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Suggest Remedy For Pain And Bruising On Chest Of A Child

We were at a garden party in the afternoon when my 6year old cam to me crying about a pain in the chest (he held the front of his rip cage). He said he d fallen with his chest against the slide but wasn t sure. He struggled with breathing but calmed down again and kept on playing. At bedtime he said again he can t breath properly and that there was something stuck in the food tube . He seemed in moderate pain, there was no bruises or scratches visible, so I put him to bed as usual. At 2.5am he woke up crying and in pain and short of breath, and now he was hot and showed 38degree fever. i helped him to calm down, gae him some painkiller and he is niw sleeping again. as the breathing is involved a I wasn t sure whether to take him straight to the hospital? I will definitely go in the morning, but as he seemed to be able to go back to sleep again after a while, Inthought to wait. Worried it could be the lungs...
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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I really appreciate your concern, if this is the history of fall and injury then this need to be taken care and may need some investigation, looking to the history given here it could be fracture of rib and this need to be ruled out, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day
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Suggest Remedy For Pain And Bruising On Chest Of A Child

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, if this is the history of fall and injury then this need to be taken care and may need some investigation, looking to the history given here it could be fracture of rib and this need to be ruled out, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day