Why do we break the neck so easily?

Among the most common fractures in the elderly include fracture of the femoral neck and wrist fracture. 80,000 people femoral neck fracture every year: it is one of the most frequent pathologies in the elderly. It can also affect younger people. The real point of this public health issue.

Do not trivialize the falls in the elderly

90% of the 2 million people who fall each year over 65 years. No fall in the elderly should be neglected: the fall may indicate an early loss of autonomy, lead to a "post fall syndrome" disabling, of complications from a fracture and its treatment ...

Second emergency trauma in the elderly: the femoral neck fracture

Most often it occurs during a fall from a height, the classic "foot in the carpet" or "the sidewalk too high." The pain is immediate, hip, more or less swollen (when taking anti-platelet type aspirin or anticoagulants may cause heavy bleeding or hemorrhaging). The leg in question is a typical appearance, shortened and rotated outward.
Immediate complications can occur, such as sciatic nerve injury, fracture or "open" where the bone is externalized, but remain exceptional.
Why do we break the neck so easily?

Because the elderly are two problems:

The first is the fragility of bone due to osteoporosis progressive age-related.
The second is the extreme poverty of the blood supply to the femoral head.
In this context, a simple fall can cause a fracture of the neck to the point that the entourage must always bear in mind this possibility and always bring a doctor to any person having a fall or by mistake, or to opportunity of a vascular problem (which rightly reinforces the presence of the doctor.