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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.

Can numbness of feet be attributed to fractured ribs 11 and 12

I am an active 67 yr old retiree; Oct 9th while running after my grandson playing ball I tripped and fell on the concrete resulting in fractured ribs 11 & 12, the floating ribs.  MRI confirmed this, while at my annual cardiologist visit, I asked him about numbness to soles of my feet...

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Is full recovery possibe from a lisfranc fracture?

Answered by a doctor

Hi there, HELP PLEASE I have been reading all of these posts and am becoming more and more scared of the after effects of my lisfranc fracture. I was in a very bad car accident 2 weeks ago and had emergency surgery. My fracture was caused by the severe impact of my foot being braced (I assume) on...

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Black Eye Discoloration

I received a black eye almost 2 months ago; the swelling went away after about two weeks but since then there's been a persistent noticeable discoloration exactly where the swelling was. Unfortunately I only started putting an ice pack on the swelling after about 2-3 days if that matters. Will it...

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Walking after Lisfranc Fracture, any information or tips?

Answered by a doctor

Hello, I suffered a Lisfranc Fracture on July 14, 2012. I tore all five metatarsals on my left foot and went in for an ORIF surgery the next morning, where they placed four screws. I was put in a cast for ten days, which was taken off on on July 26th and saw my surgeon who explained the severity...

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Do these scrapes need medical attention?

My mom fell, hurt her wrists & scraped her knee. We went to the ER to make sure her wrists were only sprained (which they were), but the nurse cleaned the scraps on her knee & told her to just air them out. The scrapes/scabs kept hurting & started looking infected. She cleaned them &...

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Empty head sensation

Sometime in November it was raining and I was driving. My tires skid into a puddle of water and I crashed into a pole. As I ran into the pole I felt my head and neck moved back and forth with great force. After the accident I felt fine. A couple of days later I had a minor cold. I had drippy nose...

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Hit in the face by water baloon. Now my eye is swollen, and my upper limb is numb

3 days ago I was hit very hard in the side of the face with a water baloon I shook it off but the pain remained for about an hour afterwards I went with my fiancé to the Smokey mountains in Tennessee to a look out point since we live in the area I allowed her to drive my truck since I was t feeling...

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Pain above tailbone with a big knot there. I had a motorcycle accident. What could it be?

I had motorcycle wreck where I hit the pavement about 40 mph on my back side then rolled then bike landed on me, disclocated my left knee. Now I got what feels like big knot rite above tail bone, sometimes it's sore sometimes not, thinking mite have done something to my tale bone

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Large hematoma from falling on right thigh. It will take months for it to clear up

I thank God I didn't break a bone, but when I fell so hard stepping off the pontoon, but missed the dock... well, no, my thigh hit the dock - really hard. Three weeks later, this huge, hard, very tender lump protrudes from my right thigh. The bruising color show is mostly over now, but I remain a...

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How to treat right side pain caused by falling down the deck steps?

Hi, I fell down my deck steps about a week ago. I had a huge goose egg on the left side of my head. Also, hit my right side before landing on sidewalk. I still have the pain in my right side especially when lifting or bending over. I have also started a cough after my fall, which doesn't help with...

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