I think i fractured my wrist?!


Question: I think i fractured my wrist.?
I fell yesturday (thursday 9/25) and my wrist was turned kinda backwards and i landed right on it. all my life i have been accident prone and i have only swollen up twice in the past. my wrist does not appear to be swollen. after i fell i could barley move it at all. it hurt to even touch it.....but now i can bend it down so it is at about a 90* angle without it hurting really bad...it hurts a little but not much. when i bend it up i can only bend it so it is at about a 160* angle and even that hurts alot! it hurts when i press lightly on the top of my wrist parallel to the bone that always sticks out.it looks normal but it does not feel normal at all. it cannot grasp anything smaller than a 20oz bottle of water without pain. i have sprained my wrist before and it has never hurt this bad or had one spot where it hurst the most! my mom wont take my to the doctor because she thinks it is just another sprain. does anyone with experience or who is a doctor/nurse know if it sounds more like a sprain or fracture.? Health Question & Answer


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It sounds broken to me. I broke my wrist a few years ago rollerskating. I wasn't able to bend it much at all. With a sprain you can usually bend it even though if does hurt. You said it "doesn't feel normal at all". For me when I fell on it, it didn't feel normal either. You know when you have laid on your arm for a really long time like while watching TV and then you straighten it out and then it feels better after a few minutes.? Well, that's how it felt, only after waiting, the weird feeling never went away. Does it hurt all the way up to your elbow.? It did for me. I would see a doctor if I were you. Health Question & Answer

if its painful to move it AT ALL its prolly a fracture.. ive never fractured my wrist before, and i too have never broken a bone before in my life until i fractured my foot.. but you just KNOW when something broken. my parents didnt beleive me either, i had to hobble myself to my car and drive myself to the emergency room. still to this day i drive with both feet cuz ive gotten soo used to it ahha its weird...Health Question & Answer

It sounds like a sprain to me, when I feel dirt biking I had the same symtoms and it was a sprain. I could be super wrong though! Hope you feel better :)Health Question & Answer

too bad
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