Pain during the recovery period after a fracture

This is a normal recovery phenomenon. This situation is usually caused by local skin adhesion after a fracture, which will affect blood circulation, so soreness and discomfort will occur. You can apply more hot compresses and elevate the affected limb to help improve symptoms. In addition, some foods will have an impact on the body of patients with fractures, so what are the taboo foods after a fracture? The editor will introduce to you some taboo foods after a fracture.

Taboo Food

Avoid blindly supplementing calcium

Calcium is an important raw material for the formation of bones. Some people believe that supplementing more calcium after a fracture can accelerate the healing of broken bones. However, scientific research has found that increasing calcium intake does not accelerate the healing of broken bones, and 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. This is due to long-term bed rest, which on the one hand inhibits the absorption and utilization of calcium, and on the other hand increases the reabsorption of calcium by the renal tubules. Therefore, for patients with fractures, there is no lack of calcium in the body. As long as they strengthen functional exercises and move 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. Especially for patients who are bedridden after a fracture, blindly supplementing calcium is of no benefit and may even be harmful.

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. The reason is that 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, thus hindering the early healing of the fracture. But fresh meat and bone soup is delicious and can stimulate appetite, so it is okay to eat less.

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.

Avoid indigestible food

Fracture patients have limited mobility due to plaster or splint fixation, and they also suffer from swelling and pain in the injured area and mental anxiety, so they often have a poor appetite and sometimes suffer from constipation. Therefore, food should be nutritious, easy to digest and have a bowel movement. Avoid eating foods that are prone to bloating or indigestion, such as sweet potatoes, taro, and glutinous rice. Eat more fruits and vegetables.

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. Therefore, bedridden patients with fractures can drink water whenever they want without having to worry too much.

Avoid excessive consumption 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. This is because vitamin B1 is a necessary substance for the conversion of sugar into energy in the body. Insufficient vitamin B1 greatly reduces the activity of nerves and muscles and also affects the recovery of function. Therefore, patients with fractures should avoid consuming too much white sugar.

Avoid taking Panax notoginseng tablets for a long time

In the early stage of fracture, local internal bleeding occurs, blood stasis, swelling and pain occur. At this time, taking Panax notoginseng tablets can constrict local blood vessels, shorten coagulation time, and increase thrombin, which is very appropriate. However, one week after the fracture healing, the bleeding has stopped and the damaged tissue has begun to repair, and the repair requires a large amount of blood supply. If you continue to take Panax notoginseng tablets, the local blood vessels will be in a state of contraction, and the blood circulation will be blocked, which is not conducive to fracture healing.