Is rib fracture serious

summary

Fracture is mainly bone fracture, rib fracture occurs under the invasion of external force, the situation is mild, with the possibility of self-healing. Let's see if rib fracture is serious.

Is rib fracture serious

First of all: if the simple rib fracture is not combined with other factors, such as hemopneumothorax, and the pain is not very severe, it is not serious.

Secondly, local pain is the most obvious symptom of rib fracture, which is aggravated by coughing, deep breathing or body rotation. Sometimes patients can hear or feel bone friction. Pain and chest stability are damaged, which can make respiratory mobility limited, breathing shallow and alveolar ventilation reduced, patients dare not cough, phlegm retention, resulting in lower respiratory tract secretion obstruction, consolidation or atelectasis, which in elderly patients or patients with lung disease should be given priority *.

Finally: the treatment principles of rib fracture are analgesia, clearing respiratory secretions, fixing chest, restoring chest wall function and preventing complications.

matters needing attention

If a large amount of meat and bone is consumed after fracture, it will increase the content of inorganic matter in bone, lead to the imbalance of the proportion of organic matter in bone, and hinder the healing of rib fracture, which is not conducive to the recovery of fracture.