Hi I am a very active 13 year old girl and was recently riding my bike and while doing so I fell off. When I fell off the handlebar jabbed in to the middle of my stomach right below my rib cage on the left. It is now bruising and hurts very badly when I press on it. What can I do to help?
i. If you do not have any other symptoms like bloating of abdomen, pain, vomiting, black stools or red urine, you can take this as a Bruise of the muscles. If you have symptoms, get investigated by blood, urine and stool tests and CT scan of the abdomen to confirm or rule out internal problems. If normal take anti-inflammatory medicines for 7 to 10 days and take full bed rest. IF the as hernia development to this typical trauma, get operated.