Common Symptoms Of A Salter-Harris Fracture

Tender Joints

It can be difficult to ascertain an injury versus exaggeration of symptoms from a child. Children are able to fake certain ailments, but while children may exaggerate their symptoms of tender joints, they rarely make it up from scratch. Unlike adults, children don't routinely experience muscle or joint pain. Therefore, they don't think to create this injury out of nothing. More likely, a child will exaggerate an injury, making it seem worse than it actually is. Tender joints are a very nonspecific sign of a Salter-Harris fracture. This means this symptom may be caused by other injuries as well. A Salter-Harris fracture may only be adequately assessed by radiographic imaging such as x-ray, MRI or CT scan. Upon imaging, a growth plate fracture is classified. Most commonly, a scale of five distinct types of Salter-Harris fractures exist. This classification system helps guide treatment and severity of the fracture.

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