Long story short. The day after Christmas I fell two days later my chest hurt (burned) when coughing, and at the same time my lungs were feeling junky - diagnosis - pneumonia with pleuritic pain. Fast forward three weeks, having been on IVs Tobra and Ceftaz I was feeling some better, able to cough stuff up without wincing in pain, I was also on Prednisone for 10 days stopping on Sunday.
Last night I was finishing my vest and took a deep breath to cough and I heard this awful snap, pop and sounded like someone hit my rib bone. Very strange I just sat there for a minute stunned and tried to feel every part of my lung when I took the breath.
Today I finally told the doctor I was tired of accepting the pleurisy diagnosis and really think there is something else going. I am pretty convinced I did something to my ribs when I fell and last night I cracked it. My nurse said today that is what she thinks might be the case also, after I told her about last night.
Anyway, has anyone cracked a rib? Did it hurt to cough and was there anything they could do for you? I am stuck with ibuprofen and am back on prednisone.
Thanks, Sarah
Last night I was finishing my vest and took a deep breath to cough and I heard this awful snap, pop and sounded like someone hit my rib bone. Very strange I just sat there for a minute stunned and tried to feel every part of my lung when I took the breath.
Today I finally told the doctor I was tired of accepting the pleurisy diagnosis and really think there is something else going. I am pretty convinced I did something to my ribs when I fell and last night I cracked it. My nurse said today that is what she thinks might be the case also, after I told her about last night.
Anyway, has anyone cracked a rib? Did it hurt to cough and was there anything they could do for you? I am stuck with ibuprofen and am back on prednisone.
Thanks, Sarah