Lion Hearted Girl
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My mum broke her arm about 6 weeks ago, She had the cast taken off last week and is wearing bandages, but ever since then her hand has been extremely swollen and painful and her fingers are the size of sausages! If she even brushes her hand against something it hurts so badly I'm really worried.
Is this normal?? The doc says it will go down and she's booked for physio this week but I'm really not sure if the cast was taken off too early? They didn't X-ray her arm before taking off the cast - should they have done so? Is it normal to have such painful swelling after the cast has been taken off?
Also she's in her 60s.
Is this normal?? The doc says it will go down and she's booked for physio this week but I'm really not sure if the cast was taken off too early? They didn't X-ray her arm before taking off the cast - should they have done so? Is it normal to have such painful swelling after the cast has been taken off?
Also she's in her 60s.