Symptoms of a fractured wrist

The factors that lead to wrist fractures are very simple, that is, the wrist is injured. For example, when people fall, they habitually use their hands to support the ground. At this time, because the gravity is relatively large, it is easy to cause wrist fractures. Especially for middle-aged and elderly friends, because the bones contain relatively less calcium, if they are injured, it is easy to cause symptoms of wrist fractures.

However, because the clinical symptoms of wrist fractures are not very obvious, some patients with wrist fractures even treat it as a sprain, which has a certain impact on the treatment of wrist fractures. In order to treat the disease in time, please first understand the symptoms of wrist fractures.

The occurrence of wrist fractures causes a lot of inconvenience to the patient's life. Wrist fractures are common in daily life, and most of the injured are elderly people. Most of the patients fall with their palms landing on the ground. Bone fractures often occur 50cm proximal to the joint at the distal end of the radius, which is clinically called Colle's fracture.

The first and most obvious symptom of a wrist fracture is the location of the fracture, followed by the manifestation symptoms, including swelling, pain, bruising, cyanosis, redness, swelling, lumps, restricted movement, etc. Another symptom is that long-term untreated or unhealed symptoms leave sequelae, such as wrist stiffness and inability to move.

There are two types of treatment for wrist fractures: conservative treatment and surgical treatment.

Surgical treatment mainly involves open reduction and internal fixation with plates, but surgery often leaves some sequelae, such as obvious reflections at the bone fracture site on rainy days.

Conservative treatment mainly uses Chinese medicine plasters to dredge the tendons and meridians, remove blood stasis, and promote the formation and healing of callus. Conservative treatment can achieve joint function exercises.

After knowing the symptoms and treatment of wrist fractures, in order to prevent the occurrence of wrist fractures as much as possible, middle-aged and elderly friends must pay attention to calcium supplementation in daily life to avoid osteoporosis. This is beneficial for preventing wrist fractures. Just eat more foods high in calcium in daily life.