Bone Fracture

Causes

Trauma of some kind is the cause of the various types of bone fractures. Although bones can deal with some outside force, they are not unbreakable. There are numerous types of breakings.

Symptoms

The earliest sign of a fracture is pain. After a person breaks a bone, they will have trouble moving the appendage. The area around the breakage will bruise, swell, and become tender. If the bone is broken badly enough, the area around it may look abnormally-shaped.

Treatment

Once the bone is broken, the most crucial action to take is to immobilize the affected area. Next, someone needs to realign the fragments and splint the bone, so it heals properly. One way to facilitate the above process is to use fluidism, specifically Melanism. The magic can be used to set the bone more easily. Afterward, while the patient is recovering, Melanism can be applied to the area every day to encourage the body and speed up the healing process. Even the most knowledgeable scholars and physicians are unsure of how the treatment works.

Prognosis

Provided appropriate action is taken, the bone will heal well. If the bone pierces the flesh and has to be placed back inside the body, the area may fester.

Prevention

The best prevention is to be careful, but one cannot always control them.

Epidemiology

Those with lower quality and less varied diets - especially the poor - are more likely to break their bones. Unfortunately, they are also less likely to afford a physician’s services. Furthermore, the poor tend to engage in manual or dangerous labor, making injuries of all kinds of everyday occurrences. This combination of circumstances ensures that broken bones frequently happen to less well-off people. It is also more common for these fractures to not be appropriately set or treated with magic, meaning the bones heal in awkward positions. Constant pain results, as does impaired mobility.

Sources

https://medlineplus.gov/fractures.html
https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/fractures-broken-bones/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551678/

Type

Physiological

Cycle

Short-term

Rarity

Common