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Broken Leg

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Watch 8 videos with patients, caretakers and professionals about Broken Leg— listen to personal experiences, and learn helpful tips and tricks to manage your health condition. Share your health experiences to help others!

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Video 1 - Transcription

When I broke my leg, it was one, very painful. I actually heard the bones breaking. There was a snap. But immediately afterwards, it started to swell up. That was the first symptom that I noticed. It had swollen all the way from kind of the middle of my shin down to my foot to the point where I couldn't even put my shoes on, or I guess just one shoe. And discoloration is also a really big symptom. It started turning kind of like a dark purple. And that's when you know that you need to go to the doctor. I was a little bit stubborn and kind of wanted to elongate it and try to see if it would heal on its own. But at that point, it was something only a doctor could fix.