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When you break a bone is there anything you can do to make it heal faster before doctors operate?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Yes: While there are no pills you can take to make your bones heal faster, living a healthy lifestyle does help. Smoking is a huge risk factor for poor healing. If you are a diabetic, maintaining good control of your blood sugar levels is also important.

Answered 9/28/2016

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You can optimize : The conditions for healing, and avoid things known to delay healing, but you can't speed up the rate at which bone heals.

Answered 10/4/2016

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