What should children not eat if they have a fracture?

It is children's nature to jump around and play everywhere. Generally speaking, as long as it does not involve safety and health issues, parents will not stop their children from engaging in recreational activities. However, accidents always happen during play, and children may fall or even break bones due to pushing and shoving. When children have fractures, they first need to go to the hospital for X-ray treatment in time. Later, they need to pay attention to diet when taking medication. So what should children avoid eating when they have fractures?

In principle, the diet for children with fractures should be light in the early stages, such as vegetables, eggs, soy products, fruits, fish soup, lean meat, etc. They should avoid spicy, dry, hot, and greasy foods, especially fatty and nourishing foods too early, such as bone soup, fat chicken, stewed fish, etc. Otherwise, blood stasis will accumulate and be difficult to dissipate, which will delay the course of the disease, slow the growth of bone callus, and affect the recovery of joint function in the future. In the middle and late stages, you can drink more nourishing soups such as bone soup and chicken soup.

After a child has a fracture, parents should arrange their diet properly and let the child eat more foods that are beneficial to wound healing.

Eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, and foods rich in vitamin C, can help callus growth and wound healing.

Fracture patients have hypermetabolism and are prone to malnutrition and protein deficiency. Therefore, a high-protein diet is advocated to enhance immunity and promote wound healing. You need to consume enough high-quality protein, such as milk, eggs, meat, aquatic products, etc.

Supplement trace elements such as zinc, iron, and manganese. Animal liver, seafood, soybeans, sunflower seeds, and mushrooms contain high levels of zinc. Animal liver, eggs, beans, green leafy vegetables, and wheat flour contain high levels of iron. Oatmeal, mustard greens, egg yolks, and cheese contain high levels of manganese. These foods are very beneficial for wound recovery and the recuperation of children.

In addition, parents should be careful not to feed children with fractures foods that are not helpful for their recovery. Parents must be aware of the following dietary taboos:

1. Avoid blindly supplementing calcium. Calcium is an important raw material for the formation of bones. Some people think that supplementing more calcium after a fracture can accelerate the healing of broken bones. However, scientific research has found that increasing calcium intake does not accelerate the healing of broken bones. For patients with fractures who are bedridden for a long time, there is a potential risk of increased blood calcium. Blindly supplementing calcium is not beneficial and may even be harmful.

2. Avoid drinking too little water. Many children often stay in bed to recuperate after a fracture. They have less activity and weakened intestinal motility when lying in bed. Coupled with the reduced water intake, it is easy to cause constipation. Long-term bed rest and urine retention can easily induce urinary stones and urinary tract infections. Therefore, bedridden patients with fractures can drink water whenever they want without having to worry too much.

3. Avoid picky eating habits. Children with fractures often suffer from local edema, congestion, bleeding, muscle tissue damage, etc. The body itself has the ability to resist and repair these. The body relies on various nutrients to repair tissues, grow bones and regenerate muscles, form callus, and remove blood stasis and swelling. Nutrition is the key to the successful healing of fractures. Picky eating will cause the child to absorb incomplete nutrition, which is not conducive to recovery.

4. Avoid red meat and beverages. After a fracture, you should avoid eating red meat and caffeinated drinks such as cola. Canned foods and other pickled foods should also be used in limited quantities because the phosphorus they contain can cause bone loss.