I can see a crack on my bone on x ray,after ONE MONTH I broke my leg?

Question

is that normal for a fractured bone to still have a crack after 30 days? Will the bone be conected and recovered eventually?

Answer 1

My suggestion is to see your doctor, after having many broken arms I am on the paranoid side.

Is the leg in a cast, if so the bone will heal properly if its set, if not then you need to show your doctor and get them to fix it for you so you don't get complications later on in life.

Answer 2

Broken bones can take a while to heal. You broke your leg? It's unlikely it's healed yet. Maybe another few weeks. By the way, you will still see evidence of a fracture long after it has healed...I mean years. Calcium forms where the break was. The good thing is that after a break finally heals, the bone will be stronger.

A broken leg can take months to completely heal. It depends on how bad the break was, which bone it was in and the type of fracture. Give it some time.

Answer 3

It is not unusual for a fracture to still show on an xray for 6 to 8 weeks after the date of injury. You should also see callous formation, that is the build up of bone around the site of the fracture that shows that the bone is working to heal itself. There is always a risk with any fracture, even one treated by an orthopaedic surgeon, of a malunion, where the bone doesn't heal in proper position, or nonunion, where it doesn't seem to heal at all. You should be seeing a doctor and he should be able to answer all of these questions for you. Most fractures in a tibia or fibula are casted for approximately 3 weeks, then repeat xrays done out of cast, the fracture reevaluated and cast reapplied as needed.