knee joint effusion

Your mother's knee joint effusion is due to the clinical symptoms of synovitis, puncture + sealing method is one of the treatments, because prednisolone is a kind of hormone drugs, a large amount of use of back to the loss of calcium, resulting in osteoporosis, is now rarely used. Here are a few other treatments for you to choose from.

1. Tui Na Therapy

(1) Push, knead, and press the method: the patient lies on his back, the knee from top to bottom, along with its tendons repeatedly pushed

knead for 1 to 2 minutes. (2) Pulling, stretching and bending the knee method: the patient's position is the same as above, the muscles are relaxed, the doctor first

gently, small range back and forth flexion and extension of the knee, and finally try to fully flex the knee, and then

straighten the affected limb. (3) Tendon scraping and splitting method: patients lie on their backs, use a thumb to flex the knuckle and put it on the inner side of the pain point on the outer and inner lower patella

square; the other palm is pressed on the top of the flexed thumb,

promote the thumb to scrape outward several times with the force of the arm. (4) joint effusion can be used to pound, ring, pat method,

alternate. Whack for the solid fist, hit for the empty fist, hit the soft tissues around the patella and thigh extension,

Size leg flexion and extension of each 20 to 30, ring for the solid fist, two fists with the arm under pressure with the upper part of the same place,

Repeat 1 to 2 times. Pat not with the fist but with the palm of the hand popliteal fossa, with the wrist force flick pat.

2. Puncture therapy

When there is a lot of fluid in the joints and a lot of tension, a joint puncture can be performed to completely

draw out the fluid and blood, and inject sodium hyaluronate into the joint cavity, which is the main component of synovial fluid. Studies

show that various pathological changes in arthritis are closely related

to its reduction and alteration of physicochemical properties. Injection of sodium hyaluronate has the following effects: covering the surface of articular cartilage, it can protect the articular

cartilage, preventing or delaying further degeneration; protecting the synovial membrane of the joints, removing the pain-causing substances, with a clear

significantly reduce the role of pain; improve the contracture of the joints, increase the mobility of the joints; and have an improved effect on the synovial fluid in degenerative joints

degeneration.

3. Pharmacological treatment

Acute synovial injury, blood stasis, treatment to dissipate blood stasis to generate new swelling, Panax notoginseng powder and other

orally. Chronic water-dampness retention, muscle weakness, treatment to dispel wind and dampness, strong muscle, internal Qiang

Wu Sheng dampness soup plus subtractions, external paste dog skin cream; if the cold evil is more prevalent, can also be dispersed to dispel wind and dampness, the formula

Wu Tou Tang.

4. Fixation and practice therapy

Early bed rest, elevate the affected limbs, available elastic bandage pressure bandage, and prohibit weight bearing

. During the treatment period, the quadriceps muscles can be used for relaxation and contraction activities, and the later should strengthen the knee flexion and extension

exercise, which has a positive effect on the elimination of joint effusion, prevention of quadriceps atrophy, prevention of recurrent synovitis, and recovery of the knee flexion and extension function.