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Ball Hit Me In The Wrist. Bruising On Inside Of Thumb. Can The Wrist Be Broken Without Pain?

so yesterday I was playing first base and got a line drive hit right at me. lucky for me it hit me in the wrist haha. anyway it hit me on the bone near my ulna. it was automatically numb and I just felt a little bruising. it started to swell a little bit but not hugely. it doesn't hurt as much as I thought it would hurt, I didn't even cry. at times it aches, like while I am typing but it isn't bad at all. I want to know why it doesn't hurt and if it could be broken despite the lack of pain. it does hurt when I push on it and it doesn't even look hardly bruised except in between my ulna and my pisiform. I don't know why but the veins I have in my wrist pop out more and at times I think that I see bruising on the inside of my thumb when I didn't even get hit near there. sometimes I have pain on the opposite side that I got hit, but its just a tiny ache. I don't want to talk to m y parents about this unless it starts to hurt. I just don't know, its weird how when I got hit it was numb and now it hardly hurts. I mean can you break your wrist without having any pain like I have????
Fri, 8 Nov 2013
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It's unlikely to be fracture. Fracture will have pain, deformity and restrictions in movements. Applying hot water fomentation will reduce the symptoms. Consult a surgeon if problem still persist.
Take care
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Ball Hit Me In The Wrist. Bruising On Inside Of Thumb. Can The Wrist Be Broken Without Pain?

Greetings Welcome to Healthcare-Magic It s unlikely to be fracture. Fracture will have pain, deformity and restrictions in movements. Applying hot water fomentation will reduce the symptoms. Consult a surgeon if problem still persist. Take care Regards