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How long can you let a fracture go before it starts healing?
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Immediately: Fractures "start to heal" immediately in that the first part of a fracture healing is the development of a hematome (bleeding) around the fracture which happens immediately after the fracture has occurred. Thank you for the question.
Answered 9/1/2012
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