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Should My Elderly Mother Get An X-ray For Rib Pain And Abdominal Distension After A Fall?
My 84 year old mother fell off a bar stool and hit her ribs just under her left breast on the metal legs, it’s been 2 days bruised and in pain thinking she broke a rib now her lower abdomen is distended, what does that mean? Should we have it x-rayed?