Spring cleaning is a necessary evil this time of the year, but if you're not careful you could end up nursing a serious injury until summer. Dr. Tom Waters, an Emergency Department physician at Cleveland Clinic, says falls cause a lot of injuries each spring.

"If you take a significant fall and you're having serious pain or any deformity to a limb, or back pain, neck pain, you need to get yourself to the hospital as quick as possible," he warned.

Waters says serious falls tend to come off of a ladder, or when someone is standing on a countertop or ledge to reach high places. You can decrease your risk by always using a ladder on level ground and by finding a volunteer to hold it.

Cleaning chemicals can be risky too, causing burns or irritating the skin, especially if they are mixed together. The fumes alone could irritate your lungs and land you in the ER.

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