will my wrist get any better if it has lost blood supply,?

Question

broken bone in wrist

Answer 1

Go to the doc right away.
My husband sprained his ankle and didn't go to the doc. The swelling from the sprain cut off the blood supply to his foot. After 9 surgeries to try to repair the damage my husband ended up having his foot amputated.
He played bball all his life and had sprained his ankle several dozen times. He figured he'd do what he always did, ice it, elevate it, and rest it. Two days later he's in the ER with docs standing around him shaking their head.

Bottom line, don't self diagnose. If you don't think your wrist is getting blood to it then GO TO THE DOC.

Answer 2

I hope you have gone to the Dr. for your broken wrist. If not, you should. There are many small bones in the wrist, and if you have a displaced fracture, it will not heal properly, and you will lose mobility in your wrist. By displaced, I mean the bones don't line up in the right position to heal, which can cut off the blood supply. You will still heal from the fracture, but it will heal in the displaced position, and you will have bone overgrowth, (Kind of like the bones scarring, like your skin would if burned over a large area) this will cause you to lose movement in your wrist.

The blood supply, will usually manage to rebuild itself regardless of if the fracture is displaced or not, it will just cause more damage in the process, by contributing to the bone overgrowth.

I hope this makes some sense. The bottom line is, if you have not gotten treatment for your wrist, you should. :)

Answer 3

Not only must you obtain professional medical treatment as soon as possible, but when you do, I suggest you demand a CT scan of your wrist to make sure no fractures have been missed on the x-ray. X-rays are like two dimensional drawings with poor resolution, CT scans are like three dimensional images with better resolution.

I hurt my wrist in 1996. Dr. x-rayed it. "No problems." Sent me home. Two weeks later I still lacked the strength to take the lid off a pen so I went and saw another doctor. While she was manipulating my hand in her hands, something shifts inside my wrist and all of a sudden my hand has strength again (something was out of joint it seems). Still no CT scan ordered. Years later, after lifting up roof tiles with my hand, all of a sudden my wrist swells up and is useless. This time get it CT scanned, "Oh yeah, look at that big, obvious fracture" that has been there since the first injury. Should have been pinned and never was. Thus I now have a bone growth (corpus) and the likelihood of degenerative arthritis.

Wrists (and other joints) are complex systems. Any trauma should equal a very careful assessment involving decent scanning processes to make sure you will be okay.

Translation: say to the doctor: I want a CT scan of my wrist to make sure there are no other, smaller fractures that have been missed which could cause significant problems later on. When the doctor says anything other than okay, say to him/her that either they will order the scan, or you will go to another doctor who will. And do leave and do find a doctor that is willing to treat your body as remotely as valuable as some sports stars.

Answer 4

Fracture has several types but let me confined myself to only one aspect to limit my discussion to your concern.

One type of fracture is a form where there is vascular injury(talking about blood supply). How can a physician actually know it or assess whether a broken bone affected its blood supply?
1. your affected hand is getting colder than the other hand.
2. affected hand tends to become pale, or becoming violaceous then getting dark and then gangrenous(blackish discoloration)
3. your fingertips do not have pulses or have barely palpable pulses as compared to the good hand
4. by ancillary diagnostic procedure like doppler ultrasound

You can have fractures without compromising your blood supply though.

And in a real event (broken bone with blood supply compromised), we can still salvage your hand provided the operation is done within the 24 hour period ischemic time allowed for your vessels in the hand, and provided that there are no other injuries, and the tissues are not crushed, and sterile. There are so many things to consider and this space isn't enough but you can still ask me if you want.

Answer 5

Hopefully you have seen a doctor for the broken bone. But as far as the lost blood supply, your body will make more blood.

Answer 6

Blood is necessary for healing processes because it supplies the nutrients essential for healing. Loss of blood supply to an area of the body leads to tissue death. Seek urgent medical attention to ensure blood circulation to the wrist or risk loosing it through amputation. hope it is not late yet.

Answer 7

Yes it will still heal but if u are having poor blood profusion it will just take a little bit longer. but if u havent been seen by a doctor then u will have other problems u need to have the bone fixed in order to make sure that u dont rupture veins and arteries

Answer 8

if any body part does not receive a sufficient supply of blood it will die. hopefully you are seeing a doctor about this.

Answer 9

Uh... go to the doctor, tard.