Pen na di say we di finga dɛn de? I kin bi (Mɛtakarpal Fraktrɔs)!

Yu dɔn ɛva fɔdɔm ɛn bang yu an na grɔn, ɔ nak am pan wɔl wit wamat, dɔn yu fil shap pen na yu an, swel, ɛn i nɔ izi fɔ muv yu finga dɛn? If na so i bi, yu go dɔn brok wan bon we de dɔŋ yu finga dɛn. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dis `(Metacarpal Fracture)`. Nɔ wɔri, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis simpul wan.

Wetin na dis `(Mεtakarpal Frakshכn)`?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Metacarpal Fracture)` na we yu brok bon na yu an. Naw yu kin de wɔnda wetin na `(Metacarpals)`. yu an gεt fayv lכng bon dεm we de kכnekt di sכm sכm bon dεm na yu finga dεm (dεn kכl dεm bak `Phalanges`) εn di an. dεn kכl dεn bon dεm ya `(Metacarpals).` If yu tכch di bak pat pan yu an, yu go ebul fכ fil dεn bon dεm ya.

Dis kayn fraktrɛshɔn na wan bad bad injury . Bɔku tɛm, i kin apin we di an twist ɔ fɔdɔm, ɔ bikɔs ɔf aksidɛnt we i de ple spɔt. Sɔntɛnde, i kin apin bak afta dɛn dɔn blo yu an bad bad wan.

di bεst pat na dat mכst mεtakarpal frakshכn nכ nid fכ big כpεrayshכn. Yu kin jɔs yuz splint ɔ kast fɔ mek yu an nɔ muv ɛn wet fɔ mek di bon wɛl. Bɔt sɔm siriɔs frakshɔn dɛn kin nid fɔ ɔpreshɔn.

Wetin na di `(Metacarpal)` bon dεm na wi an?

Wi gɛt fayv mɛtakapal bon dɛn na ɛni an. Dɛn tin ya tan lɛk di bays dɛn fɔ wi fayv finga dɛn. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dɛn bay nɔmba. Start frכm di tכmb sayd εn muv tכwεd di sכm finga sayd:

• Fɔs Mɛtakapal: Dis kin kɔnɛkt to yu tumbu.
• Sεkכn Mεtakarpal: Na di bon we de kכnekt to di tכmbכl.
• di tכd `(Metacarpal)` bon: Na di bon we de kכnekt to di midul finga.
• di fכs `(Metacarpal)` bon: Na di bon we de kכnekt to di midul finga (ring finga).
• di fayv `(Metacarpal)` bon: Na di bon we de kכnekt to di sכmכl finga.

Ɛni wan pan dɛn bon ya rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi an wok.

Aw dɛn kin klas wan `(Metacarpal Fracture)`?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, dɛn go chɛk yu an, sɔntɛm dɛn go tek ɛkstrem rayt, ɛn klas di say we di bɔdi brok. dis klasification de bay us bon dεn brok, di shep fכ di frakshכn, aw i apin, εn if di bon de kכmכt tru di skin.

Tayp dɛn akɔdin to di shep we di fraktrɔs gɛt

sכm frakshכn dεm dεn kin kכl dεm akɔdin to di shep fכ di layn we di bon de brok:

• Transvas frakshכn: Na transvas frakshכn na di bon.
• Oblique fracture: Na bon we de brok we de apin na wan angle.
• Spiral fracture: Na frakshכn we di bon de brok insay spiral, lεk skru.
• Segmental fracture: Na bon we de brok na tu ples, wit wan pat na di midul we separet.
• `(Comminuted fracture)`: Na frakshכn we dεn kכl di bon insay bכku pat dεm.
• Buckle fracture: I kin kכmכn pan yכŋ pikin dεm, i kin lεk se wan say na di bon dכn brus sכmtεm, bכt i nכ de brok kכmplit wan.
• `(Hairline fracture)`: i tan lεk se di bon krak sכmtεm.

Tayp dɛn akɔdin to di we aw di brɛk apin

• `(Compound fracture)`: Dis na wetin wi bin de tok bifo, usay di bon de brok εn kכmכt tru wan ol na di skin. Dis na smɔl denja, bikɔs chans de fɔ mek jem dɛn kam insay.
• `(Stress fracture)`: Semweso, we bon strεs כ prεshכn fכ lכng tεm, sכm sכm brus dεm de sho.
• Avulsion fracture: Na wan tεndon כ ligament we de sכt we de tay pan bon, we de mek wan pat pan bon kכmכt wit am.

Yu tink se di bon de kɔmɔt na di skin? (`Open vs. Klos Fraktrɔs`)

Dis na tin bak we rili impɔtant.

• `(Open fracture)` (Open fracture): Na ya , yu kin si di bon we brok tru di skin . If dɛn kayn tin ya apin, dɛn fɔ go fɛn tritmɛnt wantɛm wantɛm. biכs chans de fכ mek jεm dεm go insay di wund εn mek infεkshכn (`infεkshכn`). I kin tek lɔng tɛm bak fɔ mek i wɛl.
• `(Closed fracture)`: Na ya di bon dכn brok, bכt di skin nכ brok, εn di bon nכ de kכmכt. dis kin bi siriכs bak, bכt di risk fכ infεkshכn sכmtεm pas `(Open fracture)`.

Yu tink se di bon dɛn dɔn kɔmɔt na dɛn ples? (`Displaced Mεtakarpal Frakshכn`)

Dɔktɔ dɛn go kɔl yu fraktrɔs "displaced" ɔ "non-displaced."

• `(Displaced fracture)`: dis min se afta wan bon brok, di tu brok brok pat dεm de separet frכm wan an, we de lεf wan gap bitwin dεm. I tan lɛk se dɛn de push tu pat pan plet we dɔn brok bifo ɛn biɛn. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kayn fraktrɔs ya kin nid ɔpreshɔn fɔ fiks .
• `(Nondisplaced fracture)`: na ya di bon stil brok, bכt di brok pat dεm nכ de so fa, dεn de mכst na di sem layn.

Usay wan `(Metacarpal)` bon kin brok

eni pat pan dis `(Metacarpal)` bon kin brok. Fo men pat dɛn de:

• bays: dis na di εnd fכ di bon we de fa pas כl di finga dεm, usay i de kכnεkt to di bon dεm na di an.
• Shaft: Na di lɔng pat we de na di midul pan di bon.
• Nεk: Na di say we di stem εn di ed de kכnεkt.
• Hεd: Na di εnd pan di bon we de kכnεkt to di finga dεm. dis na wetin de mek di "knuckles" we de protrude fכdכd we wi de clench wi fist dεm.

Spesifi k Tayp dεm fכ Mεtakarpal Frakshכn

Bɔksa in Fraktrɔs

Dis na di kayn mεtakarpal frakshכn we kכmכn pas כl . wan pan fכ mεtakarpal frakshכn dεm na dis kayn. dis na di bכdi we de brok na di nεk fכ di mεtakarpal bon (di fayv bon) we de kכnεkt to di sכmכl finga.

As di nem sho, bɔku tɛm i kin apin we dɛn nak di an wit sɔntin we at . Fɔ ɛgzampul, i kin apin we yu nak wɔl wit wamat, ɔ we bɔksa trowe di rɔng panch. Na dat mek dɛn kɔl am ``Boxer's fracture''.

Bennett ɛn Rolando Fraktrɔs

dis na frakshכn dεm we de afekt di jכint we de na di bכs pat pan di mεtakarpal bon (di fכs wan) fכ di tכmbכl. Dɛn tin ya kin at fɔ du smɔl ɛn i go mɔs bi se dɛn go nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn .

Udat kin divεlכp dεn `(Metacarpal Fractures)` ya mכr?

Ɛnibɔdi kin brok bon na in an lɛk dis. Bɔt sɔm grup dɛn kin gɛt mɔ risk:

• Pipul dɛn we ol bitwin 10 ɛn 40 ia: Bikɔs pipul dɛn we de na dis ej grup kin du tin, dɛn kin gɛt aksidɛnt pan spɔt ɛn fɔdɔm.
• Man: Dis kin bi bikɔs man dɛn kin jɔs de du tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm pas uman dɛn.
• uman dεm we pas 50 ia: We dεn rich dis ej, εspεshali afta mεnopos, di risk fכ gεt כstioporosis (bon lכs sik) kin bכku, we kin mek di bon dεm wik εn brok izi wan.

Aw kכmכn dεn kin bi `(Mεtakarpal Frakshכn)`?

Dɛn tin ya kin rili kɔmɔn . Infakt, na dɛn na di tɔd kayn we we pipul dɛn kin brok. di mεtakarpal Frakshכn dεm de mek 10% pan כl di frakshכn dεm!

di mεtakarpal frakshכn na di mכst kכmכn injuri na di an, spεshal wan pan yכng pipul dεm we ol bitwin 18 εn 34 ia.

Aw `(Metacarpal Fracture)` kin afɛkt mi bɔdi?

Apat frɔm di sayn dɛm lɛk pen ɛn swɛlin, mɛtakapal frakt kin mek i rili at, if nɔto i nɔ pɔsibul, fɔ mek yu yuz yu an nɔmal wan.

Yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ yuz yu an as yu ebul te i wɛl. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt wetin yu fɔ avɔyd ɛn aw lɔng yu fɔ tek tɛm. If yu put wet pan yu an bifo di bon wɛl, i kin pwɛl di bon bak ɛn mek i gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm dɛn.

Wetin na di simptom dɛm fɔ wan `(Metacarpal Fracture)`?

Yu kin gɛt wan ɔr mɔr pan dɛn sayn ya:

• Siri pen: Ɛspɛshali we yu tɔch ɔ shek yu an.
• Swel: Di pat we brok na di an kin swel.
• Tɛnd: Di say we brok kin at we yu tɔch am .
• I nɔ izi fɔ muv ɔ yuz di an.
• Brus: Sɔntɛnde, blɔd kin klɔt kin mek di skin tɔn blu.
• Wan chenj na di shep fɔ di an ɔ sɔntin lɛk lump: Yu kin si wan bɔm ɔ bɛn we nɔ kɔmɔn na di an.

if di mεtakarpal bon brok, כda tisu dεm we de rawnd am kin pwεl bak. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Ligamɛnt dɛn
• Tεndon dεm
• Mɔsul dɛn

Wetin na di tin dɛm we kin mek pɔsin gɛt `(Mɛtakarpal Fraktrɔs)`?

Bɔku tɛm, dis kin apin bikɔs ɔf:

• Fɔdɔm: Wan men tin we kin mek pɔsin fɔdɔm na we i de slip na grɔn.
• Spɔt aksidɛnt: Aksidɛnt we kin apin we pɔsin de ple kriket, rɔgbi, ɔ ɛni ɔda spɔt.
• Ɔda imejensi: Tin dɛn lɛk motoka aksidɛnt.
• Aksidɛnt dɛn we kin apin na di wokples:Na ples dɛn we dɛn de du wok, lɛk fɔ bil.

sכmtεm, mεtakarpal frakshכn kin apin mכr biכs fכ כda hεlth kכndyushכn dεm we de afekt di finga dεm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan kayn tumbu we nɔ gɛt kansa we dɛn kɔl ɛnkɔndrɔma kin mek di bon wik ɛn mek i brok.

Ostioporosis ɛn fraktrɔs

If yu bon dɛn wik bikɔs ɔf wan sik we dɛn kɔl ɔstioporosis, yu kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm fɔ brok bon.

Ɔstioporosis kin mek di bon dɛn tan, wik, ɛn i kin brok wantɛm wantɛm ɛn we pɔsin nɔ bin de tink se i go brok. Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin no se dɛn gɛt ɔstioporosis te dɛn brok wan bon! Dis na bikɔs i nɔ de sho klia sayn fɔs.

Uman dɛn we dɔn pas 50 ia kin gɛt mɔ sik fɔ gɛt ɔstioporosis. I fayn fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn du tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt bon. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no dis sik bifo wan bon brok.

Aw fɔ no wan `(Mɛtakarpal Fraktrɔs)`?

Yu dɔktɔ go chɛk yu an ɛn i kin du bɔku tɛst dɛn bak fɔ tek pikchɔ.

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ go ebul fɔ no if pɔsin brok jɔs bay we i luk di an. Bɔt dɛn nid fɔ du imej tɛst fɔ no us bon dɔn brok ɛn us kayn we i brok.

Us kayn tɛst dɛn kin du?

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin du wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tɛst ya:

• `(X-ray)` (X-ray test): Dɛn kin yuz dis mɔ fɔ chɛk if di bon brok ɛn aw di bon dɔn pwɛl.
• `(Computed Tomography) (CT) scan` (CT scan): Dis kin mek wan klia, tri-dimɛnshɔnal (`3D`) imej pas wan `(X-ray)`. di dכkta /sajin kin gεt bεtε aidia fכ nכto di bon dεm nכmכ, bכt di tisu dεm we de rawnd.
• Bone Density Test: Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl am DEXA scan, dis kin ɛp fɔ no if yu gɛt ɔstioporosis.

Aw fɔ trit wan `(Metacarpal Fracture)`?

Di tritmɛnt we yu go gɛt go dipen pan di kayn frakshɔn we yu gɛt, aw i apin, ɛn ɔmɔs damej dɔn pwɛl di bon dɛn.

Immobilizashɔn fɔ di an

if yu fraktכs nכ tu siriכs, we min se di bon dεm nכ tu fa apat (a `nondisplaced fracture`), yu go nid fכ rεst insay `splint` כ `cast` fכ fכ de . Bɔrku pipul dɛn go nid fɔ kip dɛn an nɔr de muv fɔ tri to siks wik. Insay dis tɛm, dɛn go tek ɛkstrem rayt fɔ mek shɔ se di bon dɛn de wɛl fayn fayn wan.

`(Klos Ridyushɔn)` (Klos Ridyushɔn)

fכ mכr siriכs frakshכn, usay di bon dεm de fa apat, di dכkta kin nid fכ yuz in an dεm εn put εksternal prεshכn fכ ``set`` di bon we brok bak insay in ples . Dɛn kɔl dis ``klos ridyushɔn``. Fɔ mek i nɔ fil pen we i de du dis, i kin yuz wan pan dɛn we ya:

• Dɛn kin gi lokal anestetik fɔ mek di say we di bɔdi brok nɔmɔ nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk.
• Dɛn kin gi di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek di wan ol bɔdi rilaks.
• If nɔto dat, dɛn go gi yu jenɛral anestesia fɔ mek yu slip ɔl.

Afta dɛn dɔn ridyus yu an, dɛn go put yu an insay splint ɔ plasta.

`(Mɛtakarpal Fraktrɔs)` Ɔpreshɔn (`Ɔpreshɔn`)

Sɔm mɛtakapal fraktrɔs dɛn kin nid ɔpreshɔn . I dipen pan di kayn we aw di bon dɛn brok ɛn aw di bon dɛn dɔn pwɛl, yu dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn kin yuz difrɛn we dɛn.

Intanɛt Fikseshɔn

wetin kin apin na dis na di sajin `set` di brok brok pat dεm na yu bon εn fiks dεm na ples. Na da tɛm de di bon pat dɛn kin fit togɛda fayn fayn wan ɛn wɛl. bכku tεm, dεn kin du dis tru sכmtin we dεn kכl ``internal fixation.`` dat min se di sכjaman de put mεtal divays dεm insay yu bon εn fiks di bon.

Tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ dis:

• Plɛt ɛn skru: Dɛn kin put mɛtal plet dɛn na di bon, tay am wit skru, ɛn ol di pat dɛn we dɔn brok togɛda.
• Pin (ɔ K-ways): Dɛn kin ol smɔl smɔl bon dɛn (we tu smɔl fɔ mek dɛn yuz ɔda we dɛn fɔ fiks) na dɛn ples bay we dɛn de yuz smɔl pin dɛn we dɛn mek wit stenlɛs stiɛl.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn mɛtal dɛn ya kin de na di bɔdi fɔ layf. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, mɔ if dɛn put pin, yu go gɛt fɔ du ɔda smɔl ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di pin dɛn afta di bon dɔn wɛl.

Jɔyn riplesmɛnt (`Arthroplasty`) .

If yu gɛt jɔyn we dɔn brok ɔ we dɔn pwɛl bad bad wan na yu an, yu go nid fɔ du arthroplasty (jɔyn riplesmɛnt). Dis min se dɛn fɔ pul di jɔyn we dɔn pwɛl ɛn put atifishal jɔyn insay. כltu, dis nכ kin nid fכ mek mεtakarpal frakshכn.

Bone Grafting we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di bɔdi

If yu mɛtakapal fraktrɔs dɔn rili kɔmɔt na di say we yu de, i dɔn kɔt kɔt, ɔ i gɛt prɔblɛm wit di bon we nɔ de wɛl, yu kin nid fɔ gɛt bon graft. Dis kin min se di dɔktɔ kin tek ɛkstra bon tisu ɛn graft am na di say we dɔn brok fɔ ɛp di bon fɔ wɛl. Dɔn, dɛn kin du wan intanɛnt fikseshɔn fɔ ol di pis dɛn togɛda te nyu bon gro.

difrεn we dεm de fכ gεt tisu fכ dis bon graft:

• Frɔm ɔdasay na yu yon bɔdi – bɔku tɛm ɔp di hip bon.
• Frɔm ɔda pɔsin we de gi mɔni (`ɛksternal dona`).
• Wan atifishal riplesmɛnt pies.

Afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn, dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ muv yu an. Dɛn go gi yu splint ɔ kast, ɛn na da tɛm de nɔmɔ yu go ebul fɔ bigin yuz yu an bak. Yu kin nid bak fɔ du ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ muv bak di nɔmal rεnj.

Us mɛrɛsin dɛn kin yuz fɔ `(Metacarpal Fracture)`?

Fɔ ridyus pen, yu kin ɔltɛm gɛt ɔva-di-kɔnta mɛrɛsin lɛk ``NSAIDs'' (e.g. ``Aspirin'', ``Ibuprofen'') ɛn ``(Acetaminophen)'' (e.g. ``Paracetamol'') we kin mek yu blɔd kɔmɔt afta yu du ɔpreshɔn. So, yu dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn go tɛl yu ustɛm di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu fil pen fayn fɔ yu. I rili impɔtant fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw i tɛl yu.

Metacarpal Fracture ɛn in Tritmɛnt Kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛn

Ilɛksɛf dɛn du ɔpreshɔn ɔ dɛn nɔ du am, sɔntɛnde, prɔblɛm dɛn kin apin. Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• `(Malunion)`: Dis na we di bon pat dεm we brok fit tכgeda kכrekt wan (lεk fist).
• `(Nonunion)`: Di bon dεm nכ de fit togeda fayn fayn wan, כ nכ fit togeda atכl.
• Bon infεkshכn (Osteomyelitis): If yu bin gεt opin fraktכs (wan we di bon dכn brok tru di skin), yu de pan hכy risk fכ gεt baktriyal infεkshכn.
• Stif na di an: Pipul dεm we dεn bin gεt mεtakarpal frakshכn kin fil stif arawnd di say we dεn frakt. Dis stiffness kin ridyus wit hom eksasaiz en occupational therapy.
• Acute Compartment Syndrome (ACS): Dis na siriɔs sik. Di prɛshɔn we de insay di mɔsul de go ɔp, di blɔd nɔ de flɔ, ɛn di tisu dɛn kin pwɛl. Dis kin mek di nerv ɛn mɔsul dɛn pwɛl sote go.

Impɔtant: If yu gɛt pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia, wantɛm wantɛm yu gɛt pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia, yu swel, yu an nɔ de fil fayn, ɔ yu an in kɔlɔ chenj, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw kwik a go fil fayn afta dɛn dɔn trit mi?

E kin tek sɔm wiks fɔ mek yu sik nɔr de igen. Di pen go bigin fɔ stɔp insay sɔm dez. Bɔt i go tek lɛk siks wik so fɔ mek di bon wɛl.

Dipen pan di kayn tritmɛnt we dɛn gi yu (splint, kast, ɔ ɔpreshɔn), di tɛm we yu go tek fɔ bigin muv yu an bak go difrɛn. Bɔku tɛm, i kin tek sɔm wiks.

If yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt siriɔs pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia, mek yu dɔktɔ no wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ `(Metacarpal Fracture)`?

Fɔ fala dɛn jenɛral advays ya fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm aksidɛnt:

• Yu fɔ wɛr yu sit bɛlt ɔltɛm we yu de rayd motoka.
• Wear di rayt tin dɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm we yu de ple spɔt ɔ we yu de du wok we gɛt prɔblɛm.
• Kip yu os ɛn wokples klin bay we yu pul tin dɛn we go mek yu slip, fɔdɔm, ɔ trip.
• We yu de pik sɔntin frɔm ɔp, yuz fayn tin (lɛk lada) instead fɔ klaym pan chia ɔ tebul.
• Fɔ fala wan plan fɔ it ɛn ɛksesaiz we go ɛp fɔ mek yu gɛt gud bon wɛlbɔdi.
• If yu dɔn pas 50 ia, ɔ if pɔsin na yu famili gɛt ɔstioporosis, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ tɛst yu bon dɛnsiti.
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ waka ɔ yu de pan big risk fɔ fɔdɔm, yuz ken ɔ waka.

Wetin a kin ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt `(Metacarpal Fracture)`?

ivin if yu brok wan `(Metacarpal)` bon, yu kin mכst mek ful rεkכvεshכn.

Yu go nid fɔ du ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi fɔ gɛt trɛnk bak ɛn muv na yu an. Dis go rili ɛp yu fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ wok nɔmal wan.

Aw lɔŋ i kin tek fɔ mek wan `(Metacarpal Fracture)` wɛl?

Di tɛm fɔ wɛl go difrɛn difrɛn wan bay aw yu frakt ɛn di tritmɛnt we yu bin gɛt. Bɔrku pipul kin wɛl insay wan ɔr tu mɔnt.

Bɔt, ɔlman in bɔdi kin wɛl difrɛn we. Aks yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn aw lɔng i go tek fɔ wɛl, i go dipen pan di tin we de apin to yu.

A nɔ go ebul fɔ go wok/skul?

Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ go wok ɔ skul te yu an wɛl, mɔ if na yu an we de kɔntrol (lɛk di an we yu kin yuz bɔku tɛm).

Bɔrku pipul kin kam bak fɔ du bɔdi wok lɛk spɔt afta lɛk et wik. Bɔt yu fɔ chɛk wit yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm bifo yu bigin dɛn kayn tin dɛn de bak.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di imejensi rum?

If yu tink se yu gɛt mɛtakapal fraktrɔs ɔ ɔda bon we brok na yu an, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Go na imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm, mɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya:

• Pen we rili bad.
• If yu nɔ ebul fɔ muv yu an ɔ finga dɛn nɔmal wan.
• If di we aw yu an de luk dɔn chenj bad bad wan (lɛk se i dɔn strɛch ɔ i gɛt wan lump).
• If yu kin si di bon tru di skin.
• If yu an nɔ tu te yet dɔn tɔn blu wit dɛn sayn ya.

If yu dɔn gɛt big aksidɛnt (trauma), go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Us kayn fraktrɔs a gɛt?
• Yu tink se a go nid ɔpreshɔn?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek i wɛl?
• Ustɛm a go ebul fɔ ple spɔt ɛn du bɔdi wok bak?

We yu brok bon na yu an, i kin rili mek yu at pwɛl, mɔ we i de ambɔg yu ɛvride wok (lɛk fɔ rayt ɔ ol yu fon). bכt mεmba, ivin if yu nid כpεrayshכn, yu kin mek ful rεkכvεshכn frכm wan `(Metacarpal Fracture)`.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis (Take-Home Message) .

di mεtakarpal frakshכn, we dεn kכl bak bכn we brok na di bכs fכ di finga, kin apin to εnibodi. I kin kam bikɔs pɔsin fɔdɔm, aksidɛnt we i du spɔt, ɔ we pɔsin blo wantɛm wantɛm.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu tink se yu gɛt dis kayn injuri. Di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu, tek ɛkstrem rayt if nid de, ɛn gi yu di tritmɛnt we fit yu pas ɔl. Dis kin inklud fɔ put kast ɔ fɔ du smɔl ɔpreshɔn.

Mɛmba se if dɛn trit dɛn fayn ɛn rɛst, bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl ɛn dɛn kin ebul fɔ yuz dɛn an nɔmal wan bak. So, nɔ panik. Fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn di rayt we.

If yu tink se yu kin de pan denja fɔ gɛt ɔstioporosis (especially if pɔrsin na yu famili gɛt am), tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. If yu du bon density test, i kin ɛp fɔ no di sik bifo bon brok.

` mεtakarpal frakshכn, an frakshכn, bon frakshכn, an dizכrd, bכksa frakshכn, an כpεrayshכn, bon hεlin