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I have a burning sensation in my wrist, i am being checked for a broken scaphoid. nothing is showing on xrays. had a brace on for 2 weeks still hurts?
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Keko looking: Scaffoid fractures are sometimes tricky. Tell your doctor to have another X-ray with 3 views. They are bad fractures to have if it comes to that so you for sure want it treated
Answered 1/19/2016
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