Why are hip fractures in the elderly so deadly?
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You have large arteries that go through your pelvis and your pelvic cavity can hold more than enough blood to cause someone to bleed to death of one of those arteries are ruptured.
Then there’s the chronic decline that can happen when an old person fractures a hip. Basically, your health can decline really quickly if you aren’t moving. Your circulation gets worse and you lose muscle tone. Your cardiovascular health declines because you aren’t getting any exercise. All this can happen quickly to elderly people and they don’t recover as quickly from injuries. So a fractured bone can be the beginning of the end for an old person.
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