Cervical fracture recovery fast

Cervical fractures are particularly harmful and can cause paralysis in patients. They must be treated promptly. In addition to good treatment, good diet and health care are also very important and helpful for treatment. However, you should eat more foods that can promote bone growth, such as collagen, calcium, phosphorus and other foods. In addition, you should also eat more foods rich in vitamin C and vitamin D.

What should patients with fractures eat?

Bone growth requires: collagen, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins C and D, which are all bone-forming elements, so it is important to supplement these substances after a fracture, especially for the elderly.

1. High-energy, high-protein diet: helps to restore vitality. However, it is best to eat it 2 weeks after the fracture. In the early stages of a fracture, a light diet is recommended.

2. Vitamin D: If you stay indoors after a fracture and cannot get enough sunlight, you may easily become deficient in vitamin D. Therefore, after a fracture, you should eat more foods rich in vitamin D (such as fish, liver, egg yolks, etc.) and get as much sun as possible.

3. Vitamin C: Fruits rich in vitamin C include hawthorn, fresh dates, kiwi, strawberry, longan, lychee, citrus, etc.; vegetables include alfalfa (grass head), pepper, sweet pepper, rapeseed, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts (soup vegetables), bitter gourd, watercress, broccoli, amaranth, etc.

4. Water: After a fracture, sitting for a long time can easily cause constipation. At this time, you should drink more water to ensure smooth intestinal flow.

Two weeks after a fracture, you can supplement your diet with bone soup, Panax notoginseng stewed chicken, animal liver, etc. to replenish more vitamins A, D, calcium and protein. If the fracture has been present for more than 5 weeks, the diet can be supplemented with old hen soup, pork bone soup, mutton bone soup, deer tendon soup, stewed water fish, etc. Those who can drink can choose from Eucommia ulmoides and Drynaria wine, Millettia reticulata wine, tiger bone and papaya wine, etc.

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In addition to general non-surgical treatment and dehydration therapy, the following points should be noted:

1. Keep the airway open. The openness of the airway is of great significance, especially for those with complete spinal cord injury above the 5th cervical vertebra. Tracheotomy should be performed as soon as possible.

2. Restore the morphology of the spinal canal and the stability of the vertebral segments. First, restore the alignment of the spinal canal through non-surgical or surgical methods, so as to eliminate the compression of the spinal cord. At the same time, efforts should be made to ensure the stability of the damaged vertebrae to prevent or aggravate spinal cord injury. In addition to using traction therapy to immobilize the cervical spine, anterior or posterior surgical therapy can also be adopted as appropriate.

3. Removal of compression objects in the spinal canal Whenever CT or MRI examinations confirm that there are compression objects in the spinal canal, they should be removed as soon as possible and internal fixation should be performed at the same time. Anterior cervical approach is usually the most common approach. For some patients with severe conditions, posterior cervical fixation is also required. For those in poor general condition, the operation can be postponed.

4. Promote the recovery of spinal cord function. On the basis of decompression, eliminate spinal cord edema and traumatic reaction as soon as possible, and give neurotrophic agents and drugs to improve blood circulation. For patients with complete spinal cord injury, the focus should be on restoring and reconstructing hand function, including root decompression (the injured must have preserved wrist function) and tendon transfer surgery.