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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.

should i be worried??

I GOT HIT IN THE RIGHT TEMPLE AREA WITH A SOFTBALL TUES. NIGHT, EXTREMELY HARD I MIGHT ADD. MY HEAD IS VERY TENDER IN THAT AREA, WHEN I YAWN OR CHEW IT HURTS. ALSO I HAVE PAIN IN MY RIGHT SHOULDER NOW. NO BUMPS ON OUTSIDE, JUST FEELS VERY SWOLLEN INSIDE. SHOUD I BE WORRIED?? SEE DOCTOR 2 MORROW,...

by User avatar jkg

Questions about Black eye and broken nose due to a fight

I would like to know what is the physical result of receiving a hard enough slap with the back of the hand on the bone below the eye (note that the person was wearing a ring). Would this result in a broken nose ? If not why does the person feel as if it is broken and how long can the pain last in...

by User avatar KARYNE4534

bROKEN RIBS AND Coughing White Goo

Answered by a doctor

Hi all. I was on my way out the door for coffee and these guys jumped me. tosted into a park bench and broke some ribs on the left side. I have been coughing up a think white mucis now for two days, I also have a sholder blade pain.. Anyone ever had this before, its freaking me out. Cheers...

by User avatar JOHN JORDAN31661

Thank you so much, Em

      Thank you so much, Em. Your words are so reassuring. My mind goes a mile a minute. I run all the scenarios over and over in my mind( and , of course, am haunted by the memory of that fateful day.) I am so glad that you are doing better. I can't believe that you were just watering a plant!...

by User avatar Guest

Injured upper thigh.. Cant tell what from and if its front or back..

Answered by a doctor

Over the last three months I've been training quite vigorously in order to get in peak physical condition before joining the army.. for the first couple of weeks i would run about two and a half miles during the week and about 200 sit-ups in three sets. Eventually increasing to three miles per run.....

by User avatar Guest

MRSA-Lack of Spousal Support

My husband had skin cancer surgery and got MRSA from the operation room. A week later, I had a mastectomy. He was afraid to come near me because he did not want to infect me, as the MRSA was active, and the strain does not respond to anitbiotics. I don't know what it is called when your spouce is...

by User avatar caroleann320

Cut my pinky badly, my whole hand hurts. is it swelling or infection or...?

Hello and thanks for helping! first off, im 16, and while cutting an apple in the kitchen with a kitchen knife, my grip slipped and i badly cut the first "bend" or groove maybe you'd call it, on my pinky. it was a deep cut, and bled alot, but didnt hurt a very badly. I applied pressure,...

by User avatar Guest

bruised Feeling in head

My daughter , who is 5, went to the dr today because of a soar throat and fever. They did a strep test which came back Negative but the dr said that those tests are sometimes not 100% accurate but based on what she saw it seemed to be strep so she gave her an antibiotic. Yesterday, before her...

by User avatar lauren

What can be done to fix a fractured clavicle that has not properly healed?

Last year while delivering newspapers I fell on some ice and the only injury I thought I had at the time was bruised ribs. Today my doctor told me that I had actually fractured my clavicle and that there was nothing that could be really done about it because it healed the wrong way. She had...

by User avatar tenderheartbear172743

Falling down while walking

I have fell 3 times in 3 months. I am walking on flat surfaces. I bruised the bones in my right knee the first two times. Yesterday I broke my right elbow. The doctor said it was probably just stress. Is this common? Have otherpeople had this problem?

by User avatar LYNDADMD