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Conditions›Injuries and wounds›Fracture›Arm fracture

Arm fracture

The arm is the region from the elbow to the shouder. Past the elbow is actually your forearm. A fracture in the humerus is an arm fracture but often the description is misused to mean the forearm too. " i broke my arm: could mean almost anything to moist people.
Dr. Jeffrey Wint
Dr. Jeffrey Wintreviewed this
Hand Surgery 37 years experience
Is a type of:Fracture
How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

How common is it?

Common

Body locations

Arm

Symptoms

Arm pain
Arm swelling

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