What to do if your leg is swollen due to a fracture

Usually, due to unexpected circumstances, if a leg fracture occurs, in addition to causing severe pain, it will generally cause swelling of the leg. This is a common symptom. It is necessary to apply cold compresses in time to relieve it, go to the hospital for examination in time, and take appropriate methods to treat it. If the patient experiences severe pain, then use some painkillers under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, you should also pay attention to diet.

What to do if your leg is swollen due to a fracture

Patients can also use pillows or other items to elevate the affected limb in bed to reduce edema. If the fracture has not yet fully healed, it is recommended not to get up and bear weight, but to do functional exercises in bed. If you need to get up, you should use crutches and keep the affected limb off the ground.

Immediately after a fracture, check whether there is any serious problem. If not, the injured part should be immobilized to avoid accelerating congestion and swelling of the injured part. Then apply a towel soaked in cold water or ice cubes to the fracture site, apply cold compress every three to four hours, each time for 20 to 30 minutes, or use drug therapy: mix raw gardenia and flour with egg white, apply wet compress to the swollen area, apply pressure bandage, and change it once a day.

After two to three days of wet or cold compresses with medication, the fractured blood vessel wound has coagulated. At this time, in order to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis and prevent the wound from adhesion, hot compresses can be used as the main method for treatment. When applying hot compress, soak the towel in 40 to 50 degrees warm water for a while, and apply it to the fracture site while it is still hot (do not burn it), once every 3 to 4 hours, each time for 15 to 20 minutes. During the hot compress period, Chinese herbal medicine, cupping, massage and other methods are used in combination with treatment, especially massage is extremely important during this period. However, the massage technique should be from light to heavy, from the area around the injury to the local area. The first few massages on the injured area must be gentle.

What to eat after a fracture

1. Red bean and bamboo shoot soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of red beans, 100 grams of mung beans, 30 grams of bamboo shoots.

Nature, flavor and efficacy: Reduce swelling, promote blood circulation, expel blood and eliminate dampness. It is mainly used to treat early stage fractures with obvious local swelling.

Preparation and administration: Wash adzuki beans, mung beans and bamboo shoots separately, put them in a pot, add 500 ml of water; boil over high heat for 3 minutes, simmer for 20 minutes, and eat in portions.

2. Raw water chestnut drink

Ingredients: 100 grams of raw water chestnuts.

Nature, flavor and efficacy: clearing away heat, removing blood stasis and eliminating accumulation. Mainly used to treat early stage fractures accompanied by fever.

Preparation and administration: Wash, peel and mash the raw water chestnuts, add a little water, boil and drink immediately, and can be consumed as tea.

3. Crucian carp soup

Ingredients: 1 crucian carp, rice wine, ginger, onion, and salt.

Nature, flavor and efficacy: Crucian carp is a spleen-tonifying and diuretic health food. Eating it can benefit the spleen and stomach and eliminate water and dampness. Therefore, this recipe has the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis. It is mainly used to treat middle and late stage fractures, as well as spleen and stomach disharmony.

Preparation and serving method: Kill the crucian carp alive, remove the internal organs and scales, wash it, put it in a pot, add 500 ml of water, rice wine, ginger, and green onion, boil it on high heat for 3 minutes, then simmer it on low heat for 20 minutes, add fine salt, and eat it in several portions.