RDH wrote:I've had my rectum tampered with before, playing rugby. That was pretty damn sore for the first couple of weeks - took about 8 weeks to heal properly! Could not sit down!
Take it easy!
Anyone cracked a rib?
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Very few people who have "crakced ribs" actually have a fracture. We don't image chests with suspected rib injury unless complicated by suspected pneumothorax and/or haemothorax - which would require admission, montitoring and chest drainage. The evidence is that most of you will simply have bleeding and contusion of the intercostal muscles. This is the principal cause of pain in minor chest injuries.RDH wrote:I've craked my sternum before, playing rugby. That was pretty damn sore for the first couple of weeks - took about 8 weeks to heal properly!
Also tore the intercostal muscles down one side of my chest - the whole right hand side of my rib cage was black wiht bruising!
Depends on how badly, which ones you've hurt as to how long it takes to heal!
Take it easy!
Rib fractures are rare, posterior most commonly (near where the neck of the rib articulates with the vertebrae) and need high energy focal impact ie falling from a height onto the edge of a step. The pain from a true rib fracture is severe and not helped by normally available analgesia. Patients will usually feel and hear crepitus as the fracture site moves as they cough or lie down.
Sternal fractures are a different animal. There is a real chance of cardiac contusion +/- tamponade wich can cause asystolic cardiac arrest. All patients need cardiac HDU admission and monitoring for several days. If this was not done then you proably just had bruising the the sternal musculature (ie pec major and minor)
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Kept in for 28 hours plugged into a cardiac monitor- blood tests every so often to check enzymes etc? Not a pleasant experience- I have to admit!Novice Racer wrote:
Very few people who have "crakced ribs" actually have a fracture. We don't image chests with suspected rib injury unless complicated by suspected pneumothorax and/or haemothorax - which would require admission, montitoring and chest drainage. The evidence is that most of you will simply have bleeding and contusion of the intercostal muscles. This is the principal cause of pain in minor chest injuries.
Rib fractures are rare, posterior most commonly (near where the neck of the rib articulates with the vertebrae) and need high energy focal impact ie falling from a height onto the edge of a step. The pain from a true rib fracture is severe and not helped by normally available analgesia. Patients will usually feel and hear crepitus as the fracture site moves as they cough or lie down.
Sternal fractures are a different animal. There is a real chance of cardiac contusion +/- tamponade wich can cause asystolic cardiac arrest. All patients need cardiac HDU admission and monitoring for several days. If this was not done then you proably just had bruising the the sternal musculature (ie pec major and minor)
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And I admit to being a hellish patient!
