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Crush injury is compression of the arms, legs, or other parts of the body that causes muscle swelling and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas of the body, while crush syndrome is a localized crush injury with systemic manifestations. [1]
More severe rhabdomyolysis is characterized by muscle pain, tenderness, weakness and swelling of the affected muscles. [10] If the swelling is very rapid, as may happen with a crush injury after someone is released from under heavy collapsed debris, the movement of fluid from the bloodstream into damaged muscle may cause low blood pressure and ...
[26] [26] Examples include a severe crush injury or an open or closed fracture of an extremity. [26] Rarely, ACS can develop after a minor injury or another medical issue. [12] It can also affect the thigh, buttock, hand, abdomen, and foot. [19] [14] The most common cause of acute compartment syndrome is a fractured bone, usually the tibia.
Severe cases need surgical decompression. Trigger finger is a common disorder which occurs when the sheath through which tendons pass, become swollen or irritated. Initially, the finger may catch during movement but symptoms like pain, swelling and a snap may occur with time.
DJ and keyboardist was hospitalized after he was caught in a bonfire explosion on his farm in Iowa Slipknot’s Sid Wilson details gruesome injuries from bonfire explosion: ‘My face is basically ...
Minor burns can typically be managed at home, moderate burns are often managed in a hospital, and major burns are managed by a burn center. [53] Severe burn injury represents one of the most devastating forms of trauma. [54] Despite improvements in burn care, patients can be left to suffer for as many as three years post-injury. [55]
A traveler to Death Valley National Park was rescued and hospitalized on Saturday after suffering third-degree burns on his feet as the park continues to experience scorching summer temperatures ...
Abnormal posturing is an involuntary flexion or extension of the arms and legs, indicating severe brain injury. It occurs when one set of muscles becomes incapacitated while the opposing set is not, and an external stimulus such as pain causes the working set of muscles to contract. [1] The posturing may also occur without a stimulus.