I tripped stepping up to sidewalk and fell flat onto sidewalk. I landed flat on my left side breast/chest. I am quite a heavy woman so lots of force. my chest is very sore, and it's very painful to take a deep breath. I am wondering if I should see a doctor.
Hi there,
In my opinion the pain that you are experiencing might be too strong for just a small trauma. However if you have cracked your ribs you will most likely have a swelling in the area of your body. Most people don’t even notice if they have a cracked ribs until they get a scan done at the hospital. My suggestion would be to see your doctor and to do a scan just to be sure if you have cracked ribs or not. You need to rest as much as you can and you might use pain killer for the pain. I hope that this was helpful.
All the best,
Danella
Thanks for your answer.I some times get a sever pain when i take a deep breath. I will contact my Dr. ;or go to ER. Again ;thanks so much. God Bless
Thank you for your imput
hi I am 15 years old young girl and I am a little heavy and I fell off the swing at a high point and fell on my chest and all my weight went on my chest I tried to get up as soon as possible I couldn't breath and felt like my like lungs were not breathing as if they were just stuck in one place with out movement as walking back into my house I couldnt see anything everything was really really blurry and it was yellow only yellow I fell down to the ground about 4 times in less than 15 mins because my had was killing and I couldn't breath also with the blurriness thinking about the accident scares me and makes me cry because I thought I was going to die because I couldnt breath what should I do or what can happen to me next ? or what could this accident cause ? please help me
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