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Fracture site pain

2020-09-11 08:37:34
I had fracture of 2 nd metacarpal 3weeks back still I have little pain on n off , though not severe is it ok to have that much pain,I have still slab on my hand.
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Pain might stay for a week more as bone takes 3-4 weeks to unite. Unnatural pain at 3 weeks could also be there is fracture fragments are not uniting/displaced or if the slab applied is too short and allowing movement at fracture site. Share xrays and clinical. Picture.
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Can do a hand xray and check the Union progress, alignment etc.

Answered2020-09-11 09:01:36

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