Horse bite on ribs?

Question:

Yesterday when I was bringing in horses from turnout at the barn I work at, one of the horses I was leading in got annoyed by another running by and turned his head quickly and bit down on my rib. It was excruciating and knocked all the wind right out of me. It bruised right away. Today, it is painful and very bruised. You can see each tooth as a bruise and the middle where he chomped down is a patch of blackish purple. I called my primary, but he wasn’t in and the on call doc called in antibiotics and Tylenol/codine. I know only an x-ray would tell, but my grandmother recently broke a few of her ribs and they could do nothing but help with the pain. Yes it hurts tons especially to move, but since I’m not having bad symptoms like trouble breathing I’m hoping taking the meds and resting will heal it in time. Does it sound like it’s just a bad bruise that will heal with this care or could it have some way done more damage

Answers:
sounds like its just a REALLY bad bruise. . .but just to be safe, have them xray it soon. If its a punctured lung, you could be in seroius trouble if u dont fix it right away. doesnt matter if u have no trouble breathing, u can still have a punc. lung

They should have given you an x-ray. If you are not having any difficulty breathing then you should be okay. I would be concerned about a collapsed lung if you were having any breathing problems. Put some ice covered with a towel on the area 15 minutes on, 30 minutes off. It will help dissipate the bruising and swelling and ease the pain.

Apply soframycin to the affected area everyday twice or thrice and just rest.. You will get well fast...Also get an x ray done asap..as you would then be able to defeat any other harm if atall has happened..

get well soon..

God bless you..

IF YOUR PAIN CONTINUES FOR A LONG TIME GET TEST TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T DAMAGED AN ORGAN. THEN TAKE THE OTHER HORSE TO COURT.

Horse bite on ribs?

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