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Suggest Remedy For Pain In Chest With Cough And Sneezing

thank you. a week ago this monday I fell forward and the front left chest area hit a vaccum clean and fell over with me as I landed on it. The next day I began to have pain in that area. And now the pain is intolerable. Ir hurts to breath, cough, sneeze and so on. There is no bruising. But the pain is horrible. What could I have done?
Mon, 8 Dec 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
You are having blunt chest trauma. And this can lead to following complications.
1. Rib fractures
2. Pneumothorax
3. Pulmonary contusions
4. Muscular injury.
And in all of the above pain on breathing and sneezing, coughing present.
So get done chest x ray to rule out all these.
If chest x ray is normal than it is mostly muscular pain.
Try to follow these steps for better symptomatic relief in muscular pain.
1. Avoid heavy weight lifting and strenuous exercise.
2. Avoid bad postures in sleep.
3. Take good painkiller and muscle relaxant.
4. Apply warm water pad on affected site.
5. Wear chest belt to avoid mobilisation of affected area.
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Suggest Remedy For Pain In Chest With Cough And Sneezing

Thanks for your question on HCM. You are having blunt chest trauma. And this can lead to following complications. 1. Rib fractures 2. Pneumothorax 3. Pulmonary contusions 4. Muscular injury. And in all of the above pain on breathing and sneezing, coughing present. So get done chest x ray to rule out all these. If chest x ray is normal than it is mostly muscular pain. Try to follow these steps for better symptomatic relief in muscular pain. 1. Avoid heavy weight lifting and strenuous exercise. 2. Avoid bad postures in sleep. 3. Take good painkiller and muscle relaxant. 4. Apply warm water pad on affected site. 5. Wear chest belt to avoid mobilisation of affected area.