A fractured nose happens when you break your nasal bones or cartilage. Nasal fractures may occur during traumatic events, such as car accidents, sports injuries or physical fights. How common are nasal bone fractures? Nasal fractures are very common, accounting for 40% to 50% of all facial fractures. Statistically, nasal bone fractures are twice as common in men and people assigned male at …

A broken leg is a bone fracture (broken bone) in your leg. Healthcare providers also call broken legs fractured legs. There are three bones in your leg, including your: Femur (thigh bone). Tibia (shin bone). Fibula (calf bone). Severe traumas (like a car accident or falling off a roof) can break all three of your leg bones at the same time. It’s …

A hip fracture is the medical name for breaking the upper part of your thigh bone (femur) near your hip joint. Your femur is the longest and strongest bone in your body, so it usually takes a serious fall, car accident or other trauma to break it. You’ll almost always need surgery to repair a hip fracture. People sometimes joke about broken hips …

A broken hand is a bone fracture (broken bone) in your hand. There are 27 bones in each of your hands. Providers group them by their location and function: Carpals: The small bones that connect your hand to your wrist. Metacarpals: The bones in your palm that give it its shape. Phalanges: The individual bones that make up the segments of your fingers and thumb. …

A broken foot, or foot fracture, can occur in any of the 26 bones in your foot. This includes your: Toe bones (phalanges). Two small round bones at the base of your big toe (sesamoids). Middle bones of your foot (metatarsals). Bones at the back of your foot, including your heel bone (calcaneus). Foot fractures are common injuries. You can easily damage …

A broken collarbone is a fracture in one of your clavicles: the two slender bones that start from the top of your sternum and extend out to each shoulder blade. Your clavicle and shoulder blade meet to form one of your two shoulder joints. Trauma to your shoulder is an easy way to break your collarbone. Types of clavicle fractures Your healthcare provider might use various terms to describe …

You’ve got a blood spot on your eye. Don’t panic yet. It may just be a subconjunctival hemorrhage. That’s a complicated name for a rather minor condition. Subconjunctival hemorrhage is the term for a broken blood vessel that bleeds on the surface of your eye. The clear membrane that lines the inside of your eyelid and covers the white of your …

Breast pain, also called mastalgia, is a very common condition that can affect anyone. The pain can vary from feeling mildly sore to throbbing or stabbing. Frequent or recurring breast pain can interfere with your life and make it hard to go about your daily activities. Breast pain that doesn’t go away can also point to an underlying condition that …

Mastitis is painful inflammation in your breast tissue that can lead to a bacterial infection. Anyone can get mastitis. It’s most common in women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB) who breastfeed (chest feed). Men and people assigned male at birth (AMAB) and people who don’t breastfeed can also get it, but this is rare. How common is mastitis? Mastitis affects up to …

A breast cyst is a noncancerous (benign), fluid-filled sac in your breast. It occurs when fluid fills an empty milk duct. Some cysts are too small to feel, while others grow up to several inches — large enough for you to feel and even make you uncomfortable. Clusters of cysts can form in one breast or both. Breast cysts don’t increase …