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Humerus fracture

Humerus fracture

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Is a type of:

Fracture

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Arm

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If I quit smoking and drinking wine every day how much faster will my fracture heeal. Humerus fracture with rod and pins. Been 3 weeks. Quitting today?

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I have a proximal humerus fracture of the right arm. It is a month old in a clam shell split is it normal for the elbow to be painful and swollen?

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