Having noticed pain in the bottom portion of chest & difficulty in breathing due to an accident
Patient: i was in a fourwheler accident two weeks ago and i still have heavy pain in my bottom portion of my chest. i can bend laydown on both right and left sides, but when i lay down on my back i feel like my ribs are pushing down on my lungs making it more difficult to breath, should i get an x-ray to make sure i dont have anything broken? Doctor: HIWell come to HCMI really appreciate your concern, looking to the history given here chances of rib fracture soft tissue inflammation  is very likely and to confirm this better to get done the x-ray, if this detects the fracture then nothing much can be done, but of course pain can be managed with any NSAID, hope this information helps, have a nice day.