Heart pain after a fall, may be the heart area of the chest wall and other soft tissue contusion caused by chest contusion pain, may also be the heart around the rib fracture caused by pain, and may be caused by cardiac injury, the cause is different, the treatment is different.
1. Chest contusion: Chest contusion is a disease caused by blunt external force on the soft tissues of the chest. This disease can lead to pain in the heart area after a fall, and can be treated with ibuprofen, diclofenac and other medications for pain relief.
2. Rib fracture: If a fall causes a rib fracture around the heart, then the patient may also experience symptoms of heart pain, due to the fracture site in the vicinity of the heart, so the need for absolute bed rest, if necessary, surgical reset, so as not to fracture the broken end of the heart puncture.
3. Cardiac injury: blunt cardiac injury can occur after a fall, resulting in myocardial contusion, pericardial effusion, cardiac rupture, etc. Patients with this disease can also experience symptoms of cardiac pain, the treatment should be bed rest, for pericardial effusion resulting in cardiac tamponade patients, pericardiocentesis can be performed to relieve the tamponade; for cardiac rupture patients, cardiac rupture can be treated through the repair of rupture of the heart.
In addition to the above diseases, other factors can also lead to heart pain after a fall, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to find out the cause and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.