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Dewy | How to tell if you've broken your hand? |
I think I just broke my hand...or something. I can move it in all directions but I have this dull pain in the back of my hand. It feels much like the pain I got when I broke my hand on a previous occasion. Whats the best way to tell if its really broken?
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Barb Outhere
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Fractures are usually associated with some or all of these symptoms - bruising, swelling, deformity, loss of movement (or occasionally extended movement) tenderness at the site, and pain on movement.
If you have free movement of all the parts, and just a "Dull ache" and none of the others, you may have just bruised it when you "fell and landed on your fist"
But if in doubt, get it x-rayed (and see if they believe your story) |
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loftjustin
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DONT GO BY PAIN NOT EVERYONE IS THE SAME AND DONT TRY TO RESET (unless you know what your doing)OR SQUEEZE IT OR PRESSIT HARD LIKE EVERYONE SAYS
i have osteogenisus imperfecta.. in other words my bones break like glass. last year i completly shattered my wrist and felt no pain at all. ofcourse i could see the break myself. i have lost count of the bones i have broken so take it from me if you think its broken get an X-ray to be sure. you dont want to end up haveing it heal wrong and grow wrong. |
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medcenman
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broken bone hurts like hellllll when you touch it. put your finger on the place you think is broken and push it a bit if the pain is really really bad, then it is broken |
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Sandy
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Most hand fractures occur as a result of direct trauma to the hand. Commonly an object either falls on the hand or the hand strikes an object. When the hand fracture occurs common symptoms include:
Pain
Swelling
A palpable deformity
Difficulty moving the fingers
Read on at the 1st link
For another article, including symptoms and treatment, click on the 2nd link. |
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Bandit
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Your hand can still be broke even though, you can still move it. Go and have your hand checked out. My son broke his same hand 3 times, In the same place. Each time he could move. Go to the hospital and have them do an X-Ray. Put ice on it to reduce the swelling. |
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cshell442003
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One is deformity of an area. also the biggest is if its a sprain it will swell immediately and a break won't swell for 24 hours thats why they wait to cast an area is to allow for the swelling! |
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Steven C
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thump the end of your fingers slightly if it hurts your hand it is broken that is what my doctor did for me. |
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Grim Prophet
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if it hurts when u shake someones hand, then yeah it might be broken. tell them to give it a good squeeze. |
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Dee
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Even if you can move it, it could still be broken. Unless you can feel the fracture or a bone is moved out of place, the only way to tell is by X-Ray. |
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dances with unicorns
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Rather than try to get an answer here, it might be good to go to the ER and get them to take an X-ray of it. Getting your hand fouled up on a permanant basis is NOT a good idea.
Try to use the other hand to, er, fall on next time, ok? btw - the folks in the ER won't care how it happened - it's not a gun-shot wound, after all ;-) |
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intheblowinwind
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Going to the hospital, getting it x-rayed, then getting a cast if it's broken. |
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