{"id":1460,"date":"2024-03-12T16:16:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pathophysiology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1460"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:31:06","slug":"bone-fracture-signs-symptoms-and-treatment","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pathophysiology\/chapter\/bone-fracture-signs-symptoms-and-treatment\/","title":{"raw":"Bone Fracture - Signs and Symptoms","rendered":"Bone Fracture &#8211; Signs and Symptoms"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Signs and symptoms<\/strong> of bone fractures can include:\r\n\r\nNumbness, pain, deformity, swelling, muscle spasms, tenderness, tingling, numbness, impaired sensation, decreased mobility, external bleeding (in open fractures), fracture blisters, and clicking in transchondral fractures.\r\n\r\nA grating sound termed <strong>crepitus<\/strong> may be present if the bone ends move over each other.\r\n\r\nBone fractures may be accompanied by the signs and symptoms of <strong>shock<\/strong> which include:\u00a0 pallor, diaphoresis (excess sweating), hypotension, tachycardia, nausea and vomiting.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*<strong>Transchondral fractures<\/strong> involve a separation of the cartilaginous joint surface (articular cartilage) from the main shaft of the bone.\u00a0 Transchondral fractures can penetrate into the subchondral trabeculae of the fractured bone and may involve an avulsion of an osteocartilaginous flake.\u00a0 Transchondral fractures occur most frequently in teenagers at the distal femur, ankle, patella, elbow, and wrist. \u00a0These injuries are accompanied by pain, swelling, weakness, instability, stiffness, possibly locking of the joint, and\/or instability.","rendered":"<p><strong>Signs and symptoms<\/strong> of bone fractures can include:<\/p>\n<p>Numbness, pain, deformity, swelling, muscle spasms, tenderness, tingling, numbness, impaired sensation, decreased mobility, external bleeding (in open fractures), fracture blisters, and clicking in transchondral fractures.<\/p>\n<p>A grating sound termed <strong>crepitus<\/strong> may be present if the bone ends move over each other.<\/p>\n<p>Bone fractures may be accompanied by the signs and symptoms of <strong>shock<\/strong> which include:\u00a0 pallor, diaphoresis (excess sweating), hypotension, tachycardia, nausea and vomiting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Transchondral fractures<\/strong> involve a separation of the cartilaginous joint surface (articular cartilage) from the main shaft of the bone.\u00a0 Transchondral fractures can penetrate into the subchondral trabeculae of the fractured bone and may involve an avulsion of an osteocartilaginous flake.\u00a0 Transchondral fractures occur most frequently in teenagers at the distal femur, ankle, patella, elbow, and wrist. \u00a0These injuries are accompanied by pain, swelling, weakness, instability, stiffness, possibly locking of the joint, and\/or 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