Femoral head fracture

When it comes to fractures, many people are familiar with them. Fractures have a great impact on the body and mind. The elderly are very prone to fractures. At this time, comprehensive care should be given to the elderly to prevent them from having other ideas. What is the cause of femoral head fractures? There are many reasons for this problem. The most common cause is calcium. To relieve it, the body needs to be nourished. The following is a detailed introduction.

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.

Due to long-term bed rest, on the one hand, the absorption and utilization of calcium is inhibited, and on the other hand, the reabsorption of calcium by the renal tubules increases. 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 fractures. 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 drinking bone soup

Some people believe that eating more meat and bones and drinking more bone soup 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.

Avoid partiality

Fracture patients often have local edema, congestion, bleeding, muscle tissue damage, etc. The body itself has the ability to resist and repair these. 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.

The diet should be nutritious, with good color, aroma and taste, and able to stimulate appetite. Eat more vegetables rich in vitamin C, such as tomatoes, amaranth, greens, cabbage, radish, etc., to promote callus growth and wound healing.

Avoid indigestible foods

Fracture patients have limited mobility due to immobilization, and coupled with pain and mental anxiety, they often have a poor appetite and sometimes suffer from constipation, which is more common in bedridden patients. Therefore, food should be nutritious, easy to digest and have a bowel movement. It is advisable to eat more vegetables rich in fiber, and eat bananas, honey and other foods that promote gastrointestinal digestion and bowel movements.

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, which is not appropriate. Bedridden patients have less activity and weakened intestinal motility, and coupled with reduced water intake, they can easily develop constipation, urinary retention, and may also easily induce urinary stones and urinary tract infections. Therefore, bedridden patients with fractures should drink appropriate amounts of water.