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What Causes Swelling In The Elbow After A Fall?
Yesterday I slipped on ice and landed on my left elbow. There is no bruise, but swelling and severe pain with flexion and extension. Cant fully straighten it, and cant bend it past 90 degrees. Im hoping this is not broken or fractured. Pain kept me awake last night. What do i do?
Wed, 25 Feb 2015
That is called an accidental injury. If pain is unbearable cannot be controlled by analgesics than it will be a fracture. If pain subsides for some time it may not be a bone fracture. The pain is due to excess weight load that came accidentally on elbow. Apply anti inflammatory spray on the affected part. take analgesics and if u still feel no change then go for x-ray and the orthopedic
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