old last week approximately 10 days ago i fell down and landed on my left shoulder that hurt for a few days and banged my face / side of head on concrete floor. over the last week i have felt very tired early in the day even got up at 8.am and had to go back to bed by 2.pm also have no strength in my left arm and my breathing is very hard like astma also can not move arm over shoulder height mark
Tue, 13 Aug 2013
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It might be soft tissue injury or fracture over shoulder. Difficulty in breathing could be due to fracture rib.
Without X-ray, it is difficult to differentiate a fracture from others. I suggest you to consult an orthopaedician nearby for a detailed examination. You may get the X-ray of the area affected under his/her guidance.
In the interim, you can take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin to reduce pain and inflammation. Avoid lifting and rest well.
Hope this helps you. You can consult me again directly through my profile http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-saurabh-gupta/64132
Regards.
Thanks for writing to us.
It might be soft tissue injury or fracture over shoulder. Difficulty in breathing could be due to fracture rib.
Without X-ray, it is difficult to differentiate a fracture from others. I suggest you to consult an orthopaedician nearby for a detailed examination. You may get the X-ray of the area affected under his/her guidance.
In the interim, you can take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin to reduce pain and inflammation. Avoid lifting and rest well.
Hope this helps you. You can consult me again directly through my profile http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-saurabh-gupta/64132
Regards.
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To clearly answer your question we need little more information - did you get un concious after the fall , was their any vomiting , do you have head aches, do you have difficulty in vision ?
Your symptoms are suggestive of two possibilities -
1. Cranial nerve injury - leading to arm weakness and difficulty in breathing (vagal nerve injury - diaphramatic palsy) , leading to carbon dioxide retension hence excessive sleepyness.
2. Possible small intracranial bleed leading to all the above symptoms.
Its better you get your self examined at the earliest and you may require CT scan of head and neck region.
I hope you find my answer helpful
regards
Dr.Sanjukta Bose
thanks for using healthcare magic
To clearly answer your question we need little more information - did you get un concious after the fall , was their any vomiting , do you have head aches, do you have difficulty in vision ?
Your symptoms are suggestive of two possibilities -
1. Cranial nerve injury - leading to arm weakness and difficulty in breathing (vagal nerve injury - diaphramatic palsy) , leading to carbon dioxide retension hence excessive sleepyness.
2. Possible small intracranial bleed leading to all the above symptoms.
Its better you get your self examined at the earliest and you may require CT scan of head and neck region.
I hope you find my answer helpful
regards
Dr.Sanjukta Bose
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