Is Your Fractured Bone is Healing properly?

Fractures are very common nowadays. Usually, your fractured bone will be immobilized for a long time to allow it to heal. Optimum conditions should be there to allow the fractures to heal properly. These factors include,

• Good blood supply
• Proper nutrition
• Good approximation
• Less movements between the fracture segments

Therefore, any lack of any of above factors can give rise to delayed fracture healing. If you are having a fracture, your fractured area must be wrapped in a plaster cast or a splint and the fractured joint is immobilzed. You must be curious when the fracture will heal. You doctor will explain how long it will take for the fracture to heal. Usually, a fracture takes at least 3 weeks to heel. 

You can assess the progression of the healing process by yourself just by paying attention to the symptoms and signs. If there is pain in the fracture area, it means that the healing process is still going on. If there is no pain at all, it means that the fracture has healed completely. 

If there is no pain, it is better to be aware of the mobility of the fracture site. If the fractured segments are mobile at the fracture site and there is no pain, it means that the healing process has stopped, but the ends has not united. This is called malunion. In such cases, your doctor will have to do a surgery and remove the healed edges and to an internal fixation.

Meanwhile, you should help your body to heal the fracture. You can do this by giving the fracture site the proper environment to heal. Things you can do includes,

• Maintain good nutrition
• Keep the fracture immobilized.
• Avoid infections