is it a sprain or a break? PLEASE HELP!

[daisym6]

so i was at basketball practice and then i was pushed/fell over. It hurts alot!!!
i can type but it hurts sometimes. its a little puffy on the top it hurts on both sides on botom and on top i cant twist it or put ANY wait on it. it also hurts in the arm. i dont want to go to a docter and find out that i only need to wrap it ice it etc so please answer is it a break sprain fracture strain or what? should i play basketball? (it's on my right/writing hand) (i can write very lightly)

[daisya]

I don't think anyone would be able to diagnose such a thing at a distance....think it will be minor injuries for you or docs if not, just to get it checked out. Better be safe than sorry methinks.

[RATTER15]

Definately a fracture, you will need to be put in plaster for 6 months at the very least!!!!!

[Ann]

Meanwhile put a pack of frozen peas on it until you can get to a doc .......

[starone]

RATTER is quite right. Trolls bones take longer to heal than others.

[jomifl]

You should bind the area that is puffy and a few inches above and below it, also try to keep it elevated, so that it tends not to swell so much.

[daisym6]

Should i go in tomarow

[Carakeel]

Well put starbuckone!! lol

[Buenchico]

With a fracture you would normally know the exact point at which the fracture occurred because:
(a) that's either the point which struck the ground with force or the place where you 'felt it go' when you fell ; and
(b) it's possible to point to, and touch, a PRECISE source of sharp pain.

With a sprain the pain is usually less localised and likely to have resulted from (say) your hand being knocked back when you landed on it, rather than from a direct shock to a specific bone.

Even if it's a fractured wrist though, a young fit person shouldn't need it to be in plaster for much more than a fortnight. (Written from experience!)

Chris

[daisym6]

oh and i played my game on saterday and i couldnt move my hole arm after wards

[daisym6]

definetly a fracture? so it not a break will i have to be put in a colored cast
ps i'm American

[daisym6]

ok yes i know im the author and i shouldnt be writing so much i should be reading but i need more answers PLEASE ANSWER!! any way answer my other questions and detials omg i sound so mean my wrist goes from really really bad even when im not moving it to small aching pains

[RATTER15]

Yes you got it, definitely a break not a fracture. In the USA they only use fluorescent pink for fractures in lime green for breaks.

>>Meanwhile put a pack of frozen peas on it until you can get to a doc .......<<

I think you meant "Petis pois" as its just a fracture Ann86.

[alid5]

i would immobilize the arm with a sling, ice pack to reduce swelling and get to docs/A&E asap.

[factor-fiction]

In answer to your question "should i play basketball?", although I'm no sqad I certainly would say "not until you have had it checked out or until it has recovered.... oh, and maybe take a couple of paracetemol or ibruprofen"

[daisym6]

ok right now it hurts like crazy and i can barely type you guys really helped me and i think i'm going to the doc today

[craft1948]

I was sent to the remedial gym after a leg operation and played volleyball.....I fractured my wrist :-(

[firewatch]

if your american and dont have health insurance can see why you ahve a reluctance to go to the doctors, however if a fracture is not treated correctly iy can lead to life long problems, so get it sorted asap.

[daisym6]

i just dont want to go to the doc for no reason and hear its a sprain

[lcg]

but that's what dr's are there for...to tell you if it's a sprain or a break.

[craft1948]

You'll have to see the doc. I was convinced I'd broken some bones in my foot, and so was the sister in A&E when she had a look. The x-ray was clear and it was just a bad sprain.