Is my elbow broken? Should i go to the hospital?!


Question:

Is my elbow broken? Should i go to the hospital?

Hi there!
I fell down the stairs and landed on my elbow. It's come up in a big bruise and is slightly swollen. There is also a tiny cut on my elbow where i hit it. Although i have full range of motion it is painful to do so. This morning there was some numbness in my fingers but it has passed.
I'm just wondering is it worth my while going to the hospital with it? Any thoughts greatly appreciated


Answers:

If you have a full range of motion then it's not broken in the sense of a full break but can be chipped or have a hairline or green stick fracture.

If it was fully broken it would be totally swollen and the pain so unbearable you would not dare move it.

The numbness can be from the swelling and bruising pushing on the nerves that supply your arm or from a small fracture that I mentioned above.

If you have this small hairline fracture the swelling is less and so is the pain. Movement can still be obtained but hurts like Hell. You would drop things from the hand in that arm also.

It wouldn't hurt to get an x-ray. But to save sitting in the ER for hours, I would wait and see until tomorrow morning and then go and see your Doctor.

For tonight take some pain relief like Panadol or Neurofen. But DON'T TAKE ASPRIN. Apply a cold pack. And bandage and rest it on a pillow.

If it's no better by tomorrow or the pain and swelling get to bad today go to the ER then.




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