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A bruised tailbone in the fall: what to do the treatment at home

A tailbone injury is a common occurrence. Enough just happen to fall on the street or indoors, and can be obtained not only injury, but also the dislocation or fracture of the spine. What could be the consequences of the injury, how to treat a bruised tailbone at home, taking any medication, let's say, all of this should talk in detail.

Travmy kopchika

Unpleasant and dangerous consequences that can result from a bruised tailbone in the fall, often develop unnoticed, and only when pathology is entering a difficult stage.

How to give first aid

To minimize the unpleasant consequences of injury is possible if the victim to provide first aid as quickly as possible:

  • The patient should take the position "lying on stomach", it should move smoothly. So it will be provided "tide" of blood from the injured part of the body;
  • Serious injuries (e.g. fracture) evidence of bruising, so you should immediately inspect the area on which the injury occurred and to verify their presence or absence;
  • Apply to the bruised place a cold compress on 60 minutes (to reduce swelling and bruising);
  • To call the ambulance.

If you want to move the victim (for example, if the crash occurred on the roadway), carry it only in the supine position, turning to the side. Move the patient slowly and smoothly. Before the arrival of the doctor not give the patient pain medication or applied to the injury site ointment with anesthetic effect – this will distort the clinical picture, put the correct diagnosis and assess the degree of damage will be difficult.

The choice of treatment strategy

The victim is required to go to a medical facility immediately after it was injured tailbone. Injury of this area at first glance might look easy, but only x-ray study allows to establish the degree of damage to the coccygeal vertebrae.

If the bone displacement or fracture of the coccyx, the treatment will be conducted only in a hospital. And if in the first case, the bone is enough to "straighten", the second victim will have to postpone major surgical operation to remove the damaged vertebra.

Diagnostika travmy

If diagnosed with minor or moderate severity, the doctor may recommend treatment coccyx injury in the home. The victim is required to comply with all regulations of the doctor and to see your doctor regularly for further changes in the condition of the injured area. It is also recommended to visit the specialists proctologist and a neurologist to rule out possible negative consequences of the injury.

General recommendations for treatment

If a person has got a bruised tailbone in the fall, treatment should be under the control and supervision of a doctor with the following important rules:

  • Do cold compresses and apply ice to the injury site should be within two days after the injury;
  • If the victim has a sore tailbone after the fall, after a cooling compress is recommended to warm the injured spot, use dry heat;

rekomendacii po lecheniu

  • Limit physical activity, sit less, it is possible to stay in bed for several days after the fall;
  • To go to the sauna / the sauna or take a hot bath in the first few days after the injury;
  • Below in the sitting position, the patient did not experience discomfort, you can put on a chair or a chair with a special orthopedic device or just something soft.

The use of drugs

Bruised tailbone treatment usually includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To relieve the pain and other unpleasant consequences of the injury to help spark the cream or ointment with a warming – or on the contrary, with a cooling effect.

The drug

Nimesil

Paracetamol

Ibuprofen

Have Ketonal

Indomethacin

Release form

Powder

Pills

Syrup, tablets, pills

Rectal suppositories

Ointment

Pharmacological action

Anti-inflammatory,

antipyretic,

analgesic

Analgesic

Anti-inflammatory,

analgesic,

antipyretic

Anti-inflammatory

Anti-inflammatory,

Analgesic,

antipyretic

Method of application

To take for two weeks twice a day solution (1 sachet in 0.1 l of water)

In an hour after a meal no more than 4 times a day for 2 to 5 days

The dosage and the strategy of the drug prescribed by your doctor

Apply at night before bedtime

The dosage of the drug and the method of its application are established on an individual scheme on the basis of how severe the injury was received
Note

Contraindicated for pregnant, breastfeeding women and children up to 12 years.

The dosage and the strategy of the drug for children up to 12 years is prescribed by your doctor.

Contraindications: pregnancy, lactation,

children up to age 15 years

Primenenie medikamentoznyh preparatov

If diagnosed serious injury, requiring intensive therapy can be prescribed injections of anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and / or analgesic agents.

Treatment of folk remedies

Sore coccyx after a fall what to do to get rid of the discomfort by using folk remedies. To replace their prescription medicines is impossible - the people's medicine adds to the complex of traditional treatment.

Reduce the pain and increase the effectiveness of treatment possible by using tools such as an ointment of honey mixed with vinegar, onion compresses, infusion of a mixture of ethyl alcohol and camphor with analginum and iodine, propolis tincture, decoction of geranium.

Before you use any folk recipes and remedies of alternative medicine, it is recommended to consult a physician and also be very mindful of using ingredients which are strong allergens.