How to do costal cartilage fracture

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People's bones are not as strong as they think. It's easy to hurt the rib cartilage when doing sports, leading to fractures. Let's talk about the solution to rib cartilage fractures.

How to do costal cartilage fracture

Method 1: the treatment principle of rib fracture is analgesia, clearing respiratory secretion, fixing chest, restoring chest wall function and preventing complications. There are many methods of analgesia, such as oral or intramuscular injection of analgesics and sedatives, or application of self-control analgesia pump, intercostal nerve block and pain point block. It can also be treated with traditional Chinese medicine Jiegu powder, which can reduce the swelling and pain of local soft tissue, and make the bone healing achieve good results.

Method 2: the treatment of single closed rib fracture. Because of the support of upper and lower ribs and intercostal muscles at both ends of the fracture, dislocation and little activity occur, which can be healed by themselves, and the body still has a certain healing ability. The main purpose of thoracic fixation is to reduce the activity of fracture end and relieve pain. The methods include: wide rubber band fixation, multi band chest cloth fixation or elastic chest band fixation. The treatment principle of simple rib fracture is pain relief, fixation and prevention of pulmonary infection. It can be taken orally or intramuscularly when necessary.

Method 3: the treatment of open fracture should be debridement as soon as possible. Remove the bone fragments and inanimate tissue, and bite the fracture end to avoid stabbing the surrounding tissue. If the intercostal vessels are damaged, the distal and proximal ends of the ruptured vessels should be sutured respectively. Cutting off a segment of intercostal nerve is helpful to relieve postoperative pain. Patients with damaged pleura were treated as open pneumothorax. Tetanus antiviral serum and antibiotics were given to prevent infection.

matters needing attention

Rib cartilage fracture people in life do not do strenuous exercise, and should pay attention to bed rest, maintain a good mood, avoid eating more meat and bone: if a large amount of meat and bone intake after fracture, it will promote the increase of inorganic components in bone, lead to the imbalance of the proportion of organic matter in bone, it will hinder the early healing of fracture.