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Suggest Treatment For Intense Rib Pain Caused By An Injury
Three days ago I tripped whilst running across the road and I landed hard on my left chest, with some of the force also taken by my left hand. The pain in my left chest/rib area has been quite sore but last night when I went to put a bag down on the floor, I felt a serious popping sound in my ribs followed by intense pain. The pain is now much worse than three days ago and it s hard for me to move around. My breathing is also quite shallow as it hurts when i take a full breath... Should I go to A&E or should I just rest it?
Thu, 10 Apr 2014
Hi
Thanks for writing your query
After going through your suffering, the pain may be relieved by following measure along with the drugs like aceclofenac,ibuprofen-
1. Avoiding unnecessary exercise or activities that make the symptoms worse; until there is improvement in symptoms, and then return to normal activities only as tolerated.
2. Rib belt along with hot water fomentation helps.
As far as outlook it is usually self limiting and may go away of its own..
If the pain and breathing difficulty increases you may contact emergency room (ER).Hope this information suffices and I shall be glad to answer any further query.
Take care and wish you good health
Regards
Dr.chugh http://bit.ly/drmchugh
Thanks for writing your query
After going through your suffering, the pain may be relieved by following measure along with the drugs like aceclofenac,ibuprofen-
1. Avoiding unnecessary exercise or activities that make the symptoms worse; until there is improvement in symptoms, and then return to normal activities only as tolerated.
2. Rib belt along with hot water fomentation helps.
As far as outlook it is usually self limiting and may go away of its own..
If the pain and breathing difficulty increases you may contact emergency room (ER).Hope this information suffices and I shall be glad to answer any further query.
Take care and wish you good health
Regards
Dr.chugh http://bit.ly/drmchugh
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