# Broken arm bug

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [February 15, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084 "2014-02-15T18:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TaigaR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@TaigaR](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TaigaR)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084/1 "2014-02-15T18:36:56Z")

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I have a broken arm and got it bitten. Now i can not use the disinfectant on it - it says “That arm is broken. It needs surgical sttention”

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084/2 "2014-02-15T18:52:40Z")

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Well put a splint on it and pray to god that it heals in time, which it probs won’t.

Did we ever get around to having cut off limbs? Hmm…

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084/3 "2014-02-15T19:03:48Z")

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That sounds like a particularly nasty bug.

As a stopgap, you can eat some antibiotics, or if you’re really lucky and find one, an RX-12 jet injector can be used to cure the infection and also fix your arm at the same time.

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**Author:** ![The\_Lone\_Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_lone_badger/32/8063_2.png) [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084/4 "2014-02-16T09:57:19Z")

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> [@Rivet](#):
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> As a stopgap, you can eat some antibiotics,

You have to wait until the bite progresses into a full inspection before you take them though.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arm-bug/5084/5 "2014-02-16T15:27:26Z")

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Looking at the code this bug means you also cannot use items to heal bleeding wounds on broken arms. (Not that that matters a lot, as the bleeding effect is broken, and I think bleeding only causes damage to that bodypart).

Edit: [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/6128](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/6128)