• my expertise are because i've broken 15 bones. 5 in my face, 2 arm, 1 tibia, 1 rib, the rest were in my hands. the hands were done when i was younger so my experience with reading my own xrays is literally adolescent.

    with that said, in my unprofessional opinion, nothing displaced if anything. i circled what i find curious. circled the thumb nubbin just because it is simply curious.

    bones take 6 weeks to heal completely. bone bruises can feel like a break, but you can usually get full grip strength through the pain. a proper break will make your hand want to go limp if you try and make a tight fist, even after a week.

    immobilise your hand within reason for the next 3-4 weeks (do not ride bikes, from experience, you will displace anything that isn't already and that means surgery to straighten it). then only light pressure and whatnot for the final 2-3 weeks.

    the window for a doctor to do anything to straighten displaced fractures is inside a week, after that they would have to rebreak it, which is also very unpleasant. otherwise they're just going to wrap it in a cast.


  • I see a bunch of red circles. Clearly signs of inflammation. You should take 2 paracetamol and call your doctor if pain persists.

  • Might want to get vision checked out- there’s clearly only 2 red circles, and one I’m not too sure about.

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