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Suggest Treatment For Bruise And Burns On Stomach Due To Accident

Hello, I am fifteen and today I got in a prety bad car accident on the highway. The medics offered to take me to the hospital, but I did not end up going. I was just going to wait and see how things went. I have burn marks on my neck and face from the air bag and seat belt I m guessing, but my stomach has about four different areas of brusing/burns. It hurts to the touch and it kind of hurts to breathe, so i m not sure what that is associeted with. Do you have any input, information, or suggestions? Thanks so much
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi dear ,
I can understand your concern regarding your health at this point of time .I think you might be having some internal injury like pneumothorax or hemothorax .Many trauma patients have injuries that are not apparent on the initial physical exam.So ,in your case I will advise you to undergo FAST Exam(Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma).please rate the answer if you found it helpful.best wishes for good health.
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Dr.Harpreet Kaur
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Suggest Treatment For Bruise And Burns On Stomach Due To Accident

Hi dear , I can understand your concern regarding your health at this point of time .I think you might be having some internal injury like pneumothorax or hemothorax .Many trauma patients have injuries that are not apparent on the initial physical exam.So ,in your case I will advise you to undergo FAST Exam(Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma).please rate the answer if you found it helpful.best wishes for good health. regards Dr.Harpreet Kaur