What to do about temporal bone fracture

The temporal bone is a relatively weak location in the human skull and is usually susceptible to fracture by direct violence. If a simple temporal bone fracture does not affect the intracranial injury or epidural hematoma, the general linear fracture can be treated conservatively by taking early oral anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving, blood-stasis-activating traditional Chinese medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine. In addition, local cold compresses can be applied when the injury occurs, and local hot compresses can be applied 48 hours after the injury, which can generally promote local blood circulation, speed up the swelling, and also accelerate the healing of the bone. However, if the rib fracture forms a depression and the depression is more than 5mm, it may compress the brain tissue, and this situation may require surgery to reset the treatment.