Comminuted patellar fracture sequelae

Patellar comminuted fractures should be treated promptly and will be cured after surgery, but we should also be vigilant about the sequelae of patellar comminuted fractures. You need to rest in bed after the operation and pay more attention to your diet, especially nutritional supplements. Since there may be sequelae, such as restricted joint movement or swelling of the lower limbs, you should pay more attention to rest when there are some problems.

Generally speaking, the manifestations of fracture sequelae are very diverse, but the basic starting point is the loss of various joint functions to varying degrees, including joint stiffness, joint contracture, severe muscle atrophy, severely limited joint movement, joint pain, limb swelling, etc. Some patients are bedridden for a long time after lower limb fractures or spinal fractures, and may develop complications such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, venous thrombosis, and even serious psychological disorders.

How can we effectively prevent these fracture sequelae? Here are some suggestions on diet.

1. Don’t blindly supplement calcium

Scientific research has found that increasing calcium intake does not accelerate the healing of broken bones, but for patients with fractures who are bedridden for a long time, there is a potential risk of increased blood calcium and a decrease in blood phosphorus. For patients with fractures, there is no lack of calcium in the body. As long as they strengthen functional exercises and move around as early as possible according to their condition and the doctor's instructions, they can promote the bone's absorption and utilization of calcium and accelerate the healing of broken bones.

2. Avoid eating too much meat and bones

Some people believe that eating more meat and bones after a fracture can help the fracture 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. Because the regeneration of bones after injury mainly depends on the function of periosteum and bone marrow, and periosteum and bone marrow can play a better role only under the condition of increasing collagen, and the main components of meat bones are phosphorus and calcium. If consumed in large quantities after a fracture, it will increase the inorganic content in the bone, leading to an imbalance in the proportion of organic matter in the bone, which will hinder the early healing of the fracture.

3. Avoid partiality

Patients with fractures often suffer from local edema, congestion, bleeding, muscle tissue damage, etc. The body itself has the ability to resist and repair these, and the body relies on various nutrients to repair tissues, grow bones and regenerate muscles, form callus, and remove blood stasis and swelling. Therefore, nutrition is the key to ensuring the smooth healing of fractures.

5. Avoid drinking less water

Bedridden patients with fractures, especially those with fractures of the spine, pelvis and lower limbs, have great difficulty in moving, so they try to drink less water to reduce the frequency of urination. Although this reduces the frequency of urination, it also creates greater trouble. 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.

6. Do not consume excessive amounts of sugar

After consuming a large amount of white sugar, it will cause rapid metabolism of glucose, thereby producing metabolic intermediates such as pyruvate, lactic acid, etc., which will cause the body to be in an acidic poisoning state. At this time, alkaline calcium, magnesium, sodium and other ions will be immediately mobilized to participate in the neutralization effect to prevent the blood from becoming acidic. Such a large amount of calcium consumption will be detrimental to the recovery of fracture patients. At the same time, too much white sugar will also reduce the content of vitamin B1 in the body. Insufficient vitamin B1 greatly reduces the activity of nerves and muscles and also affects the recovery of function.