If any of youy guys have read a Separate Peace you know Finny died from bone marrow shooting up his blood stream while the doctor was fixing his bones. I'm doing a project on if that could ever happen in real life. If it couldn't have, what would be a likely cause of Finny's death, because i can't think of anything dangerous for setting bones.
BTW what does "setting bones" mean? Isn't that just like fixing your broken bones?
2006-12-04 13:11:15 · 8 answers · asked by Master C 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Not quite death by bone marrow entering your heart. What you're referring to is called "fat emboli syndrome" and occurs occasionally in long bone fractures. Fat and marrow from the non-mineralized core of the bone enters the bloodstream and is returned to the heart, but what kills you is the small particles clogging the small vessels of your lungs. You go into respiratory distress and can die because your blood can't circulate through the lungs and pick up oxygen.
I'm in general surgery residency and have seen this syndrome a couple of times in trauma patients.
Setting bones simply means realigning two displaced ends of a fractured bone.
2006-12-04 13:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by tiredsurgeon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is very possible. It is called a fat emboli. Breaking bones puts a person at risk for a emboli. A person with a broken leg are at more risk for this.
A person will not know that they have a emboli until it is to late, unless they have ready medical personnel that knows the sign and symptom of emboli.
People with broken legs, hip or can not walk (non-ambulatory) are also at risk for somthing called Deep Vein Thrombosis. It is a blood clot in the leg. It becomes a emboli when it travels. Usually doc's will put a patient on a "blood" thinner to stop the blood clot and then a follow up treatment to prevent blood clots from forming.
2006-12-04 13:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Igottheanswers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finn Y Bones
2016-12-10 19:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was a bone splinter that killed him. I think it might be possible to die this way. Setting bones is the same as splinting them.
2006-12-04 13:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by relaxed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-04 13:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by ejc g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds really interested
2016-07-28 05:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You raise some good points here.
2016-08-23 12:05:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a good question
2016-09-19 11:08:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋