What is a hairline fracture?

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Answers:    A tiny fracture in the bone, not a clean break within the bone. Hairline fractures tend to heal faster than larger breaks.

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A hairline fracture is a minimal break in a bone. There is no separation between the two branch of the bone above and below the break. On an xray, a fracture appears as a black line across the bone. A hairline fracture looks just similar to it sounds--a very thin flash, sometimes nearly discernible. Hairline fractures may or may not be set, depending on the location. They heal fairly against the clock, especially in younger people. A hairline fracture is an incomplete fracture, resembling a crack that does not break all the way through the bone. It usually is the result of a relatively minor injury.

Other types of fracture are :

Complete Fracture- A fracture within which bone fragments separate completely.
Incomplete Fracture- A fracture in which the bone fragments are still partially tied.
Linear Fracture- A fracture that is parallel to the bone's long axis.
Transverse Fracture- A fracture that is at a right angle to the bone's long axis.
Oblique Fracture- A fracture specifically diagonal to a bone's long axis.
Compression Fracture-A fracture that usually occurs in the vertebrae.
Spiral Fracture- A fracture where on earth at least one part of the bone have been twisted.
Comminuted Fracture- A fracture causing abundant fragments.
Compacted Fracture- A fracture caused when bone fragments are driven into each other
Open Fracture- A fracture when the bone reach the skin
Bug fracture- A fracture when the bone is in place, but the fracture has the appearance of a crushed insect.

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Well, first of adjectives a fracture is a break in the bone. A hairline fracture is a fracture so thin that it's almost immaterial. (Think about when you crack an egg. All the cracked lines look about the length of a hair, don't they? Now imagine that, except through a bone.) In spite of one small, they can be incredibly painful.

It has nought to do with hair, and although they can go on on your skull, they have nothing to do next to your scalp.

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a hairline fracture is just that - a thin crack within the bone, not a complete break. These typically heal more rapidly than others.

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