What does rib fracture have to reflect

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Rib fracture is a common kind of injury, but many people can't accurately judge whether it is rib fracture when they encounter certain situations. We all need to know more about this knowledge. Let's talk about the reaction of rib fracture.

What does rib fracture have to reflect

First: if there is a fracture, the patient will refuse to touch it, and the affected hand will not dare to lift it. Touch the pain point, do not touch the pain, is faint, not like the symptoms of fracture. Visual acuity: whether the injured area is swollen, whether there is subcutaneous congestion. Touch: whether there is bone fricative, bone rub feeling; whether there is direct tenderness, indirect tenderness.

Second: local pain, and in deep breathing, cough, sneezing when aggravating, is the main symptom of rib fracture. A small amount of hemoptysis can be produced when the broken end of the fracture punctures the lung tissue. Single rib fracture, generally without obvious dyspnea and cyanosis. When accompanied with lung laceration, bronchial rupture, bronchial obstruction and atelectasis, dyspnea of different degrees may appear.

Third, rib fractures mostly occur in the 4th to 7th ribs; the 1st to 3rd ribs are protected by clavicle, scapula and shoulder girdle muscles, so they are not easy to be broken; the 8th to 10th ribs are gradually shortened and connected to the cartilage costal arch, with elastic buffer, so the chance of fracture is reduced; the 11th and 12th ribs are floating ribs, with large range of motion and few fractures. However, when the violence is strong, these ribs can be broken.

matters needing attention

The above is for you to summarize the symptoms of rib fracture, hope to help you, rib fracture patients should pay attention to diet and rest at ordinary times, in order to better recover the body, if there is a more serious situation must immediately see a doctor.