• Question: What happens if you shatter a bone will it fix itself.

    Asked by cam34 to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara, Siana on 18 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 18 Nov 2015:

      Hi can – whatever you do don’t test this out.

      if you shatter a bone it will TRY to fix itself – it’s what the body does. However if it’s not a clean break my guess is that it wouldn’t fix itself that well – the new bone would certainly not be as strong as the old one….

    • Photo: Sara Falcone

      Sara Falcone answered on 18 Nov 2015:

      Hello 🙂

      I really really depend on the type of fracture. The bone will indeed fix itself in any cases but without lining up properly, the new bone will grow in a funny why, not in a smooth way like it should be.

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