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Having Noticed Pain In The Bottom Portion Of Chest & Difficulty In Breathing Due To An Accident
i was in a fourwheler accident two weeks ago and i still have heavy pain in my bottom portion of my chest. i can bend laydown on both right and left sides, but when i lay down on my back i feel like my ribs are pushing down on my lungs making it more difficult to breath, should i get an x-ray to make sure i dont have anything broken?
Fri, 2 Jan 2015
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I really appreciate your concern, looking to the history given here chances of rib fracture soft tissue inflammation is very likely and to confirm this better to get done the x-ray, if this detects the fracture then nothing much can be done, but of course pain can be managed with any NSAID, hope this information helps, have a nice day.
Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, looking to the history given here chances of rib fracture soft tissue inflammation is very likely and to confirm this better to get done the x-ray, if this detects the fracture then nothing much can be done, but of course pain can be managed with any NSAID, hope this information helps, have a nice day.
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