What to do if a bone fracture occurs

Bone fracture is a type of fracture and is a minor fracture. It is usually caused by direct impact or a minor impact or fall. If a bone fracture occurs in the thigh, it needs active treatment and a good rest without moving the injured part. If you continue to move randomly without paying attention, the bone fracture may become serious or even dislocated, which can only be treated through surgery.

Diet is also critical when bone fracture occurs. Eat more foods that are good for bones, eat less greasy and spicy foods, supplement more trace elements and vitamin D to promote bone development, move as little as possible, and if possible, rest at home for a few more days. If it is a serious bone fracture, you need to stay in bed and rest. So what should you do if you have a bone fracture? Let us introduce the relevant content in detail below, and hope it will be helpful to you.

1. The recovery time of bone fracture needs to be determined according to the specific situation. Generally, bone fractures are divided into displaced bone fractures and non-displaced bone fractures, intra-articular bone fractures and extra-articular bone fractures. Generally, the cartilage of bone fractures heals in 4-6 weeks and the bone heals in more than 3 months. Non-healing is rare, but abnormal healing is more common. But this is not absolute, it depends on the specific location of the bone fracture and the extent of the damage.

2 The ancients said that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, and a minor sprain can be recovered in a week or so. However, depending on the bone fracture and the degree of swelling, it will take about 45 days for the swelling to completely subside! It will take at least 3 to 4 months to walk without ankle pain.

3 Vitamin D: If you stay indoors after a bone 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.

4 According to recent research, patients with bone fractures may need to supplement trace elements such as zinc, iron, and manganese. Several trace elements, some of which are involved in the composition of enzymes in human metabolic activities; some are raw materials for the synthesis of collagen and myoglobin. It has been determined that the serum concentration of this trace element in patients decreased significantly after fracture. Therefore, it is assumed that appropriate supplementation in the early stages of fracture may be beneficial to healing. Animal liver, seafood, soybeans, sunflower seeds, and mushrooms contain more zinc; animal liver, eggs, beans, green leafy vegetables, wheat, and bread contain more iron; cereals, mustard greens, egg yolks, and cheese contain more manganese.

Precautions

Avoid eating too much meat and bones. Some people believe that eating more meat and bones can help fractures heal earlier. In fact, this is not the case. Modern medicine has proved through many practices that if patients with fractures eat more meat and bones, it will not only fail to heal early, but will delay the healing time of the fracture.

Avoid drinking less water. Bedridden patients with fractures, especially those with fractures of the spine, pelvis and lower limbs, have great inconvenience in movement, so they try to drink less water to reduce the frequency of urination. Although this reduces the frequency of urination, greater troubles are also created. If bedridden patients have less activity, weakened intestinal motility, and drink less water, it is easy to cause constipation. Long-term bed rest and urine retention can easily induce urinary stones and urinary tract infections. Therefore, bedridden patients with fractures can drink water whenever they want without having to worry too much.

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

Everyone has a corresponding understanding of what to do if a bone fracture occurs. If the bone fracture is more serious, someone will be needed to take good care of you in all aspects of life. If you want the bone fracture to recover faster, maintaining a good attitude is also an indispensable factor.