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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.

back pain after fall

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Fell 9/13 head first onto concrete floor. Had fractured left patella. After second day, other areas hurt which I expected. However, my lower back, specifically the left side, hurts but goes into my hip and left buttocks and down my leg into my foot. Could the head first fall which was very hard...

by User avatar doris soltis

numb fingertip after a burn or scrape/cut.

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It has been 3 weeks since I cut my index finger with a case cutter razor blade by accident, leaving my left index finger wounded at its tip about a quarter of an inch. My finger is getting rigid and numb and I wonder if anyone knows how much longer this will take before it completely heals and the...

by User avatar bboberg77808

Lightheaded after injury at gym, sternum or abs

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2 1/2 days ago, I was at the gym lifting weights as usual. I was using a curling machine. Somehow while I was lifting, the pressure of my chest against the upper part of the bench pressed up against it in a weird way and I ended up losing my wind, feeling lightheaded. I sat down for a few minutes...

by User avatar jbnyc76487

HAVING CAT SCAN TOMORROW TO VERIFY LISFRANC FRACTURE

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Hi everyone! I'm new here, but happy to find this place! I'm amazed at how many people have been injured this way! My injury was much less traumatic than most. A full jar of peanut butter fell from the second shelf of my cupboard on top of my bare right foot. It hurt pretty bad for awhile, but...

by User avatar chlobert68231

cigarette burn (whitishness)

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i received a pretty bad burn on my arm from a cigarette. (i dont smoke, someone else did it to me) but anyways, its like a 2nd degree burn, ive had it for about a week and a half. ive been cleaning it and neosporin'ing it often. the top layer was white. i was told this would break down. but when i...

by User avatar driver96962101

numbness

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:$ i am a 14 year old female and i had hurt my last two toes on my left side i had missed the ball and accidentally kicked the chair HARD. about three days after that my whole leg started tingling and felt like it had been asleep (my toe was still hurting i thought i broke it) so i just tried...

by User avatar Guest

unknown cause-lupus,cancer?

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hi everyone! I'm not sure where to begin but over the past 2 yrs I have been medically getting worse. I have 3 small children and get scared sometimes. It all started with back problems (burning) then my legs (varicose veins removed) I have a severe case of raynauds but now everything in my body is...

by User avatar mammalexie27921

Rib pain and headaches.

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Hi im 20 n im a student. Im a very fit lad always partaking in sports, 5 weeks ago i was mugged and recieved substantial blows to my ribs which bruised up. In the past week i have been recieving bursts of pain from the upper part of my ribs and they are then followed by a headache. Are these the...

by User avatar shaneycapes18698

pain across chest and out to the bicept areas

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last week I hit a parked car, my seat belt stopped my forward motion but the impact from the belt across my chest has left me in a great deal of pain. I can breath ok and getting around is no problem. It feels like a muscle strain moving tthrough my chest out to my arms in the bicept area. I do not...

by User avatar mick91312259

breast sterum

I was in car wreck 5/30/06 MY Breast Sterum is bruised real bad, to the point it hurt all the way thru to my back between my shoulders. I can breath better now but I still sleep sitting half way up. I have had my chest X-Rayed 3 different times and my Back 1 time My chest still shows up with...

by User avatar Guest