Cold water or hot water for a broken foot

After the foot is broken should be compressed with cold water, after the foot is broken can be rinsed with cold water from the tap, faucet, which can make the traumatic foot pain, swelling, at the same time can use frozen mineral water or ice outside the towel, for the foot sprain cold compress, which can play the role of swelling, pain relief. After the foot fracture can not use hot water compress, because hot water can make the local blood circulation increase, increase the foot trauma bleeding, so that the symptoms of swelling and pain increase, so after the foot fracture should use cold water for external compress, and should not use hot water for external compress. At the same time, we should pay attention to the relevant X-rays, CT and MRI examinations after foot fracture to see the fracture and ligament damage, and if there is damage, we should treat it early and actively.