Question 1

how to repair a broken wrist?

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Depends: An x-ray will allow your physician to determine whether your fracture can heal appropriately in a cast or if surgical intervention is needed. If you require surgery, typically a plate and screws are used to ensure anatomic alignment of the fracture. Hope this helps best of luck!

Question 2

how can you sleep with a broken wrist?

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Elevated on pillows: Its always best to try to keep the limb elevated after a fracture to decrease swelling. Placing the arm on pillows to the side as one sleeps is one way to accomplish this.

Question 3

what are restrictions the with a broken wrist?

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No lifting: Restrictions are set and discussed by your doctor. In general, do not lift anything or do any gripping, pushing, pulling, or twisting while healing from a broken wrist. These restrictions are usually in place for six weeks. Failure to restrict your activities may cause the broken pieces to move out of place and worsen your hand and arm function.

Question 4

what are some of the signs and symptoms of a broken wrist?

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Several: Wrist fractures show swelling, sometimes evident deformity, resting pain, and pain with motion.  The diagnosis is made with a combination of history taking, physical exam and x-ray examination.

Question 5

when before the swelling of broken wrist go down, roughly?

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A routine fractured: Wrist can stay "swollen" for a year or two.
If you really look critically at hte skin of the hand and the blood vessles on the back of the hand ( especially noticelabel when one comparers on side to another) the amount of sweeping if it is localized, painful, causing tendons to rub or click or not getting slowly better can be a concern that should make one speak to the treating provider.

Question 6

my wrist hurts when i bend it back. is this a sign of a broken wrist?

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Depends: The information you provided is not enough to make a diagnosis.  Was there trauma?  Where is it painful? How painful?  What type of pain? Etc. Etc.  I recommend that you be evaluated and x-ray  done if you think you could have broken it!

Question 7

how long will it take before i can write again after healing from a broken wrist?

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Writing should be: A thing you are doing now. As use of fingers and  structures ie the muscles of the fingers that start in the forearm is good therapy and exercise even if still being treated. Writing does not just come fromthe wrist or fingers but the brain and the entire arm. One can write even with a pen taped to a cast without fingers!. The sooner one starts doing "normal" activity the quicker you feel normal.

Question 8

what can i do if my son has a broken wrist how much vicodine can i give him hes 12 and weighs 125 pounds?

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5-7 mg every 4 hrs: Dose is  based on weight.  If you have liquid form you can give two or three teaspoons every 4-6 hours.  If you have the 5/500 pills you should give no more than 8 per day total.  I suggest one pill every 4 hours to begin, and increase to two pills every 4-6 hours if needed.

Question 9

weeks later and here i am, with an unhealed wrist. could it be that i was misdiagnosed with a broken wrist?

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Possibly?: Don't have much info about what happened to you, but wrist sprains can take just as long (and sometimes longer) than broken bones to heal.  There are also some wrist fractures (the scaphoid) that may not be obvious on x-rays performed immediately, but may be more apparent on x-rays done a week or so later.  Good luck!

Question 10

i have a broken wrist. my wrist is really hot and my fingertips are cold. what is wrong? and how can i fix it?

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Swelling: Swelling from the fracture with bleeding from the fractured bones can produce the heat.  If the swelling gets extreme, and you're in a cast or splint, then it can reduce the circulation to the fingers.  The best bet is to keep it elevated as much as possible.  If you have a cast or splint, check with your doctor to see if it is too tight.

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