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Vitamin D can help you in MANY ways:
1) Bone Health: it regulates calcium metabolism and helps to prevent bone disorders like rickets, osteomalacia and osteoporosis.
2) It is a potent immune system stimulant: it is the precursor to natural antibiotics made in the body that help to fight infection. One study showed that colds and flu were virtually eliminated in a group of 100 post menopausal women who took vitamin d 2000 IU per day for one year.
3) It regulates the inflammatory process: it keeps the inflammatory process in check so that a scratch doesn't blow up to the size of a Basketball or a bought of hay fever makes you swell up like a sumo wrestler. Researchers are finding that vitamin d can help improve some inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
4) It regulates "apoptosis" - another word for cell death- this is one of the functions of vitamin d that researchers are now finding that vitamin d is important in cancer prevention. Cancer is unregulated cell growth. Vitamin d can regulate this process and cause cancer cells to die at a faster rate than they normally would. Researchers are finding links to low Vitamin D levels in many cancers: breast, colon and prostate among others.
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How does a fracture bone grow?
Fractures grow when the body's natural defenses to affected areas(in this case, the broken bone) allow certain substances (such as calcium to mend bone) to heal the fracture.
What is the reason for a fracture not to heal?
Local radiotherapy for a tumour can delay fracture repairs If the bone ends are not firmly fixed by a cast low calcium diet or bone density due to osteoporosis:-usually in elderly
Why bone fracture heal quickly?
You drink milk
Will calcium tablets help heal a broken bone?
yes, it helps to heal the broken bone
Will having more calcium help a stress fracture heal?
Yes, Calcium is needed for healthy bones and teeth but you should never exceed the recommended dose.Also calcium needs Vitamin D to enable it to pass into the bones so you would need to take a combination of the two.
Do you treat a dislocation the same way you treat a fracture?
No, a broken bone can include surgery while a fracture can include a cast for the body to heal the fracture itself.
What does misalignmements mean?
A misalignment is when a bone is fracture and the two ends are not realigned completely straight. A bone callus will form and the fracture will heal, but the bone is not straight and may cause problems for the animal (or person) later on.
What happens in a compound fracture?
A compound fracture is when a bone is broken in more than one place. Depending on how bad the fracture or the bone that is broken rods or pins are inserted to help the bone heal straight and plates and screws may also be used for this as well.
Is there still pain a week after a fracture?
Usually yes. The duration of the pain will depend on where the fracture is. For example, the pain from a fractured rib can last 6 weeks- 2 months since this area is always moving when you breathe and takes longer to heal. I have fractured my rib twice and my ankle and the pain for both lasted for quite a while. Just rest it as much as you can and get as much calcium and vitamin D as you can to help the healing process of the bone.
Why does obesity keep fractures from healing?
It is a common myth that obesity cushions fractures to help them heal. Obesity puts wright on a fracture and does not assist it in healing itself as it has presure pushed on it.... Why do you raised a leg if there is a fractured/broken ankel? To relieve the pressure/weight on it! Lack of Vitamin D, calcium and exercise will decreas the healing of any bone. All of these are necessary for the bone strength and healing due to injury.
How is an Avulsion fracture treated?
An Avulsion fracture usually only needs the treatment of resting and icing the fracture followed by exercising and stretching the tendon. Surgery might be needed if the bone fragment and main bone are too far apart to heal naturally.
What is bone growth stimulation?
Bone growth stimulation is the technique of promoting bone growth in difficult to heal fractures by applying a low electrical current or ultrasound to the fracture.
