Dietary considerations for patients with radial neck fracture

Dietary considerations for patients with radial neck fracture:

Issues that should be noted in the diet of radial neck fracture:

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 radishes, which can 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 more zinc; animal liver, eggs, beans, green leafy vegetables, and wheat flour contain more iron; cereals, mustard, egg yolks, and cheese contain more manganese.

4. Avoid blindly supplementing calcium. Increasing calcium intake will not accelerate the healing of fractures, but for fracture patients who are bedridden for a long time, the potential risk of increased blood calcium is also accompanied by decreased blood phosphorus.

5. Avoid eating more meat and bones. Some people believe that eating more meat and bones after a fracture can help the fracture heal earlier. This is not the case. After many practices, modern medicine has proven that eating more meat and bones will not help fracture patients heal earlier, but will delay the healing time of the fracture.

7. Avoid eating foods that are easy to cause bloating or indigestion, such as sweet potatoes, taro, and glutinous rice.

8. Avoid not drinking water: Bedridden fracture patients have less activity and weaker intestinal motility. If drinking less water, it is easy to cause constipation. Long-term bed rest and urine retention can also easily induce urinary tract stones and urinary tract infections.

9. Avoid eating white sugar: After consuming a large amount of white sugar, the body will be in an acidic state. Alkaline calcium, magnesium, and sodium plasma will be immediately mobilized to participate in neutralization. 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 B in the body.

10. Avoid long-term use of Sanqishang: Taking Sanqishang in the early stage of radial neck fracture is conducive to fracture healing. However, if you continue to take Sanqishang one week after radial neck fracture, local blood vessels will contract and blood circulation will be blocked, which is not conducive to fracture healing.