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Time on his side, he’ll be reet.
Wet sponge? Neanderthal!FFS!!!
Glass of milk and a cold wet sponge possibly?
Then you were technically told incorrectly for the leg, but correctly for the wrist. Cracked/broken aren't medical terms, fracture encompasses both - but I imagine patients often may just get told the bone is "broken" as that is a more well understood lay term, to avoid this fracture confusion :).I had a leg fracture and was told it was NOT “broken,” but it WAS “cracked.”
I was also told I had “fractured” my wrist, but on the x-ray it was in two pieces, so I’d have called that “broken.”
As for my medical credentials, I drink Diet Dr Pepper, so there’s that…
You drink Dr Pepper, too!Then you were technically told incorrectly for the leg, but correctly for the wrist. Cracked/broken aren't medical terms, fracture encompasses both - but I imagine patients often may just get told the bone is "broken" as that is a more well understood lay term, to avoid this fracture confusion :).
A fracture is the medical term for any break in the bone no matter the severity, and then it is categorised from there (e.g. stress fracture, comminuted fracture, compound fracture). These can be non-displaced (non-technical terms being probably "crack"/"hairline"), displaced, spiral etc.
All fall under the term fracture. If you read any X-ray report you'll never (or should never) see one reported as "broken", it will be reported as fractured.