fractured collar bone

[frazzledbutcalm]

ds 2.10 fractured his collar bone on saturday. fracture clinic told me it would probably heal with a lump on the bone and this is perfectly normal. 2 days ago there was nothing, today there is a huge lump. Anyone know if this is normal? I didnt expect the lump to happen this quickly or overnight. Im a bit worried.

is it painful or hot?

It take a while for new bone formation, you wouldnt expect one this fast, how big would you say it was?

Jodie

I mean of course it is going to be painful but more than it was

my ds did this too around the same age. I'm pretty sure this is normal, but if you're worried why don't you phone your gp and ask their advice?

He's in pain anyway but pain is going down compared to the first few days. I've tried ringing fracture clinic but they don't have a direct line. Rang gp, spoke to receptionist who was nice and said if they said a lump would form, and a lump has formed, then she would imagine that was normal. i felt really stupid when she said that as it sounded so silly but i just didnt expect the lump to appear so early or over night.

Its prob a bit bigger than pea size.

bit bigger than pea size i would think is normal. I worried too, though, cos I was told to expect a wee lump but that if it was big to come back and see them, so, like you, wasn't sure what would be classed as normal!

I just expected the lump to be in a few weeks time not 5 days after the fracture happened! I thought it would grow gradually, not overnight. I also didnt really expect to see the lump tbh. The lump is also in a different place to the bruising.

Did the hospital not explain to you how quickly this type of fracture heals in children? It should be pretty much healed with 10-14 days, from memory.

I've been googling like mad trying to find you some info, am still looking.

Thanks flier. They just said it would heal quickly. I've googled but all i can find is that a lump may form but it doesn't say when.

I can't find anything at all.
Have you to take him back for a follow up appointment?

Gotta go back 5th Feb. I guess i'll find more out then but it just worried me when i saw lump today.

ds much better today. He has taken his sling off which i didn't think he'd hv the courage to do. He's using arm slightly but protecting it mostly. I thinkthis is a good thing. Hospital said ds can and will decide when to take sling off. Lump still there so i guess it is just new bone and i shouldn't have worried. Im still shocked it came up so quick.