NOF fracture, (stress tension type) Non traumatic at 21 years old.
In december my left hip started to feel very locked up and tight, a few days later the groin pain started and i wasn’t able to sleep on that side or walk very well, i thought i might have teared something or needed to stay off it. a week later i couldn’t bear any weight at all, was in a lot of pain whenever i moved, but definitely didn’t think it was a fracture.
i went to hospital, they did an xray and then a ct scan to confirm and yep it was a fracture! the bone wasn’t displaced but i had a fracture right thru the neck of my femur.
i was 21, non athletic, unemployed, so i still struggle to understand (and doctors/nurses had no clue either) how i fractured my hip. no strenuous activity at all
Bone density test came back normal range
i recently gave up cigerettes but had been a every day smoker/ vaper for a few years
frequent alcohol use past few years and a history of methamphetamine use in last 3 years.
no other history of bone issues or health issues
maybe abit of bad nutrition but nothing that stands out, 60kg body weight and endocrinologist said muscles and body weight looked fine.
i’ve got the birth control Implant (the rod) in my arm and have for over 2 yrs now.
I’m on 40mg fluoxetine for anxiety/bpd
after seeing the fracture on the ct scans etc they stabilised me for a week in bed and i had a DHS surgery
8 weeks later, xray looks ok but ive been told to quit smoking cigerettes cause of vasoconstriction so i have.
i have another xray in a few weeks
and a endocrine appointment this monday.
Basically what i want to know is, how in the world did this happen to me? how rare is it? and could there be a underlying condition that has caused this? every time i tell someone i got a broken hip from well literally nothing, it confuses them.
any similar stories????