Hi, I am an active, 50yo female who had a fall last week resulting in a collas distal radius fracture to my R wrist. I attended an Emergency Centre at a local hospital where they performed a biers block & reduction and strapped it in a back slab (open / split cast to allow for swelling) and referred me to an orthopaedic surgeon for further assessment in 7 days time, the delay being to allow for swelling to go down. I see the surgeon tomorrow afternoon. In the past 2-3 days though, visible & tender bruising has appeared and is seemingly still getting worse across the back of every knuckle of all fingers & thumb . Is it normal for such bruising to be appear 4-6 days after the fall ? No pain or evidence of injury to fingers, thumb or even the palm of my hand was noticed on the day of the fall
Hello, I have studied your case and I think that you are developing swelling and bruising in the wrist. It is normal if it is not excessive. Some time when there is too much swelling and bruising than it can be due to following causes.1. Tight splint.2. Patient is not moving his fingers.3. Patient on aspirin on other anticlotting Chat Doctor.  So you need to visit doctor and discuss this. Some time when splint is applied without reducing fracture than also it can cause such swelling. I would recommend you to get check your splint if it is too tight. You need limb elevation. I hope this answer will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions. Thanks