Bone Pain and Fractures

Greenstick fracture

yeah you can, mine was fractured I had no swelling no bruise, just sharp pain when I moved it yeah you can, mine was fractured I had no swelling no bruise, just sharp pain when I moved it

I don't know. I had mine damaged just about 6 months ago and it still hasn't totally healed. I can feel my nails when I scratch the area now. I wasn't able to feel it when it was first damaged. That is the only definite difference in the affected area. I hope this isn't permanent.

There's no such thing as a "sprained bone." A sprain is a partial tear of a ligament or tendon; it's not an injury to a bone.

An acute fracture occurs suddenly or happened fairly recently, from 3-6 weeks ago. A non-acute fracture, meanwhile, is long standing and may refer to a healed or an improperly healed fracture.

The medical term used is talocrural region. This refers to the area where the foot and leg meet and it consists of 3 different joints.

it depends on the fracture if surgery is required and the recovery period

i think you just sprained a little bit. get some rest. put some cold treatment on that part so ease the swelling.

Fractures-Fracture guidelines have also been added. Traumatic fractures are coded as acute fractures with codes from categories 800-829 while the patient is receiving active treatment for the fracture. Examples of active treatment are: surgical treatment, emergency department encounter and evaluation and treatment by a new physician.

First up - your Primary shouldn't be giving you Gabapentin (Neurontin), as it's a Neuropathic pain med. From just what you've asked, the 2 doctors aren't communicating, and that's never a good thing.

Neurontin is often prescribed with an opiate, as it has been found in clinical studies to help some people with their pain. Personally it never did anything for me but increase my prescription bills, but my problems are a lot more severe than yours.

Anti-depressants are often prescribed for pain patients for one of 2 reasons - first, pain and depression go together, and anyone in real pain who says they've never been depressed either isn't in any real pain or is lying through their teeth. The second is that like Neurontin, some anti-depressants have been found to augment the effects of the painkillers being used. I've found that anti-depressants have an adverse effect on me so I cannot use them, but when I was they didn't really do much for pain control either.

If your pain is constant, you should be on a chronic pain med and not an acute one like morphine. Though the dose your taking isn't that strong compared to others, if you're using it 3x daily that means your primary pain is such that you'd likely be better off with a chronic pain med like OxyContin or Duragesic (12 hours and 72 hours respectively). If your long term prognosis has you recovering, then that's probably why you're on an acute med and not a chronic one. Either that or your Pain doctor is an idiot, Anesthesiologist, or an Osteopath - same difference either way.

One thing I've learned the hard way after almost 12 years in formal Pain Management - never take any doctor at their word. We are all taught from cradle to grave to trust them implicitly, but doing so can cost you your life or worse, as it has cost me 10 years of mine and almost my life completely. Doctors are like barbers, they provide a service, and if the service isn't satisfactory you go elsewhere. You wouldn't go back to the same person who have you bad haircut would you? My own primary doctor uses me occasionally to test out new doctors in town, as she knows if they can pass my review they're probably okay.

You should be keeping a Pain Diary to track your pain as well - it's standard method to determine how bad your pain is and what course of action to take as far as prescriptions go. From what you've asked, it appears your doctor is at best using a hit and miss approach. Pain Management for any competent Pain Specialist isn't difficult to deal with. I've dealt with the best and worst the system has to offer, and there are more bad pain doctors than there are good ones. Many are just regular specialists who a obtain a certification in Pain Management, but have no real background in pain control. They're just taking advantage of the the specialty and the fact that pain legislation and pain management has become more widely accepted over the past 15 years. Anesthesiologists are one example - they know about the drugs and how to put people to sleep, and wake them up, but they have no real experience when it comes to long term pain control as it's not their primary area of expertise. Osteopaths aren't much better, but they at least have some knowledge of pain control. Only a true pain specialist is worth seeing for help.

I've included a link to the American Pain Foundation below. There's good information there that will help open your eyes to what you're dealing with. Also, if you wish, you can go to my bio page and use my Wiki Supervisor email address to ask me any questions about your situation. My own pain journey is included toward the bottom of it.

If you're interested, there are 3 OTC meds I use when I don't feel the need for Percocet or Demerol tabs (10/325's and 100mg's) to augment my Duragesic 100mcg patches. Bayer Back and Body aspirin and Tylenol Extra-Strength Rapid Release gel tabs work pretty well with opiates (Percocet is Oxycodone and Tylenol combined). I typically use the aspirin since my normal Percocet prescription over the past 9 years has been 120-150 per month, so I'm already using a lot of Tyenol as a result.

The last is Naprosyn, which you can buy OTC as Aleve. Aleve is Naprosyn (Naproxen) in non-prescription dosage. The prescription dose is 500mg every 12 hours, and though it takes a day or 2 to really start working well, it really helps. I use Aleve at prescription strength rather than prescription Naproxen since it's buffered some and isn't as harsh on the stomach. Aleve dosages are 220mg.

if you cry and your finger loos like it is out of place temp splint it and go to the hospital if it hurts to move it at all splint in the position that it is in do not try to rebreak it your self yes if can look normal but if you see a small bruse forming go in do not wait till it gets worse for me i waitd about 2-3 hours the bruse got worse make sure when you go in to the hospital after they do the xray that they numb your finger some hospitals wont like denver health i normal go to childrens hospital for everything but it was a weekend and i knew they where going to be busy that why i went to dh they didnt numb my finger before they rebroke it they are suppose to do that

Yes, a broken bone is quite painful and may be associated with significant blood loss at the same time. The combination of suddenly dropping blood pressure along with sudden pain can cause you to pass out temporarily.

An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.

It should not be necessary unless it becomes infected.

Your body is trying to compensate for your injury, protecting the healing bone by having other muscles lend a hand to the affected area. It's normal.

First, the knee by itself cannot be put into a cast. Casting an arm won't help a leg, since the tibia is the inner and larger bone between the knee and the ankle. So the cast must go from above the knee to below the ankle.

its most likely because your body has gone into shock, and since your fingers are the closest joints to the injury they react as well :) completely normal

There are quite a few areas - all of these focus on bones that are proximal to arteries or vascular-rich organs. One of the biggest and most commonly observed problem areas is the femur. Because of the situation of the femur and the femoral artery, fracture of the femur can lead to damage of the femoral artery. This causes extensive blood loss, but it is limited by the pressures generated by the surrounding tissues. Other areas of the concern are largely in the thorax, where broken ribs and clavicles from a crushing injury can lead to organ damage and hemorrhage, or in some severe cases, traumatic embolus formation in the case of subclavian artery damage. The thorax is a large and fairly cavernous structure, so bleeding into it can be extensive.

A "reduction" in medical terms means aligning the parts of a fractured bone. In open reduction, the alignment is done during surgery, while a closed reduction is done without surgery.

greater in patients over 60 years of age because the bones often taking longer to heal properly. Obesity may place extra stress on the healing site, affecting healing and possibly risking reinjury. Smoking may slow the healing process

no. many hip fractures can be treated with physical therapy, rest, or injections. surgery is never a go to option for any doctors, but sometimes it is necessary. it depends on the patient and what will work best for them.

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Yes it is possible, I broke my foot in two spots and there was barely any swelling.

Chronic means having a problem a certain length of time. So, a chronic fracture means that you may have had a fracture months before you realized it and treatment began. It can also mean that your fracture is not healing in the time that the doctor thought it would.

it is when you put allot of stress or but allot of pressure on something