Diet therapy for patients with right leg fracture

I believe some friends have had this experience, that is, a right leg fracture. As the name suggests, it means that the leg bone or bone structure is completely or partially broken. It is more common in children and the elderly, but also occurs occasionally in young and middle-aged people.

Now I will introduce its dietary therapy methods to you.

Diet therapy:

1. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits;

2. Eat more vegetables rich in vitamin C, such as green peppers, tomatoes, amaranth, green vegetables, cabbage, and radish, to promote callus growth and wound healing.

3. Supplement trace elements such as zinc, iron, and manganese. Animal liver, seafood, soybeans, sunflower seeds, and mushrooms contain high levels of zinc; animal liver, eggs, beans, green leafy vegetables, and wheat flour contain high levels of iron; oatmeal, mustard greens, egg yolks, and cheese contain high levels of manganese.

What foods should you avoid when you have a fracture?

(1) Avoid blindly supplementing calcium. For patients who are bedridden after a fracture, blindly supplementing calcium is of no benefit and may even be harmful.

(2) 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.

(3) Avoid partiality

(4) Avoid eating foods that cause bloating or indigestion, such as sweet potatoes, taro, and glutinous rice.

(5) Avoid drinking less water. Bedridden patients with fractures, especially those with spinal, pelvic and lower limb fractures, 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.

(6) Avoid excessive intake of white sugar. Excessive intake of white sugar will cause rapid metabolism of glucose, thereby producing metabolic intermediates such as pyruvate and lactic acid, which will cause the body to enter a state of acidosis. 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.

(7) Avoid taking Panax notoginseng tablets for a long time. In the early stage of fracture, local internal bleeding occurs, blood stasis, swelling and pain appear. 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.

(8) Do not drink fruit juice if you have a fracture.

The above is the answer to the question about right leg fracture. Maybe words cannot give you the most appropriate answer. If you have any problems, you must seek timely treatment. I hope everyone pays attention to their physical health.