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Injuries, Fractures and Burns

This forum is dedicated to the wide range of injuries, fractures and burns people can encounter — surface, penetrating, electrical, inhalation injuries, bons and skull fractures, and burns and scalds. Ask questions, look for information, and talk about symptoms and treatment.

How to move someone with a spinal cord injury?

Hello friends, I am doing a poroject in health and need to know if in a critical situation like fire or sinking how can you safely move someone with a spinal chord injury with minimal to no further damage. With regards Jasson P Thomas

by User avatar ezstretchnflex323749

What are the possible complications in an arm fracture?

I am 29 years old and it seems like I will need at least two months before my hand is ok again. I have broken it after falling down and I have to be a very patient and take the meds and not fool around with the broken arm. I guess I would like to know about the possible complications in an arm...

by User avatar neddie169081738

Tiny cactus needles all over my arms and legs.

My neighbor pushed me down in a cactus"field", and now I have TINY cactus needles all over my arms, legs, and hands. I have tried tweezers, but It only snapped them in half. I tried packing (not like duck-tape at all) tape, but that didn't work. The last thing I tried was shaving and...

by User avatar cappy1999164362

Fractured Sternum 78 years oldd

Answered by a doctor

oI FELL HARD ON HAD TILE FLOOR OVER A MONTH AGO. HAD NEW E-RAYS 2 WEEKS AGO AND AND FKUID IN LUNGS IS GONE. STILL HAVE MUCH SORENESS AND PAIN WHEN MOVING OR CHANGING POSITIONS IN BED. I CAN WALK SOME WITH CANE BUT CAUGHING IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. HOW LONG BEFORE I START TO REALLY SEE CHANGES IN THE...

by User avatar Guest

baseball testicle injury

took a baseball to the testicle and now have a lump on right testicle and is painful. i went to doc and had a ultra sound and appointment to see doc next week about results. i have had prostate removed due to cancer 2 1/2 yrs ago. just wondering if anyone has had similiar injury

by User avatar Guest

Lisfranc injury

Answered by a doctor

Hi! I stepped off of a curb on July 23, 2007 and suffered a bad Lisfranc injury. I had multiple fractures. Surgery was not recommended at the time, however, I spent 14 weeks non-weight barring then another 4 weeks in a walking boot. After another CT in December, 2007, my Dr. recommended a...

by User avatar branchaud

I'm glad I found this forum.

I'm glad I found this forum. I'm in my early 40s. I had a car accident in June of this year; more precisely, I was traveling on the main road and was hit head on by a person who didn't see the stop sign, crashed into my car, totalled it and me, it seems. Both airbags were deployed, my car was hit...

by User avatar Guest

Sternum Injury ??

I was using the band from the P90X and had it attached to a portable hook attached to a door. I guess that I applied too much body weight and it broke off and hit me right in the sternum. It's swollen now and I have a small cut. It hurts to breathe in and hurts to touch. I can't even apply ice on...

by User avatar KIWI56

Repeatable luxations due to excessive training

Hello, I am 29 years old and I have been having a lot of problems with my right ankle. I am having repeatable luxations due to excessive training and I would like to know if there is something I can do to avoid that. Can you give me any advice, please?

by User avatar pattie42657

Is there a forum out there where you can really get answers?

It seems this is a dead forum. Is there a good one out there that I can get some answers to my questions?

by User avatar brainhurts5776