What is Shin fracture?

The shin bone or tibia, is larger long bone of the lower leg, it is the bone you can feel below the knee. A fracture or break to this part of the body can cause pain and instability with walking.

How do members experience Shin fracture?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Shin fracture*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Shin fracture*

Who has Shin fracture on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 2
40s 1
50s 1
60s 2
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 3

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What is Shin fracture?

The shin bone or tibia, is larger long bone of the lower leg, it is the bone you can feel below the knee. A fracture or break to this part of the body can cause pain and instability with walking.



Common symptoms reported by people with Shin fracture

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for Shin fracture

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Compare treatments taken by people with Shin fracture

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Who has Shin fracture on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 2 say Shin fracture is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 2
40s 1
50s 1
60s 2
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 3

These charts show data from Shin fracture patients who have completed their condition history
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