Bones of the Human Body 0

A fracture is a break experienced by a bone, macro or microscopic level, and it usually involves trauma to soft tissue and neurovascular located in the area of ​​the fracture.

The fractures were caused by a strong impact on the bone, in other words it exerts a force greater than that it is able to sustain, particularly can result from a fall, trauma, stroke or kick. Also a fracture may be caused by a medical condition in which bones become weak as in osteoporosis and some cancers.

After suffering the impact on the bone the most common is that they feel the following symptoms. Pain in the affected area, swelling, deformity, difficulty using or moving the affected bone, bruising, redness and warmth.

Fractures are possible to classify. On one side is exposed or open fractures, characterized in that the bone through the skin, this can be very risky, because it opens a gateway to the body, as well as bone contact with the external environment can infect, and a bone infection is very difficult to treat (takes at least a month). By contrast, in closed fractures the surface skin is not damaged.

Another type of classification according to the crack. The greenstick fracture is a broken incomplete, ie, it is not divided into two parts. The transverse fracture is a break that goes straight through the bone. The spiral fracture occurs mainly by a crooked, as its name says is a spiral-shaped crack. The oblique fracture is when the bone is broken diagonally. The compression fracture is a bone crushing. And then there is comminuted fracture is when the bone breaks in more than one party.

A fracture can be diagnosed in various ways, the most common are x-rays, which involves the use of x-ray that provides images of internal tissues, bones and organs.

To treat a fracture depends on the degree of this, the age, medical history and health of the patient, the type of fracture, and the opinion or preference of the patient. In the event that the fracture is exposed is considered an emergency. Plaster can be applied to immobilize the affected area; prescription drugs, traction, ie, the application of a force with specific tools for the affected area back to its normal direction, and finally returned to surgery where broken bones that were displaced to their place of origin.



Bones of the human body