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What Should I Do if I Have a Broken Bone?

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Broken bone is a very common condition people face in their day to day life either they got broken bone by some accident or even broken bone can happen by hitting from some object. The three most common signs of broken bone are pain (at site of broken bone) swelling (around the site of broken bone) and deformity. However in some cases it is difficult to tell whether the bone is broken or not there are some common signs of broken bone like if you have broken bone you will hear a cramp noise of bone being broken, another sign is broken bone always followed by swelling, bruising and tenderness nature or you may feel pain in putting weight at the injury site or pain while touching or pressing it. You may also feel faint, dizzy while having a broken bone is a result of shock of breaking bone. If the break is small these symptoms will be less and pain will be less so it’s difficult to identify and diagnose breaking bone but long term pain at a particular site while movement or weight bearin...

All about shoulder Fracture Arthroscopy

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Shoulder Arthroscopy is a procedure through which an arthroscope is inserted from a small incision to diagnose and treat shoulder conditions. This type of arthroscopy performs to examine or repair the tissue inside or around your shoulder joint. Shoulder arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgery to treat shoulder problems, including shoulder impingement and rotator cuff tears. The procedure of shoulder arthroscopy usually takes 1 hour to complete. "Shoulder arthroscopy" literally means "To look after shoulder joint". This procedure includes insertion of a small camera within the shoulder joint, then this camera monitors picture of the shoulder joint in a video player through which the surgeon monitors the complications inside the shoulder. Your surgeon uses these images to guide miniature surgical instruments. Most of the recent studies show that in the hands of a surgeon who is expert in arthroscopic surgery the results are comparable and have a 97% success rate...

Know more about Subchondral Fracture

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A subchondral fracture is a fracture of trabecular cancellous bone just beneath the subchondral bone plate without disrupting articular surfaces. Subchondral insufficiency fractures are more common in elderly women, but it can occur at any age group. There are some risk factors for subchondral Fractures they involve if a patient is having conditions like osteoporosis, osteoarthritis or meniscal tears. These conditions are very prone to subchondral fracture. Usually subchondral Fracture has few common symptoms like pain in weight- bearing or affected joints. Subchondral Fracture is usually the consequences of compressive forces transmitted from cartilage to bone plate. This force causes breaks in a bone resulting in a subchondral fracture condition. They can also occur in conjunction with twisting and ligaments injury. Subchondral Fracture may be caused by traumatic injury or overuse or repetitive injury. Mostly common with joints like knee, hip and ankle joints. These Fracture are diag...

Exploring the Link between Celiac Disease and Osteoporosis

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Osteoporosis is a complication of untreated celiac disease or we can say osteoporosis occurs due to malabsorption of Calcium and Vitamin D in people with celiac disease. The small intestine is responsible for the absorption of important nutrition including calcium, vitamin D and phosphorus that are vital for building and maintaining healthy bones. Celiac disease is an autoimmune and inflammatory small bowel disease, which improves the body's ability to absorb nutrition from food or in easy language, we can say celiac disease is an inheriting digestive disorder that causes damage to the small intestine. Mainly, it includes deficiency of calcium and vitamin D that affects bone and can complicatedly lead to osteoporosis. People with untreated celiac disease have symptoms like low bone density, leads to porous bone or the bone gets really fragile. This symptom is common for both children and adults having celiac conditions. Hence, treating celiac disease and also low bone density is i...

Know how to Understand Hairline Fractures and How to Get Relief?

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Hairline fracture is a very common type of fracture, also known as " stress fracture " is a small crack or severe bruise within a bone. The injury is most common in athletes; also one must have experienced a hairline fracture once in a life. The most common symptom one faces during hairline fracture is pain; this pain got worsen with movements, activities and time. It's important to modify your activities at that time. Other common symptoms of hairline fracture include swelling, tenderness, bruising and aching at the site of the fracture or around the region of the fracture. If you are having such symptoms you can be diagnosed by hairline fracture. Hairline fracture can be treated once, get diagnosed by physical examinations; also X-Ray examination and MRI helps to detect the site of fracture; it usually visualize lower grade stress injury before an X-ray shows changes. MRI usually helps to distinguish between stress fracture or hairline fracture and soft tissue injury. U...

Surprising but True! A Small Wound Can Result In Severe Bone Infection.

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 A very common question raised on wounds, is "Can a small wound cause severe infection"? The answer is" YES", Even a very small wound can cause serious infection. Conditions like Osteomyelitis are rare but very serious condition. It's a bacterial infection of bone, where bacteria can enter the body through very small wound lesion connects external environment with internal body. This infection can reach to bone by traveling through a blood stream or spreading through nearby tissues. Once infection enters, the bone, tissue experiences inflammation. Infection can directly affect the bone itself if injury can directly expose the bone. After a bone gets infected, the germs or we can say the bacteria that infect bone tissue multiply or replicate very fastly. Staphylococcus bacteria usually cause osteomyelitis condition; sometimes fungi and other germs cause bone infection. Open upper extremity fractures or injuries with severe soft tissue damage usually have the high...

Frozen Shoulder surgery & its benefits

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Frozen shoulder , the most common orthopaedic problem these days. Also called Adhesive capsulitis is a condition characterized by stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. Signs and symptoms usually begin gradually, and worsen over time. The usual surgical treatment for frozen shoulder is called Arthroscopic Capsular Release. As the name of the surgery itself says, this is an arthroscopic shoulder surgery where a small camera is inserted into the shoulder joint. Surgery for frozen shoulder is very, very common these days as this surgery is offered at Stage 2 of frozen shoulder. The goal of the surgery is to relieve stressed joint and stretch the joint accordingly. The most common methods include manipulation under general anaesthesia and shoulder arthroscopy; then manipulation under during this procedure, you are; put to sleep to avoid complications and pain during surgery. It usually takes 3-4 months for fully recovery; remember it is essential to follow a physical therapy routine so...