Fracture disease is due to the disease of joint swelling and stiffness, dysfunction, muscle atrophy, osteoporosis and other bone and joint fixation syndromes caused by fractures and their treatment.
1. More serious fractures are subject to misalignment and displacement and require manipulation or surgical repositioning. The fracture must be immobilized to maintain the opposing position. Movement of the injured bone and adjacent joints must be restricted. In adults, once a bone is fractured, the healing time is at least one month; in slow-growing cases, three to five months or even more than one year before healing is common, and the immobilization time is correspondingly long.
2. After the injury, the soft tissue is damaged, the local blood flow is not good, coupled with the joints are forced to be fixed in the plaster or resin tube type for a long time, it is difficult to move, the plasma exudes from the surrounding tissue interstitial space, fibrin deposition, resulting in adhesion contracture inside and outside the joints, loss of elasticity. Adhesion and stiffness of joints and surrounding soft tissues occur.
3. The metabolic rate of the body of the elderly decreases, and the degenerative changes of the joints are more easily affected. Muscles are immobilized for a long time and atrophy occurs slowly. Taking X-ray film, osteoporosis, thinning of bone cortex and decrease in bone density can be seen, which is the result of lack of activity and bone calcium loss. The older the patient and the longer the immobilization, the more severe this change is and the more difficult it is to recover.
This is the cause and main symptom of fracture disease.
It is recommended to go to a regular hospital as soon as possible when fracture disease occurs, so as not to delay the condition.