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Suggest Treatment For Hairline Fracture
hi , my friends husband assulted her 2 weeks ago and kicked her in the head and threw her in a bath and she banged her head off the side, she never went to doctors at the time but 5 days agoshe went to the doctors and was told she had a recent hair line fracture, is it possible tht her fracture was caused by the attack off her husband or do u think it may of happened more recent than two weeks ago ?
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It depends on where the fracture is located but unless she's injured herself in some other manner since then, it seems that the most proximate cause to explain that type of injury would be from the trauma she suffered according to what you describe. Please provide a high star rating as feedback and write me at: www.bit.ly/drdariushsaghafi with more questions or comments.
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