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[Closed] cut through muscle on forearm

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Ran wide on a corner and hit tree causing a deep gaping cut on my forearm.
10 stitches at A and E where nurse told me id damaged the muscle.
Anybody had similar injury and if so what was the recovery time?


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 9:21 pm
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If you damaged muscles I'm surprised she didn't get orthopaedics to review you. I would want that if that's what I had been told !


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 9:24 pm
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It was a very clean cut but at the point when branch penetrated the arm it caught the muscle, she did say only just. Cant believe how this happened so easily on a section iv ridden a number of times.


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 9:36 pm
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My guess is if you needed to speak to a specialist or it might take a while to heal they have told you.

I mean, you only use it for steering...oh hang on...


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 9:42 pm
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Weekend a&e not a lot of staff to review it?
Maybe a medic will be along with an opinion but I'd suggest a prompt visit to gp and get an urgent referral to a specialist


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 11:57 pm
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Its impossible to have a view on this without having examined you, chances are if the nurse who saw you thought it was fine it probably is. Having a cut into a muscle isn't a problem - cuts into the tendons or nerves near muscles are - its impossible to know that without examining you.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 1:20 am
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Muscles have a good blood supply and recover well. Thats what they said about my leg anyway!


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 7:09 am