i fell down the stairs yesterday. and today i have been having sharp pains on my right side. could it be a broke rib?
2007-07-24 09:09:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
that may very well be the case. one question, are you CERTAIN you fell down the stairs? is that what you will tell the doctor? did someone do this to you?
2007-07-24 09:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ouch that hurts!!! I just had heart surgery and they split my chest bone open to get to my heart. I finally have first hand knowledge about pain from broken bones in the chest. I have been telling people for years that their rib fracture will continue to hurt for weeks (about 10 weeks usually) mainly because the ribs are in constant motion as you breath/ They are either expanding or retracting as the breathing process takes place, that means that the fractured ends of the rib bones are also in rather constant motion. This continues as your body is slowly developing a boney callus or "bubble" over the rib fracture site. Eventually this callus will stabilize the fracture and the pain will subside. You may be even able to feel this callus on each rib if your not as overweight as I am. Long after the outside of the bone is healed from this process, then the inside of the bone eventually heals too, and this callus will be absorbed into the boney stucture of the rib. This may take some years however. We used to compress the ribs over a fracture with rib belts, but this prevented deep breathing as it hurts, and may even help surpress coughing or sneezeing which is terribly painful with a rib fracture. When this is done it is only a matter of time where your shallow breathing only leads to lung atelectasis, which means that there are portions of the lung not well areated and consequently it there is a build up of phlem in that area of the lung it is only an invitation to a lung infection. Pneumonia is a deadly complication in many restricted medical scenarios, which can eventually lead to full blown septic pneumonia and even death. Try to keep this in mind and yawn deeply although slowly as you slowly recuperate and return to full function, the more you tolerate the pain and work out your lungs so that you will always come out of this without any fear of the pain of moving and breathing will allow you to survive this ordeal with the least possible problems.
2016-04-01 00:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by Janice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes or a fracture. You should go the doctor and get an X-ray. Broken ribs are painful and should be monitored while they heal and mend.
2007-07-24 09:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by ♥♥Bree♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it could be and I would def go to the doctor. Broken ribs can puncture a lung so it's better to be safe & have it checked out.
2007-07-24 09:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by hockeygirl4462 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh... I hope you are ok. If it was broke the pain would be to much, there are just many nerves under each rib and any pain is a lot! = )
2007-07-24 13:11:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it sounds like it could be broken or cracked. Best to go have it seen about just to be safe! So sorry this happened to you babe...I'll say a little prayer for ya that everything will turn out alright! ;o)
2007-07-24 09:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by F-1 says KISS IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may be, or you could have bruised a bone. You should get that checked out quickly.
2007-07-24 16:37:01 · answer #7 · answered by marya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it could. better go to the doctor
2007-07-24 09:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by greenrose1922 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be
2007-07-24 09:13:24 · answer #9 · answered by fordperfect5 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe, you really should go to the doctor
2007-07-24 09:14:12 · answer #10 · answered by Ariyeil E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋