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Suggest Treatment For Broken Ribs

I think I broke my rib on left side 1 week ago - roller coaster. Never got X-ray. Anyway, very painful as expected. But today the pain is even worse, mobility is worse, not better. Hurts when I take deep breath too. I saw my doc right after it happened, she didn t do X-rays, as there is no treatment. Gave me patches for pain. Is it common for pain to get worse as it heals?
posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2015
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hi,
normally the pain in the chest following an injury to ribs settles in about 6 weeks, and we usually do not need an X ray as this does not do anything beyond identification, rib fractures usually heal by itself and all you have to manage is pain. but keep taking deep breaths, and with time things will settle.
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Suggest Treatment For Broken Ribs

hi, normally the pain in the chest following an injury to ribs settles in about 6 weeks, and we usually do not need an X ray as this does not do anything beyond identification, rib fractures usually heal by itself and all you have to manage is pain. but keep taking deep breaths, and with time things will settle.