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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| kermo wrote: |
| A broken rib can poke your innards. |
But a compound fracture (i.e. one that can 'poke innards') isn't a case of "gee, maybe I cracked a rib", is it?
So in this case I can't see the sense of taking time and money to go to the hospital to get xrays taken...  |
I dunno. I do know spleens are quite vulnerable. However, according to my very recent research, symptoms of a ruptured spleen include vomiting, fever, and "impending sense of doom."
Here's what a doctor on this website said about broken ribs. The patient's letter is quite similar to yours:
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Right after than the ribs to the left and back of the left breast has been really tender and painful. If I take a deep breath, or a big yawn I have pain. I don't have pain when I twist my torso though. The first night sleeping was awful, it was extremely painful, and here I am alreay taking 100mcg/hour of fentanyl in my duragesic patch. I tried putting ice on it, but it didn't really work.
Its been a few days now and the pain is still there. Now I cannot reach out with my hand outstrectched because it seems that where my pectoral muscle attaches to my ribcage, there is a lot of pain. I tried cleaning something off the floor with my RIGHT arm and it even hurt quite a bit.
Anyway - I'm wondering if I have a broken rib or broken cartilage? If this pain keeps up, I'll be goign to see my Doctor on Monday. |
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If you have one or more broken ribs, the treatment would be pain control unless each of the ribs is broken at 2 different places thus making a piece of the chest wall that has separated from the rest of it (a condition called flail chest). Otherwise treatment mostly relies on pain control to be able to breath comfortably and Cough to clear out lung secretions thus preventing lung collapse or Pneumonia.
Pain relievers, motrin and the like actually aim at the underlying inflammation that accompanies the fracture and in most of the times can control the pain well. There are other pain relievers of course that are available that are used for people who have stomach problems like ulcers and these are of the celebrex family.
Going to your doctor to be seen if the pain does not improve or develop new symptoms is a very good step so that you make sure that nothing serious is missed.
Once more, thank you very much for using our website http://thedoctorslounge. net and I hope that this information helped.
Yasser Mokhtar, M. D. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
| "impending sense of doom." |
I think I must have gone through a half-dozen or so spleens so far in this lifetime...
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I actually pulled something couging one night a few months back. That was crazy. I coughed really hard and felt a snap in my lower side and after it hurt to cough and sneeze, It eventually went away though. I blame it on sitting on a kitchen chair deal in a bad position while using my computer (and lack of exercise). Anyway, it freaked me out. |
I once did one of those while playing the violin! Hey, it was the "Halleluia Chorus," and I was excited! I just wrapped my ribs myself for a few weeks until it felt better. I was in high school at the time...I don't know if I even told my parents. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| jacl wrote: |
| I actually pulled something couging one night a few months back. That was crazy. I coughed really hard and felt a snap in my lower side and after it hurt to cough and sneeze, It eventually went away though. I blame it on sitting on a kitchen chair deal in a bad position while using my computer (and lack of exercise). Anyway, it freaked me out. |
I once did one of those while playing the violin! Hey, it was the "Halleluia Chorus," and I was excited! I just wrapped my ribs myself for a few weeks until it felt better. I was in high school at the time...I don't know if I even told my parents. |
I just asked my mom and she never knew anything about it! |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| endofthewor1d wrote: |
| yeah... i guess it's not cracked. i've never cracked or broken anything before, so i don't have a level of pain to compare this to. it's not excruciating. maybe i'll get it checked out tomorrow. thanks, all. |
Holy Shiite, Dude! I broke 2 ribs in Korea and spent 4 days in the hostpital. Almost punctured a lung.
Years later, after a ski accicent, the doctor said I had broken 3 ribs.
Look into this now! Those of us with high tolerance for pain are not
always in a position to diagnose ourselves. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| mole wrote: |
| endofthewor1d wrote: |
| yeah... i guess it's not cracked. i've never cracked or broken anything before, so i don't have a level of pain to compare this to. it's not excruciating. maybe i'll get it checked out tomorrow. thanks, all. |
Holy Shiite, Dude! I broke 2 ribs in Korea and spent 4 days in the hostpital. Almost punctured a lung.
Years later, after a ski accicent, the doctor said I had broken 3 ribs.
Look into this now! Those of us with high tolerance for pain are not
always in a position to diagnose ourselves. |
i have an exceptionally low tolerance for pain. anyway... it's the next morning now, and i feel a lot better. slept like a baby on either side. self diagnosis: my ribs are fine. i'm just a whining bi---.
thanks, everyone, for your concern. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| kermo wrote: |
| "impending sense of doom." |
I think I must have gone through a half-dozen or so spleens so far in this lifetime...
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A half-dozen? That's nothing. I did a whole rib cage in one especially bad year. It was one rib right after the next, and usually around payday. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| Bulsajo wrote: |
| kermo wrote: |
| "impending sense of doom." |
I think I must have gone through a half-dozen or so spleens so far in this lifetime...
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A half-dozen? That's nothing. I did a whole rib cage in one especially bad year. It was one rib right after the next, and usually around payday. |
That's some mighty mean employees you have.....
Maybe you should pay them more.  |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| Bulsajo wrote: |
| kermo wrote: |
| "impending sense of doom." |
I think I must have gone through a half-dozen or so spleens so far in this lifetime...
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A half-dozen? That's nothing. I did a whole rib cage in one especially bad year. It was one rib right after the next, and usually around payday. |
That's some mighty mean employees you have.....
Maybe you should pay them more. |
That post of mine didn't come out the way I intended. Distracted by work, I guess.
I didn't fear what my employees would do to me, but what the quasi-legal "resolution company" thugs would do, or threaten to do, to certain deadbeat Korean clients and their family members if they didn't pay up. |
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