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Sunrise, FL 33351
Phone: (954) 677-0155
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Broken Ribs Can Cause Internal Injuries Following a South Florida Auto Accident

It takes a lot to break a rib, but violent car accidents in Florida have been known to cause broken ribs. When someone's chest forcefully hits the steering wheel or the dashboard during a car crash, a broken rib could result. When broken ribs occur, it may lead to other internal injuries as well.

Ribs serve as a protector around our internal organs, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart. When ribs are broken, they can cause a victim serious pain. It may hurt to even breathe in or use any motion of the chest and shoulders.

How will you know if you have a broken rib? You may experience:

shortness of breath
severe pain
feeling of lightheadedness
swelling
crunching sounds when chest is pressed
blood in the urine

When a broken rib occurs, it can also rupture a lung, kidney, spleen,liver or sometimes the pancreas. It can also cause internal bleeding and bruising. This is why it is critical to get to the emergency room after your South Florida auto accident. Doctors will run the necessary tests to determine if your broken rib has caused injuries to your internal organs.

Other internal injuries are:
Spleen Injury: When blunt trauma to the abdomen occurs in a car accident, the spleen can rupture and bleed internally. The spleen sits under the lower left rib. When injured, the spleen can cause pain to spread from the left abdomen down.

Liver Injury: When a blow to the right lower chest occurs, the liver can tear. Although it is bigger than the spleen, it is also softer and squishier, which makes it hard to rupture. When the liver tears, pain spreads from the right upper abdomen down into the stomach.

Pancreas Injury: When a hard hit to the belly button area happens during a Fort Lauderdale auto accident, the pancreas can be injured. The pancreas sits behind the intestines, in the middle of the abdomen. When this injury occurs, pain will be felt in the stomach and can even radiate to the middle of the back.

Injuries are nothing to ignore, as people have died from ruptured spleens. After a car wreck, if you are in pain, vomiting, or have lightheadedness, you need to get to the doctor as soon as possible. You may have a ruptured spleen, liver injury, pancreas injury or another internal organ injury.

If your injuries were caused from the negligence of someone else, please call a knowledgeable South Florida personal injury lawyer to find out more about your rights to financial recovery. Fort Lauderdale accident attorney David Benenfeld can be reached for a free, no-obligation discussion of your case at the Law Offices of David Benenfeld at 866-9 HELP NOW or 866-943-5766.

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David M. Benenfeld, P.A.
7800 W. Oakland Park Boulevard
Building F
Suite 216
Sunrise, FL 33351
Phone: (954) 677-0155
Fax: (954) 677-0773
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