Symptoms of a broken rib

Symptoms of broken ribs mainly include: pain, difficulty in breathing, and swelling. Patients with broken ribs should go to the hospital in time for targeted diagnosis and treatment.
Broken ribs are mainly caused by external factors, but some tumor diseases can also make the bone of ribs change.
1. Pain: pain is the most obvious symptom of rib fracture, and it will be affected by breathing and posture, which will lead to patients not daring to cough and breathe hard.
2. Difficulty in breathing: patients with broken ribs have difficulty in breathing normally due to pain. If the rib fracture pierces the internal organs, it may also lead to pneumothorax, hemoptysis, facial purple and other symptoms.
3. Swelling: after the rib is broken, there will be local bleeding phenomenon, which will lead to obvious local swelling.
The patient should go to the hospital as soon as possible for treatment, so that the broken ribs get better and recover.