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Nasty Fall .............
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Hi all - especially Sqad. Would welcome some advice please re: my 90 year old Mum who had a very nasty fall yesterday - falling straight onto her arm, giving her elbow a real crack on the floor. The bruising right down her arm started to come out immediately together with a big lump on her elbow (hematoma?) That lump has gone today but her whole arm has turned totally black from her elbow right down to her knuckles and has completely doubled in size so looks quite frightening. She can stretch her arm out and move her fingers so I know it's not broken but it is quite painful from all the bruising. We are thinking of taking her to our Minor Injuries Unit tomorrow - do you think this is the correct thing to do, and what can they do other than wait for the swelling to go down. I have been giving her Ibuprofen and Paracetemol which is controlling the pain but as it is her right arm she can't do much for herself at all. Thanks.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes thanks all, my brother is taking her down to our GP surgery/MTU who will then advise re: possible xray at our hospital (no A&E there so it's not that simple in our town) but she can move it although it is quite painful. Its the swelling which is so worrying as it has now spread into her hand and fingers. Could she have actually broken a bone but still stretch her arm out and move her fingers? She had a good nights sleep with some co-codamol which knocked her out. She is quite well in herself.
agree sqad
alarming but needs to be seen - old people as a result of their age can mount huge bruises.
if one has broken a bone it almost certainly is too painful to move/use it.
big stresses for all concerned. My mother FOOSH'd once and I recollect it still as some awful slow motion train crash. ( fell on outstretched hand )
alarming but needs to be seen - old people as a result of their age can mount huge bruises.
if one has broken a bone it almost certainly is too painful to move/use it.
big stresses for all concerned. My mother FOOSH'd once and I recollect it still as some awful slow motion train crash. ( fell on outstretched hand )
Hi I'm so tired I can't go into all the finer details on here until tomorrow but after taking her at 10.30am she finally got home at ..... 10pm, a 12 hour wait!!! Hundreds of people in A&E. Had an Xray and result is she has broken a piece of bone off her elbow, the surgeons don't want to operate, far too risky at her age they say, so now after all that wait, we have to take her back again to the hospital fracture clinic (19 miles away) at 9.30am in the morning to see the top orthopaedic doc to decide what to do with the elbow!. She is tired out, now we have to go to her house so early at 7.30am to get her up, washed and dressed to get her there in time.
No fun being old and frail I have decided .............. :(
Thanks for asking about her x
No fun being old and frail I have decided .............. :(
Thanks for asking about her x