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4 Year Kid, Right Hand Got Fractured, Reduced Finger Movement. Any Procedure To Check If There Is Nerve Injury?
day before yesterday my daughter(4years old) got an accident..and her right hand got fractured..as per x-ray.POP has been done on the same day but my concern is if there any injury in nerve since her finger movement is not much including thumb....plz suggest if there is ny procedure or advance xray to find out the nerve injury(if any)
Tue, 30 Jul 2013
With a acute injury it is difficult to check movement of the finger but in uncomplicated fractures nerve damage is exceedingly uncommon. A physician can check the finger for sensation with pin pricks but again, short of a compound fracture (bone sticking out of skin) nerve injury is very unlikely.
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Hope you are doing good. Fractures often take place in the hand. A fracture may cause pain, stiffness, and loss of movement. Some fractures will cause an obvious deformity, such as a crooked finger, but many fractures do not. Because of the close relationship of bones to ligaments and tendons, the hand may be stiff and weak after the fracture heals.
There are few test like EMG and Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) Testing. But i wont recommend it at this stage because its a normal case and it usually have the same symptoms after fracture.
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Hope you are doing good. Fractures often take place in the hand. A fracture may cause pain, stiffness, and loss of movement. Some fractures will cause an obvious deformity, such as a crooked finger, but many fractures do not. Because of the close relationship of bones to ligaments and tendons, the hand may be stiff and weak after the fracture heals.
There are few test like EMG and Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) Testing. But i wont recommend it at this stage because its a normal case and it usually have the same symptoms after fracture.
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