spitting blood after snowboard accident - Snowboarding Forum

1337 ride · 01-17-2010, 03:28 PM

hi
today i went to my local ski resort to snowboard.
we were just hanging around in the park and doing some kickers.
but at the middle of the day we started doing some spins on the biggest jump, and i managed to catch an edge at the end of the jump as i was performing a fs 5, i lost control and landed on my back. i had problems breathing and couldnt feel my back for about a minute, then i started to feel my back again and breathin more normally. but i started spitting some blood, and kept on spitting blood all day, not as much as at first but it kinda scares me. i havent got any pain in the rest of my body, but im still spitting a little blood, and i have problems taking a deep breath.
i dont know if this is suitable for a snowboard forum, but has anyone experienced the same? and could it be dangerous?

i wasnt really scared by landing on my back, but i got a bit freightened when i started choking up blood

DrGreeNThumB420 · 01-17-2010, 03:48 PM

coughing up blood is never a good thing.......go to a doctor

1337 ride · 01-17-2010, 03:57 PM

think i will tomorrow, so ill know how serious it is, and if i will need some treatment for it or just let it be.
just dont hope i cant ride for some time if it has to heal or sumthing :S

Irish2685 · 01-17-2010, 03:58 PM

Go to the hospital immediately. You could have internal bleeding.

1337 ride · 01-17-2010, 04:00 PM

iv thought about it, but it seems like it has kind of stopped, and its 11 pm so i wont bother go now, as the hospital is quite far from where i live, but ill get it checked tomorrow

NWBoarder · 01-17-2010, 04:17 PM

Your health is super important. Remember that ER's are 24 hours so time of day doesn't matter. Coughing up blood blood is serious bussiness. Get yourself checked out dude.

Irish2685 · 01-17-2010, 05:05 PM

The hospital won't be any closer in the morning. Seriously, go get checked now. Coughing/spitting up blood usually means internal bleeding, unless you busted your face, which it doesn't sound like you did.

that_guy · 01-17-2010, 05:08 PM

Get checked out, buddy. Or at least get on the phone with a doctor and explain what is happening.

01-17-2010, 06:14 PM

sounds like you collapsed a lung

goto the hospital

thugit · 01-17-2010, 06:21 PM

i'd get yourself checked immediately if you're having palpitations or shortness of breath, let alone coughing blood.
listen to these guys.

01-17-2010, 03:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
1337 ride Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 46	spitting blood after snowboard accident hi today i went to my local ski resort to snowboard. we were just hanging around in the park and doing some kickers. but at the middle of the day we started doing some spins on the biggest jump, and i managed to catch an edge at the end of the jump as i was performing a fs 5, i lost control and landed on my back. i had problems breathing and couldnt feel my back for about a minute, then i started to feel my back again and breathin more normally. but i started spitting some blood, and kept on spitting blood all day, not as much as at first but it kinda scares me. i havent got any pain in the rest of my body, but im still spitting a little blood, and i have problems taking a deep breath. i dont know if this is suitable for a snowboard forum, but has anyone experienced the same? and could it be dangerous? i wasnt really scared by landing on my back, but i got a bit freightened when i started choking up blood

01-17-2010, 03:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
DrGreeNThumB420 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 687	coughing up blood is never a good thing.......go to a doctor __________________ "None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free"

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01-17-2010, 03:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
1337 ride Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 46	think i will tomorrow, so ill know how serious it is, and if i will need some treatment for it or just let it be. just dont hope i cant ride for some time if it has to heal or sumthing :S

01-17-2010, 04:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
1337 ride Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 46	iv thought about it, but it seems like it has kind of stopped, and its 11 pm so i wont bother go now, as the hospital is quite far from where i live, but ill get it checked tomorrow

01-17-2010, 05:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
that_guy Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 65	Get checked out, buddy. Or at least get on the phone with a doctor and explain what is happening.

01-17-2010, 06:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
Steezydoesit Guest Posts: n/a	sounds like you collapsed a lung goto the hospital

01-17-2010, 06:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
thugit Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bear Mountain Posts: 466	i'd get yourself checked immediately if you're having palpitations or shortness of breath, let alone coughing blood. listen to these guys.