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does a broken nose hurt
A 13-year-old female asked:

Dr. Subramaniam Arumugam answered
56 years experience Plastic Surgery
Usually for1-3 weeks: Usually the pain lasts for one to three weeks from an injury to the nose with broken bone. But, sometimes the pain may persist for even longer periods ... Read More
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A 14-year-old female asked:

Dr. Andrew Ho answered
30 years experience Psychiatry
Stage 1 of healing: Pain is a signal from the injured body part to the brain. The message is - I am hurt, take it easy on me. There are lots of nerve endings on the fac ... Read More
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A 13-year-old female asked:

Dr. Lee Feierabend answered
Specializes in Emergency Medicine
Broken nose: Noses break in the bone (the nose is only half bone), between the bone and cartilage n and rarely in the cartilage (it's the most pliable). Regardles ... Read More
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
If : If you have numbness / pins and needles of the face near the nose, that can be due to damage of the infraorbital nerve.
A 13-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anya Kishinevsky answered
21 years experience Plastic Surgery
It is painful: Fracturing the bone is more painful than fracturing the cartilage. Whether it's due to trauma or nasal surgery, you would be given pain medication tha ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:

Dr. David Kam answered
36 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
See ENT doctors: You can't fix it by yourself!
A 46-year-old member asked:

Dr. Farhad Sigari answered
20 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
Nasal deformity: A crooked nose, bruising of the area between your eyes, significant nasal swelling, bleeding from the nose.
A 34-year-old member asked:

Dr. Alexander Gorup answered
29 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
Some thoughts: Signs suggestive of broken nose might be obvious visible deformity, palpable bony deformities, significant bruising, difficulty breathing thru nose. ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ahmad M Hadied answered
49 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Yes it could: If the fracture was line up this what happen.
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A 24-year-old member asked:

Dr. Yash Khanna answered
57 years experience Family Medicine
Swelling broken nose: The only think which can help swelling of broken noe is ice locally in the first 48 hours.
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