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Suggest Treatment For Chest Pain After Accident
My 13 year old daughter was in serious car wreck 6 weeks ago, over the last 2 weeks the pain in her chest has been severe and nothing helps with the pain, we have been to the emergency room and doctor several times and have been told nothing is broken, if this is costochondritis why is it getting worse and could it be something else?
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
Hi...sometimes post trauma the membrane covering the lungs can get thickened due to blood or other injury related fibrosis or thickening. So when this happens there can be sharp pains while breathing deeply or coughing and sneezing. This might not be costochondritis.
I suggest you see a pediatrician or pediatric pulmonologist. She might require a Ct scan of the chest/thorax.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
I suggest you see a pediatrician or pediatric pulmonologist. She might require a Ct scan of the chest/thorax.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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