How to care for femoral neck fractures in the elderly

The care of elderly femoral neck fracture should be answered from three aspects: 1. Dietary care. After the fracture of the femoral neck in the elderly, due to the need for long-term bed rest, coupled with the stimulation of hip pain after the fracture, it makes the patient’s gastrointestinal tract peristalsis slows down and digestive function decreases due to less activity, which can cause metabolic abnormalities in the patient’s body. Therefore, you should pay attention to your diet in terms of care, you should eat less and more meals, eat more food rich in nutrients, and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Eat foods such as beans, fish and meat. Do a balanced diet, nutrition assurance, help patients wound healing and physical rehabilitation; 2, from the living care, the elderly living environment is quiet and neat, comfortable and hygienic, should pay attention to keep the room dry and tidy, maintain the appropriate temperature, humidity, try not to affect the patient rest. Elderly patients to develop a good routine, but also to ensure adequate sleep time, so that the body recovery is very helpful; 3, wound care, to observe the wound oozing blood, exudate, should pay attention to keep the incision dry, to do timely change of wound dressings, if the wound redness, swelling, heat and pain phenomenon should be dealt with in a timely manner.