Question

A child has arrived at your clinic with a spiral fracture on the left radius. The young person claims that they got the fracture by falling on the stairs at home. There seemed to be quite a bit of soft tissue damage too. In addition to some joint injury, you noticed 4 bruise marks on one side of the same arm as the fracture and one, larger, bruise on the other side of that arm. There are records of the same individual having been treated for a variety of fractures, all acquired at home, over the last several years. What's happened?

Answer 1

From the given case, it can be observed that the child is having frequent fractures, means, the child is suffering from a bone degenerative disorder such as osteoporosis. For example, Juvenile osteoporosis is a bone degenerative disorder, in which the child experiences difficulty in walking, spinal problems, pain in the lower back region, and frequent fractures. Other conditions that increase the risk of fractures in children include rickets, osteomalacia, and genetic bone disorders.