I went snowboarding for only my second time without my insturctor with a whole lot of my guy friends on monday and they took me up to the top of a black dimond and just left me. So I was going down and i biffed it bad and landed right on my chest. It hurts to breath, and i got the hecupps so it hurts really really bad. It hurts to talk to move the slitest bit and to walk hurts too. It hurts even worse when i lay down. Even to touch near them hurts. But when i do touch them it feels......not like a rib, like it has a dip. How can I tell if I broke my ribs?
2007-01-03 11:50:39 · 5 answers · asked by Alexa A 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
I answered this one already
The best way to find a broken rib is with your fingers. X-rays can miss a broken rib if the fracture is undisplaced (ie. if the bits are all in the right place and there is just a crack in the rib)
Do it the same way your doctor will do it:
poke your ribs gently in every spot you can reach
if you find one area of the rib where it is extra ouchie (particularly if you feel the crunching of bone moving against bone) that is probably a rib fracture
It is common to find a big patch which hurts - this is probably a bruise. These can hurt just like the rib fractures and they will hurt if you take a deep breath too (just like the rib fractures).
Take some pain relief (paracetamol/acetaminophen or ibuprofen if you are not allergic)
2007-01-03 11:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way to find out if your ribs are broken is this: breath in deeply. if you feel pain in the area ( very intense, like a knife ) you all most sure have your ribs broken.but, anyway, you must take an x-ray examination.
2007-01-04 20:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by flori n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your broke your rib, trust me, you would know it! so you probably fractured it or slightly cracked it. Even if you go to the doctor, there is nothing they can do, they will just tell you to take it easy and give you pain medication.
2007-01-03 11:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by sweet_truth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the ER they will xray them and if it is broken it could punkture your lungs. (sorry i dont spell good)
2007-01-03 11:54:26 · answer #4 · answered by kurzez_incokerated 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the doctor so they can x-ray it
2007-01-03 12:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋