The foot was broken, swollen, and painful. What to do?

Ankle sprain injury muscles, take rest, ice, pressure bandaging, elevation of the affected limb of the principle of generally ten days and a half to heal, not good is ligament injury or bone injury, to seize the time to apply bone injury medicine**, to prevent the occurrence of sequelae.

Clause. First, it is necessary to distinguish the severity of the injury. Generally speaking, if the pain is not severe when you move your ankle, most of it is a soft tissue injury, and you can treat it yourself.

If you have severe pain when you move your ankle, you cannot stand or move, if you have pain in your bones, if you have a sound when you sprain or if you have rapid swelling after an injury, it is a sign of a fracture and you should go to the hospital for treatment immediately.

Second. Use heat and cold compresses correctly. Hot and cold compresses are both physical**, but they have very different effects.

Blood is alive when it is hot, and it coagulates when it is cold, so it is advisable to apply cold compresses in the early stage of injury to reduce local hematoma; Applying a warm compress after the bleeding has stopped will speed up the dissipation of bruising around the wound. In general, warm compresses are applied 24 hours after the injury.

Third. Drugs**. The formula is: 30 grams of hibiscus leaves, 10 grams of red adzuki beans, 3 grams of miscanthus powder, ground into fine powder, add honey or white wine to make a paste, apply it to the affected area, and change it once every 2-3 days. You can also take bruise medicine internally.

Clause. 4. Local massage. Before applying the medicine, you can press and rub the injured foot, and gently rub the injured area with the thumbs of both hands, and the direction of rubbing is from the foot to the calf, which can not only relieve pain but also reduce swelling.

Fixed, cold compress within 72 hours, can not massage and external medicine, after 72 hours to change to hot compress, can massage and external medicine.

Within 24 hours, cold compress is used to constrict blood vessels, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Apply an ice pack or cold washcloth to the affected area for 15 minutes every 6 hours. After 24 hours, a warm compress is applied to promote local blood circulation, accelerate the dissipation of blood stasis around the wound, and reduce pain.

As soon as the injury occurs, do not apply plasters. It will have to wait 24 hours. This is because human tissues are inflammatory when they are damaged by external forces.

A large amount of fluid leaks from the blood vessels into the sprain.

Swelling occurs slowly in the area.

This then compresses the nerve and causes pain. This reaction is in.

The peak can be reached within 24 hours.

If you apply a moist analgesic cream during this period.

Its blood-invigorating effect accelerates local blood circulation.

There is also an increase in fluid leaking from the blood vessels.

Local swelling and pain can also worsen. Because the plaster has the effect of invigorating blood and dissipating blood stasis, the plaster after injury cannot achieve the purpose of reducing swelling and relieving pain. Take drugs that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, such as Yunnan Baiyao. Elevate the injured leg as much as possible to promote blood circulation.

First of all, after the injury, avoid continuing to bear weight or walk, and do not rub the wound by a companion.

The affected ankle can be bandaged and fixed in a mild valgus position after 90 years of dorsal extension of the foot and ankle can be bandaged or fixed with a bandage, and the walking can be restricted, and the patient should be sent to the hospital for treatment.

Clause. 2. For those with mild symptoms, cold water or cold towels can be applied and the affected limb can be elevated immediately after the injury. At this time, the cold compress can constrict the blood vessels, reduce local congestion, reduce tissue temperature, and play the role of hemostasis, swelling and analgesia. Therefore, after an acute sprain, a local cold compress should be applied as soon as possible.

Elevating the affected limb can speed up the return of blood and lymph fluid, so that blood stasis will not accumulate in the blood vessel injury.

Cold compress method: Put a towel soaked in cold water on the wound and change it every 3 minutes or so, or you can put ice cubes in a plastic bag for external compression, 20 to 30 minutes each time. In summer, you can use tap water to rinse, and the rinsing time is generally about 4 to 5 minutes, not too long.

Clause. 3. If the ankle sprain has been more than 24 hours, it should be switched to a warm compress**. At this time, warm compresses can improve blood and lymphatic circulation, which is conducive to the absorption of bruising and exudate from the wound.

Hot compress method: Put a towel soaked in hot water or hot vinegar on the injured area, and replace the towel after 5 to 10 minutes when there is no heat. Apply 1 2 times a day for about 30 minutes each time.

After the sprain of the joint, it should be treated in time, the principle is to immobilize and reduce swelling and stasis, so that the damaged tissue can be well repaired. If there is a large amount of hemarthrosis, it should be withdrawn in time under aseptic technique to avoid intra-articular adhesions after sequea. Ligament rupture or avulsion fracture that affects joint stability requires surgical reduction repair to avoid recurrent sprains, articular cartilage damage and traumatic arthritis.