His arm hurts

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Vancemom
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His arm hurts

Post by Vancemom »

Hello everybody,
I have a quick question, my son is 3 (lobpi), very active and pretty wild..............Tonight after an afternoon playing outside, he told us his arm was hurting"inside".
Does anyone has an idea why it could be hurting him ?
Thank you
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marieke
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Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:00 pm
Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008.
Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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Re: His arm hurts

Post by marieke »

Could be muscle strain, could be nerve pain, when they are 3 they have a hard time expressing it.

Marieke (32, LOBPI)
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34, LOBPI
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AngieD
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Re: His arm hurts

Post by AngieD »

My daughter complains on and off that her arms hurts all the time. If there is a chance though that he fell on the arm you should probably take him in. My daughter has broken her wrist 4 times and her elbow once. The only thing she ever said was it hurt and it didn't swell much so it's hard to tell with out x-rays.
Mare
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Re: His arm hurts

Post by Mare »

Angie is right get an x ray my son Frankie has broke his wrist and forearm and all he said was it hurt inside no swelling or brusing. He broke his forearm while sleeping he rolled over on it, now he sleeps with a splint to protect it, And he also wore one when going out to play or during gym class. At 15 he wears one when he skateboards. Best of luck Mare
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