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Humerus fracture
It is a fracture (bone break) of the upper arm bone. The humerus is the bone that connects to the shoulder (through part of the shoulder blade) at one end, the elbow (through the two bones of the forearm, the ulna and the radius) at the other. The humerus can be fractured anywhere along its length.
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A 18-year old male asked:
Sir, my midshaft humerus fractured broken slightly.Can it will be heal without surgery tell me also the recovery time? Doctors did plaster of paris.
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A 31-year old asked:
What is the treatment for humerus fracture?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: humerus fracture?
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A 33-year old asked:
How healed is my humerus fracture after 12 weeks?
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A 48-year old asked:
What happened to your arm when you have a humerus fracture?
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A 48-year old asked:
Am I fit for gym after humerus fracture?
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A 44-year old asked:
Humerus fracture - what are the chances of healing without surgery?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can humerus fracture heal without sling.
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A 33-year old asked:
How long for a spiral humerus fracture to mend?
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A 34-year old asked:
How long is recovery after plating of a humerus fracture?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I have humerus fracture. Kindly tell me diet and medicine which help in heal fracture.
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A 39-year old asked:
Humerus fracture sling cause swelling problems?
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A 41-year old asked:
Have many baby had a greenstick humerus fracture? If so, how long does it take to heal?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I have humerus fracture. But how can I know that fracture is healed without x ray. Will there no pain if it is healed?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I had a plate in my mid-shaft spiral humerus fracture placed 6 months ago. Now it has healed & giving me discomfort. I would like to remove it, please adv?
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A 31-year old asked:
What are exercises that will help me regain muscles lost after a humerus fracture and which muscles are affected?
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A 30-year old asked:
What exercises will help me build back muscles after a humerus fracture?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Recently operated 4 a humerus fracture & my arm was fractured in another 2 areas while inserting the rod. How long will my arm take 2 recover?
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A 26-year old male asked:
How long does humerus fracture takes to heal.Will the bone be same stronger as before.I have got implanted with titanium plate.When can I start my gym?
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A 31-year old asked:
If i broke my arm (proximal humerus fracture), what is the recovery time like?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Sir 25 yrs age mid shaft humerus fracture movement of plate from original position 10-15 degrees of angulation union there operated 1 mnth 7 days?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Is calcium deficiency reason for humerus fracture during armwrestling?
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A 24-year old asked:
I've shoulder dislocation with humerus fracture, I alreeady pass the surgery for 2 weeks, but now I feel the shoulder become dislocated again, help?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Hello! I have a recent proximal humerus fracture and am about 3 1/2 weeks out from closed reduction. How long should I continue to feel the bone move?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Is the recovery for surgery for a proximal humerus fracture caused by enchondroma longer or different if the tumor was removed than a regular fracture?
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A 30-year old male asked:
After 2 months of accident doctor detected in.Mri that I have humerus fracture. Is now there chance to heal the broken bone after 2 months.
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A 42-year old male asked:
I have a proximal humerus fracture of the right arm. It is a month old in a clam shell split is it normal for the elbow to be painful and swollen?
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A 71-year old female asked:
Why has alarge bruise come up on breast near the shoulder 3 weeks after humerus fracture?should i be worried?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Mid shaft humerus fracture an plated in arm how much time bone will take to cure an when should physio therapy started. Angulation of plate also there?
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A 51-year old male asked:
My proximal humerus fracture is 7 weeks into healing. Putting my hand on my hip is a problem! my elbow goes toward my back. How do I resolve this. ?
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