How long does it take for a broken hand bone to heal

There are more than two hundred bones in the human body, and each bone plays a supporting and protective role in the human body. The bones of the human body mainly include limb bones and trunk bones. The limbs have the most bones and the most types. Moreover, the bones in the limbs move the most and are most susceptible to damage. Hand bones refer to the bones in the human hand. Most of the hand bones are small and the hands move a lot, so they are easily injured. So how long does it take for a broken hand bone to heal?

1. If the fracture is serious and requires surgery, fasting is often required for 12 to 24 hours before the surgery. Specific fasting situations require strict compliance with doctor's orders.

2. In the early stage of fracture, before the bruises and swelling of the injured area are eliminated, and before the surgical wound is completely healed, the diet should be light, and steaming and boiling should be used instead of frying. Do not feed the patient spicy foods such as chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger, onions, garlic, and pepper to prevent blocking the effects of anti-inflammatory drugs and affecting wound healing. In order to prevent dark scars from being left on the surgical wound, patients should not be given soy sauce or pigments.

3. If the fracture occurs on the trunk, the patient will often need to stay in bed for more than a week after surgery. During the bedridden period, the patient's eating, digestion and defecation issues must be considered. Otherwise, improper diet will not only bring difficulties to care, but also affect the patient's recovery. It is easy for patients to choke and cough when eating while lying down. Therefore, it is best to give patients semi-liquid or liquid food to make eating easier. If the patient chews frequently and vigorously, it is likely to affect the muscles and bones of the whole body and aggravate the pain. Therefore, the vegetables and meat given to the patient should not be those with too much fiber and too strong toughness, such as leeks and beef. Instead, choose crisp and tender vegetables. The vegetables should be chopped and stewed until soft, rice porridge should be stewed into a paste, and rice should be cooked softer to reduce chewing difficulties. The food given to the patient should be easy to digest. Do not give the patient foods that are difficult to digest, such as yam, potatoes, beans, etc.

4. During the bed rest period after surgery, do not be afraid of the trouble of caring for the patient and provide the patient with solid food for a long time, reduce the intake of soup and water to reduce bowel movements. Patients often sweat due to unbearable pain, and in summer, the ward may be hot and stuffy, causing patients to sweat profusely. Some patients have fever due to serious injuries. All these situations require sufficient water supplementation. Therefore, patients can be given rice porridge or soup every day to ensure they drink plenty of water. If sweating is severe, you can add more salt to the food to make up for the salt lost in sweat. Otherwise, the patient may suffer from limb weakness due to lack of salt. If the patient cannot tolerate salty food, you can add some salt to the boiled water you drink.

5. If the injured person has been well-nourished and balanced before the injury, and the bleeding during the injury and surgery is not serious, then there is no need for professional dietary adjustment after the surgery. It is sufficient to have a balanced and adequate diet to ensure the normal intake of metal elements such as calcium, iron, zinc and selenium, and to eat fruits, vegetables and meat.

6. If you were calcium deficient before the injury, drink more bone soup. Pig skulls, pork shanks, beef ribs, pig coccyx, etc. are all good for bone healing. You can give the patient bone soup once or twice a day. Excessive calcium intake is harmful rather than beneficial, and is not good for the healing of bone wounds. Therefore, patients should not be given large amounts of bone soup every meal.

7. Most of the calcium in the human body is concentrated in the bones. Therefore, after a fracture, many people focus on calcium supplementation and often ignore other nutritional supplements. In order for bone fractures to heal, the periosteum and tendons also need to heal, and sufficient blood supply is needed to remove blood stasis and transport nutrients to the wound. Therefore, you should eat more foods rich in collagen and phosphorus. People with anemia should pay more attention to blood supplementation and eat more iron-rich foods such as spinach.

8. Some patients with severe fractures often suffer from pain for two or three months after surgery. They cannot sleep well and lose weight quickly. Therefore, in order for patients to recover quickly, they can be given some calming foods to improve their sleep quality.