Fracture occur everyday to many people as the go about thei day to day activities. And because of this, there should be ways to take care of them. Traditional bone setter are local herbalist who claim to specialize in taking care of fractured bones. In spite of the fact that there
are orthodox orthopedic doctors spread around the country, many prople still choose to visit these tarditional doctors. The reasons are as follows
1. They are cheaper (on the short term)
2. They seem to attend to patients faster
3. they speake the language of the patients so patients are more comfortable with them
However, there are risks associated with getting traeated by one of these tradidtional bone setters and these include
1. they are not scientific
2. They can give you evidence of fracture or healing – they do not use xrays
3. They do not allow for the natural course of injury to take place before healing starts
4. They give false hope when there is none because they are after the money
5. You run a very high risk of loosing your limb when it goes wrong
6. They cannot tackle complications when they arise
7. They dont use sterile instruments and as such the patient can develop a serious infection or tetanus
8. They cannot hande a frcture with a serious cut into the flesh
9. They cannot treat fractures that are close or extend into joints
10. You run the risk of you fracture not heling (non-union), healing abnormally (mal-union), angulated, shortened and deformed.therefor for these reasons and more it is advocated that anyone with a facture should present themselves to a qualified orthopedic surgeon for assessment and futher treatmens.
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