Expert answer:
Dislocation it's the displacement of one or more bones of a particular joint. It occurs, for example, when some external cause acts and forces the bone out of its habitual position, being able to move to the side, up or down.
With this, the bone stay out of the correct position and misaligned with the joint.
Dislocation can occur in several joints, the most common to occur are:
- Shoulders;
- Fingers;
- Knee;
- Hip;
- Ankle.
The symptoms gives dislocation are:
- Pain in joint movement;
- Swelling of the affected joint;
- Difficulty in moving the joint;
- Numbness around the dislocation.
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