How long does it take to recover from a secondary fracture

A secondary fracture refers to another fracture that occurs after the fracture site has gradually healed. This type of fracture is relatively harmful and has many causes. For example, if the fracture is not recovered well and if you do not pay attention to conditioning in your daily life, this may lead to further injury. In addition, if the patient is middle-aged or elderly, it may be related to osteoporosis, which can easily lead to a secondary fracture. At this time, you must be highly vigilant and be careful to strengthen good recovery in your daily life.

1. Drinking too little water is not conducive to fracture recovery

Bedridden patients with fractures, especially those with fractures of the spine, pelvis and lower limbs, have great difficulty in moving and will restrain themselves from drinking as little water as possible to reduce the frequency of urination. Although this reduces the frequency of urination, it creates greater trouble. For example, bedridden patients have less activity and weakened intestinal motility, and their reduced water intake can easily lead to constipation. Long-term bed rest and urine retention can also easily induce urinary stones and urinary tract infections. Therefore, bedridden patients with fractures must drink less water.

2. Drinking a lot of alcohol is very inappropriate

It is common practice for people to drink large amounts of alcohol (including medicinal liquor) to promote blood circulation after a fracture, but this is actually wrong. Since alcohol contains alcohol, drinking a lot of alcohol after a fracture can damage the metabolism of bone tissue, causing it to lose the ability to grow, develop and repair damage. Alcohol can also affect the repair effect of drugs on bones. Therefore, it is not advisable to drink a lot of alcohol to promote blood circulation after a fracture, otherwise it will be detrimental to the healing of the fracture.

3. Avoid blindly supplementing calcium without discrimination

In fact, patients with fractures are not lacking in 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. But in fact this is a misunderstanding of most people. Fracture patients are not calcium deficient. Even for osteoporotic fractures, there is no need for random supplements. Just maintain a moderate calcium intake.

4. Eating more bones after a fracture is harmful rather than beneficial

The regeneration of damaged bones in the human body mainly relies on the functions of bone marrow and periosteum. The bone marrow and periosteum can play a better role only under the condition of increasing collagen. The main components of meat bones are calcium and phosphorus.

If you eat too much ribs and drink too much bone soup after a fracture, it will increase the inorganic content in the bones, leading to an imbalance in the proportion of organic matter in the bones. Therefore, it will hinder the early healing of fractures. Of course, fresh ribs and meat bone soup are delicious and can stimulate appetite, so patients with fractures can eat less.