Important Things to Know about Fracture

One of the important things to learn about the fracture is that there is no difference between this condition and the break in the bone. They are synonymous terms used to refer to the same thing. Different breaks take different amounts of time to heal because of a number of factors.

There is no truth in the belief that it is often better to break a bone than just have a soft tissue injury. Any broken bone is not a good thing that could happen to you or to anyone. The story is just an old wives tale.

You should also know what the different types of fractures are. They include the following:

1-Horizontal => The bone is fractured in a horizontal plane.

2-Oblique => The bone is fractured in an oblique or diagonal plane.

3-Spiral => The bone is fractured all the way round in a spiral shape.

4-Comminuted=> The bone is broken into many different pieces or fragments.

5-Compound =>The break has caused the bone to come through the skin, leaving an open wound that is prone to infection.

6-Crush =>The bone is compressed or pressed down.

7-Wedge =>Part of the bone is crushed. This is common in compression injuries of the spine where part of the vertebra is crushed. The broken bone then looks like a wedge.

8-Open =>This is the where the skin has been broken so that the broken bone is exposed.