# Can broke bone pain come back years later?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-broke-bone-pain-come-back-years-later/694622>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 2, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-broke-bone-pain-come-back-years-later/694622 "2014-08-02T03:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-broke-bone-pain-come-back-years-later/694622/1 "2014-08-02T03:27:41Z")

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I remember when I was 4 years old I broke 3 bones in my foot and two years later my foot suddenly started hurting out of the blue so badly that I thought I must have broken it again somehow.

Do you think it was recurring pain or can feet just hurt for no reason?

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**Author:** ![Timetrvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Timetrvlr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timetrvlr)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-broke-bone-pain-come-back-years-later/694622/2 "2014-08-02T04:49:52Z")

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I think it’s pretty unusual for a six-year old to have severe pain two years after a broken bone. I’d suggest you have your Dr. check it out with an X-Ray.

It’s fairly common for older people to have osteoarthritis pain, inflammation, and swelling at the site of old breaks. By “older”, I mean after 25. If it still bothers you, have your Dr. check it out, he can best advise you.