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Suggest Treatment For Bruising On Legs And Chest Pain While Having Rib Fracture

Posted on Tue, 5 Jan 2016

Question: I am 69 years old and recently tripped up some steps landing face down. I have bruising to my leg but now two days later am getting pain in the muscle to the right of my breast. There is some discomfort when I breath deeply. Have I pulled the muscles in this area.

Answered by Dr. Aashish Raghu (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Rib fracture

Detailed Answer:
Hi there.

Thanks for the query.

It is possible that you may have fractured one or more ribs in that region of the chest.

You may take pain killers like Tablet Ibuprofen 400mg twice a day after meals for 5 days if the Paracetamol isn't working. Also take Tablet Ranitidine 150mg twice a day, half an hour before food for 5 days. Drink plenty of water.

Avoid pressure or lying on that side while sleeping as this may aggravate the pain.

Kindly get an Xray of the chest done to look for these injuries if present.

Your pain shall go away in 7 to 10 days with care.

I hope I have answered your query.

I will be available to answer your follow up queries.

Regards,

Dr. Aashish Raghu

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