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Today, a colleague hit my left shoulder blade with his palm as a friendly gesture but he hurt it. can his " hard pat" injure my left lung and heart?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Not likely: Not the heart or the lung. At most mild contusion.

Answered 6/2/2014

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