What is broken wrist?

A broken wrist is the most frequently broken bone in the arm. The wrist is the area between the base of the hand and the forearm.

How do members experience broken wrist?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with broken wrist*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for broken wrist*

Who has broken wrist on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 17
40s 25
50s 31
60s 52
70+ 36

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 41
Female 119

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What is broken wrist?

A broken wrist is the most frequently broken bone in the arm. The wrist is the area between the base of the hand and the forearm.



Common symptoms reported by people with broken wrist

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for broken wrist

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Compare treatments taken by people with broken wrist

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have broken wrist through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with broken wrist? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has broken wrist on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 39 say broken wrist is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 17
40s 25
50s 31
60s 52
70+ 36

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 41
Female 119

These charts show data from broken wrist patients who have completed their condition history
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