Hi. My 13 year old son was in pe wrestling and was kicked very hard in solar plexus in middle of chest. His chest was also sat on by a larger kid helping the first boy trying to pin my son. He had a red/bluish mark shortly after that is now totally gone. However, he has a noticeable bump on right side near center of chest. It has been approx 4 hrs and he just showed me. We are now icing it. He has no pain to the touch but hurts when he inhales deeply only. Should I take to er?
Hi dear thanks for the query on ChatDoctorYou need to take your child to a physician. There may be injury to the ribs or muscle contusion He will do a clinical examination and may suggest a chest X-ray pa/ app view to see if any internal organ injury(lungs) or the musculoskeletal involvement. Based on the above he needs treatment. Better to take at the earliest. Or else he may have a lump permanently in the region Thank you