Does fracture need to cast?

summary

Once the fracture occurs, the recovery is relatively slow, which will cause some pain to the patients and greatly affect their normal life. The main function of plaster casting after fracture is to fix the fracture, help the fracture recover as soon as possible, and prevent the fracture from relocating, avoid too much movement and activity, otherwise it will have adverse effects on the recovery. Does fracture need to cast? Let's talk about it

Does fracture need to cast?

In order to limit the activity of the fracture, promote fracture healing, avoid nonunion or delayed healing due to repeated fracture activity, and prevent re displacement of the fracture, plaster external fixation can be used for those without obvious displacement after fracture, Appropriate to eat more capsicum, tomatoes, amaranth, vegetables, cabbage, radish and other vitamin C rich vegetables, in order to promote callus growth and wound healing.

In general, after plaster casting, there will be stuffy feeling. Some patients will also have itching symptoms due to long-term package. At this time, they should actively relieve. They can do something else, divert their attention, or live in a place with gout or cool, which will also relieve the discomfort, Especially not in hot and humid places, or the itching discomfort will be more serious, at the same time also need more rest, avoid excessive exercise, also don't walk too early.

Patients also need to avoid smoking. Cigarettes are associated with many diseases, including heart disease and cancer, and can damage the healing ability of skin wounds. Smoking also has side effects that affect fracture healing. Among thousands of harmful substances contained in cigarettes, nicotine plays a key role in affecting bone healing. It can significantly reduce the oxygen content of human tissues and weaken the body's ability to produce collagen, Collagen is a useful protein for new bone formation, so we must avoid smoking, and second-hand smoking is also not allowed.

matters needing attention

Usually as much as possible to rest, at least half a month to rest time, patients usually also need to eat some bone soup and other things, usually also need to drink more water, eat more nutritious things is better, avoid too tired.