Fracture ice or heat?

After a fracture, especially after an injury, active cold compress is required within two days. Ice is wrapped in a dry towel and placed on the area where the pain and swelling are most obvious. Cold compress is applied every two hours for about 20 minutes. Intermittent cold compress can occlude bleeding capillaries, reduce local bleeding, reduce swelling, and relieve pain. After two days of injury, hot compress can be carried out, using warm water bag or hot towel can be used, but to prevent local scalding skin. Appropriate hot compress can effectively promote local blood circulation, is conducive to local swelling, can strengthen the supply of local oxygen and nutrients, is conducive to fracture healing. After fracture, but also actively improve the examination, clear the specific degree of injury. If there is surgical indication, active surgical treatment.