I had surgery on my shoulder. After surgery I was in and out of it. I ended up having breathing problems. They were talking to me. I became lethargic the doctor kept doing a sternum rub several times to get me to respond. My chest was bruised. After all that I have had chest pain and breathing problems. Ended up with pneumonia. The doctor in the hospital did a cat scan and it showed a closed fracture and dislocation of the sternum. One of my questions is do you do sternum rub that hard.
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Sounds like they did cpr to you. A sternal rub would not break your sternum.You should mention this incident the next time you need surgery so they can act accordingly and be careful of the meds you get.....I see you are a diabetic...check out Dr Jason Fung on youtube to see how you can make a real difference in your weight , your diabetes and your life...
One of the things that may help with the bruising and the healing is the natural medicine called Arnica. You can get this as a cream in the drug store for topical application, but it would be best to take it orally 3 pellets 3 times daily for one month.
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It is a possibility. The practice of medicine is a very risky profession with a lot of adverse reactions. It is important to weigh the risks with the benefits so as to ascertain whether the benefits are worth the potentially devastating outcomes. The only way to definitively prove damage from said event is to have pre-and post images to compare.
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I think Dr. Tiwari has a good point. Sternal rub does not involve a great deal of downward pressure, so a fracture from that is most unlikely. Maybe you were less responsive than you realize. Perhaps your life was saved. I see you are asthmatic, if you have had a lot of steroids, that could cause osteoporosis, making you susceptible to fragility fractures. In any case, sternal fractures are of little long term consequence. Be sure to let future caregivers know how easily sedated you are.
Nope. A sternum rum is hard and uncomfortable by design, but would not generally be near enough force to cause a fracture. While we do everything possible to try to minimize the risks, surgery is inherently risky, and the other complications you have suffered are unfortunately not terribly uncommon.
Hope you get to feeling better very soon!
Hope you get to feeling better very soon!