Today my daughter fell over on a hard stone pavement. I heard a crack and her hand started to swell. I immediately put her hand under cold water, but no bruise came out. I am now quite worried as she says her wrist is very painful and sore when she moves it forward it is unbearable. She also cannot stand anyone touching the area around her wrist. My sister has said it may be a hairline fracture. We haven t gone to A&E because if it is just a sprain, I can simply put a padded cast on her wrist and hand a doctors note into her teacher saying that she cannot take part in any strenuous activity. Thank you!
Hello there, after going through your question I might suggest it's a fracture as swelling starts to appear, and she still feels pain and can not stand simple touch. But few points still remain untouched. When did the injury happen?is the swelling has reduced by then?is there movement loss in her hand?what causing the loss of movement pain or because of fracture? As you have mentioned hand, so which part of hand close to wrist or at elbow? If its near wrist joint, fall on wrist & twisting of wrist could be possible but if she has felt on her elbow than chances of fracture is quite often. So to my opinion do not wait and just go for X-ray else allusion in fracture cases could lead to further damage to surrounding tissue. Regards