not too long. however it does depend on the severity of the fracture, and what bone is broken
i broke my wrist when i was a kid. it didn't hurt at first, because of the adrenaline, but it start to hurt later that day and hurt all night
it probably hurt for about 2 days, and than the pain softened up a bit. my arm still felt sore, and would hurt if i twisted it the wrong way, but besides that it felt fine after the second day
the doctors may have you wait a few days before they set the bone back into place. when they do they will give you pain medication, but it still will hurt because they are essentially re-breaking the bone and setting it back in its proper position
after the bone is set you will feel some pain, but that will only last the rest of the day, and by that night you should be feeling fine. they cast the bone after its set, and then you are good to go
so in total, you will probably be in pain for 2 and a half to 3 days
In my experience it depends on the bone and the severity of the break.
My rib - a month or so
My toe - about 2 weeks
My scaphoid (wrist) - 2 1/2 months and counting
My elbow - 2 months then no pain unless you mess with it
So without more information I can't help you any more than that. It can also depend on what you're doing to help or hinder the healing process. Smoking, for example, can cause bones to take longer to heal and, I imagine that would hurt for longer
As a rule of thumb the pain and swelling kind of peaks after 24-48 hours. With a bad break it'll hurt like mad from just knocking it for a week or so but you get used to it.
I just got all 4 wisdom teeth pulled and let me tell you, the procedure was a NIGHTMARE. My top teeth were easy to extract, and relatively painless... aside from the extreme pressure. It's important to note that was not sedated with laughing gas. I only received numbing injections, which did not numb my entire mouth. The bottom teeth were very difficult for my dentist to remove, it took him one and a half hours on the bottom two alone. The pressure and yanking definitely hurt during the procedure. I bled a while lot, and both teeth broke and had to be removed in shards. While stitching my sockets, my dentist accidentally stabbed my lip with the soucher needle. After the procedure I needed to vomit because of the pain, but managed to stop myself with sheer willpower. My mouth feels like a mack truck smacked into it, and for some reason or another my throat feels like somebody poured battery acid down in. I've had a tonsillectomy, appendectomy, tubes in my ears - this is the worst
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not too long. however it does depend on the severity of the fracture, and what bone is broken
i broke my wrist when i was a kid. it didn't hurt at first, because of the adrenaline, but it start to hurt later that day and hurt all night
it probably hurt for about 2 days, and than the pain softened up a bit. my arm still felt sore, and would hurt if i twisted it the wrong way, but besides that it felt fine after the second day
the doctors may have you wait a few days before they set the bone back into place. when they do they will give you pain medication, but it still will hurt because they are essentially re-breaking the bone and setting it back in its proper position
after the bone is set you will feel some pain, but that will only last the rest of the day, and by that night you should be feeling fine. they cast the bone after its set, and then you are good to go
so in total, you will probably be in pain for 2 and a half to 3 days
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In my experience it depends on the bone and the severity of the break.
My rib - a month or so
My toe - about 2 weeks
My scaphoid (wrist) - 2 1/2 months and counting
My elbow - 2 months then no pain unless you mess with it
So without more information I can't help you any more than that. It can also depend on what you're doing to help or hinder the healing process. Smoking, for example, can cause bones to take longer to heal and, I imagine that would hurt for longer
As a rule of thumb the pain and swelling kind of peaks after 24-48 hours. With a bad break it'll hurt like mad from just knocking it for a week or so but you get used to it.
hope this was halfway helpful!
I just got all 4 wisdom teeth pulled and let me tell you, the procedure was a NIGHTMARE. My top teeth were easy to extract, and relatively painless... aside from the extreme pressure. It's important to note that was not sedated with laughing gas. I only received numbing injections, which did not numb my entire mouth. The bottom teeth were very difficult for my dentist to remove, it took him one and a half hours on the bottom two alone. The pressure and yanking definitely hurt during the procedure. I bled a while lot, and both teeth broke and had to be removed in shards. While stitching my sockets, my dentist accidentally stabbed my lip with the soucher needle. After the procedure I needed to vomit because of the pain, but managed to stop myself with sheer willpower. My mouth feels like a mack truck smacked into it, and for some reason or another my throat feels like somebody poured battery acid down in. I've had a tonsillectomy, appendectomy, tubes in my ears - this is the worst
depends where youve broken, can last days x