I think I may have broken a rib...?!
Question: I think I may have broken a rib!.!.!.!?
I was helping my bro move and was lowering a television into the back of his pickup from the side!. I was trying to do so slowly so I didn't drop the tv and the weight of the set was pulling me against the side of the truck bed so there was a lot of pressure against my rib cage!. Right as I was setting the tv down I felt one of my ribs shift and it made a bit of a *pop* sound (which was amplified by the truck bed)!. Naturally there was a sharp pain at first, enough to make me yelp!. However the pain has lingered for almost a week, especially if I twist the wrong way or take too deep a breath!. I've cracked ribs in the past, but the pain is generally centralized around the area of the actual crack!. In this case the pain runs pretty much the length of the rib and even the muscle around it!. Any ideas!? Cracked!? Broken!? Bruised!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
that sucks go to the doctorWww@Answer-Health@Com
you sound like you have done something that's for sure get yourself off to the hospital for an xray as this will put your mind at rest as well as sort your head out being in the no of what you have done so chin up breath good and drink water which always helPS some where good luck!.!.!. ps don't lift any more telly's!.!.lolWww@Answer-Health@Com
It's certainly worth getting an X-ray for it!. Hard to say without one!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
it may just be the rib has overlapped, or got mingled, i suggest you take an x ray or go to ur the GP as definatesWww@Answer-Health@Com
If it doesn't hurt to hiccup or lightly apply pressure it may not be broken but I'd see a doctor just in case!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
As a nurse,go to see a doctor and get it xrayed immediatley(sp!?)Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you felt it move obviously!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Go to the ER if the pain is unbearable!.Www@Answer-Health@Com