Falling and landing on the hips or buttocks can lead to a fracture of the femur in the area where the head of the femur meets the hip joint, resulting in what is called a fracture of the neck of the femur.
The neck of the femur is located where the femur meets the hip joint. A bone fracture in this area is often the result of an elderly person tripping and falling onto the hip or buttocks. Blood vessels that supply the hip can also become injured in such a fall, which can lead to the death of bone substance.
Elderly people are the most likely to be affected by osteoporosis, proning bones to fractures. Among young people the cause of a fracture in the neck of the femur is usually a highspeed accident (such as car accident). The patient often suffers from extreme pain in the groin and hip regions, and the affected leg can no longer move or bear weight. The affected leg is typically turned outward and appears shortened in comparison to a healthy leg.
To prevent the death of bone material, an operation should be carried out as soon as possible. Depending on the location of the fracture, younger patients usually have a screw and plate installed, whereas older patients usually have a prosthetic, or artificial, hip installed.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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