Symptoms of broken ribs

Symptoms of rib fracture are mainly in the following categories: first, localized pain, thoracic activities such as breathing, coughing, and aggravated when holding out the chest, trunk activities can be consciously bone friction sound or touch bone friction sensation, the patient commonly used palms pressed against the fracture site to alleviate the pain symptoms. Secondly, there is localized pressure and pain with slight abnormal activities, and there is thoracic squeezing pain. Thirdly, breathing is weakened, there is abnormal percussion when there is pneumothorax or hemothorax, the trachea and heart are mostly dislocated when mediastinal displacement is present, and discontinuity of rib bone cortex or fracture dislocation can be seen in X-ray examination, and the treatment includes closure of intercostal nerves, fixation of the thorax by adhesive tapes, multi-headband bandage as well as surgical treatment.