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Medical Forum / General / General / March 2008broken bone question.
I broke a small part of bone in my left foot last week. It's now in a cast, and the doctor tells me it will be so for 5 weeks. I am getting very bored being at home and on crutches. Does anyone know of any drugs/vitamins which might help the bone heal quicker? Also, if I go against my doctors wishes and have the plaster cast removed after,say, 3, weeks, instead of 5 weeks, what will the consequences be? Is it really possible that removing the cast early might lead to arthritis later in life? Thanks and bye. On Mar 17, 7:03 am, Sal_55 <zaman_2...@yahoo.com> wrote: Does anyone know of any drugs/vitamins which might help the bone heal quicker? << L-arginine is touted by those in the know .. Magnets only a week or so ago showed bone regrowth at a higher rate .. A search of google should bring up the studies .. Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/a3cc3 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk > I broke a small part of bone in my left foot last week. It's now in a > cast, and the doctor tells me it will be so for 5 weeks. I am getting [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > might lead to arthritis later in life? > Thanks and bye. > On Mar 17, 7:03 am, Sal_55 <zaman_2...@yahoo.com> wrote: Does anyone > know of any [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for the tip about L-arginine. If my foot does eventually begin to feel better and I have the cast removed, is it really a grave danger to my foot returning to it's dysfunctional state? (like stopping taking antibiotics once you begin to feel better, can lead to a risk of the infection returning, won't having the cast removed early lead to an increased risk of me damaging my foot again?) Thanks friends. >I broke a small part of bone in my left foot last week. It's now in a >cast, and the doctor tells me it will be so for 5 weeks. I am getting >very bored being at home and on crutches. Does anyone know of any >drugs/vitamins which might help the bone heal quicker? Avoiding both alcohol and nicotine may help, as well as eating a reasonably healthy diet with adequate calcium. Speed of healing depends on factors like general health, and age. Younger people and healthy people heal faster than older people and those in poorer health. There's also a fair bit of individual variation. >Also, if I go against my doctors wishes and have the plaster cast >removed after,say, 3, weeks, instead of 5 weeks, what will the >consequences be? Is it really possible that removing the cast early >might lead to arthritis later in life? You risk the bone not healing correctly, which can cause lifelong problems, or require surgery to rebreak and reset the bone. I'd put up with an extra two weeks of inconvenience, myself.
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