treatment of a broken rib?
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From my experience, 5 broken ribs at 3 separate times, you should do nothing except to take it easy, lie on the side that is the least painful, try not to do anything exerting as it could puncture your lung and hurt real bad otherwise. Don't lift heavy things.you will know what things not to do because your ribs will inform you quite loud and clear! Don't tape them! If you ask doctors, they will tell you the same thing. Most doctors don't have you tape them because it can cause you to puncture your lung. See a doctor and ask him, but if you are just going by youqa.com, don't wrap them! You think having busted ribs are bad, try that while you are having bronchitis at the same time.coughing all the time.long wracking coughs, killer dude! Lucky yours is on the bottom. Good luck and I hope it feels better soon.
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use an ace bandage to wrap your rib cage- but not too tight, just snug enough to give support. take tylenol for pain.
not much you can do. tape it so it doesn't move so much, otherwise you gotta suffer until it heals. see a doctor.
don't move that much.
Get it checked out at docs. or hospital to make sure it hasn't damaged anything behind the rib. If that's OK they won't actually do anything to it. They don't bind it anymore. You might be sore for a few weeks though.
there is no medical treatment for a broken rib
other than strapping the chest to reduce flexing
avoid strenuous activity for several weeks
A little strapping may help but ribs tend to mend themselves.
They will tell you at the doctor to keep it wrapped as tight as you can stand it, their not much they can do about it but give you pain medicine.
an ayurvedic formulation is:
Laxadi guggulu, 2 tabs 125 mg each. slight chew and swallow after breakfast, lunch and dinner. These are supposed to take care of fractures, broken ribs, etc.
may I recommend taking 2 asprin every 4 to 6 hours for pain,wrapping it up tight,plenty of bed rest for 2 weeks
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