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Symptoms

By Mayo Clinic staff

Signs and symptoms of a hip fracture may include:

  • Severe pain in your hip or groin
  • Inability to put weight on your leg on the side of your injured hip
  • Stiffness, bruising and swelling in and around your hip area
  • Shorter leg on the side of your injured hip
  • Turning outward of your leg on the side of your injured hip

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Jan. 9, 2008

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