Treatment of bursitis

To understand the question of what kind of disease, and what can be treated for bursitis, it is worth to find out where and how it occurs. Bursitis is the inflammation of the synovial bag. This bag is a bag-shaped cavity filled with liquid, located around the joints and tendons. Its role is to amortize the friction of the tissues during the movement of the joints. For such an inflammatory disease, the increased formation and accumulation in the cavities of the sip-like fluid is characteristic, in which some elements of blood, called exudate, can be contained.

According to the nature of the course of this disease, these kinds of bursitis are usually distinguished: subacute, acute, chronic, recurrent. Bursitis is also classified according to the various causes of this inflammatory process. The following types of disease subdivide: nonspecific and specific (provoked by the ingress of various pathogenic microorganisms: brucellosis, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, syphilitic). There is also a separation of bursitis according to the nature of the accumulating fluid. On this basis, distinguish serous, purulent and hemorrhagic.

This disease occurs mainly in the area of the elbow, shoulder, ankle and knee joints. The main cause of bursitis is the friction of the skin, the pressure of the tendons and muscles on the protrusions of the bones. Often, this disease is the result of prolonged professional occupation of certain sports. The cause of this disease can be: bruises, cracks, abrasions, getting into the bag synovial pathogens, purulent infections.

The initial stage of acute bursitis is characterized by impregnation of tissues with serous exudate and accumulation in a synovial bag. This disease is called serous. Treatment of bursitis serous must be done in a timely manner, because in the presence of pathogenic microorganisms, inflammation becomes purulent. This stage is called purulent bursitis. Complication after it can become purulent arthritis.

Recurrent bursitis occurs due to repeated infection or damage to joints that have occurred after the transfer of the disease in a subacute or acute form.

Bursitis sometimes occurs after a number of other diseases, which include arthritis, gout, scleroderma. The consequence of such diseases is the formation of crystals inside the synovial bag, which can cause its swelling and irritation.

The main cause of the chronic form of the disease is prolonged pressure on the inflammation focus.

Symptoms of bursitis are: painful swelling, having a rounded shape on those or other joints. The swelling has an elastic consistency and diameter of up to 10 cm. The clinical picture of the disease is: fever, general malaise, painful swelling, impaired joint function. In chronic form there may be no acute pain, and joint function is preserved.

Bursitis of the shoulder is accompanied by sharp pains during the rotation of the limb, muscles are enlarged, and the surface of the shoulder appears swollen, and pain is noted when pressing on the hillock of the humerus.

Bursitis of the toe is characterized by a swelling in the region of the finger. The appearance of it indicates the abnormality of the foot, possibly related to the flatfoot. This disease can lead to a violation of muscle balance. In this case, the joints bend toward the outside of the foot. In this case, there are painful sensations in the finger, which increase when wearing shoes. Treatment of bursitis of the finger is reduced to steroids or surgical intervention. Also, you should make an audit of your shoes, since tight shoes often lead to such a painful condition.

Treatment of bursitis begins when the diagnosis is made. To treat infectious diseases, antibiotic therapy is prescribed.

In the early stages, fixing bandages, rest, anti-inflammatory ointments and warming compresses are prescribed . Chronic bursitis is cured by removal of exudate by puncture. After that, the bag cavity is washed with antibacterial or antiseptic solution. Treatment of traumatic bursitis begins with the introduction of 10 ml of a solution of novocaine (2%) into the cavity of the bag, followed by the administration of antibiotics with hydrocortisone (5 times 50 mg each). Purulent bursitis is cured by puncture.