Articulated knee joint mouse: treatment, removal

The articular mouse is a pathology that represents a bone or cartilaginous body. This is a kind of splinter that floats freely in the knee or elbow cavity and causes pain. Often the mouse sticks between other joints, which causes even greater discomfort. Due to the nature of its education and behavior, the pathology was named in honor of the fast and moving rodent.

Mouse can be of different sizes: from a tiny rice grain to huge shapeless debris. Most often, the disease affects the knee joint. But sometimes there are cases of ulnar, hip and shoulder injuries. Whatever the location of the pathology, it in any case requires competent and timely treatment.

Mechanism of formation of

Most often the articular mouse is formed as a result of the received trauma - a strong contusion. During the impact from the cartilaginous or bone tissue, a piece is cut off, which fidgets freely in the joint cavity and causes pain. In addition to this reason, pathology can become a consequence of the following ailments: osteochondritis, deforming arthrosis, arthritis, König disease and hemarthrosis.

As a result of these diseases, the rejection of particles occurs in the joint cavity. They form the so-called capsule, which is in constant motion. This formation is a small bunch of high-molecular non-globular protein - fibrin. Later on, it forms a connective tissue, forming a fragment resembling a piece of bone.

Symptoms of

The articular mouse has a symptomatology that will help to distinguish pathology from other diseases. The main signs of the disease are:

1. Severe pain in the knee, accompanied by partial immobilization. This happens when the splinter has blocked the entire joint. Pain sensations have a non-permanent character. They appear when a person changes his position.
2. Edema and inflammation of the knee( elbow).This leads to permanent blocking of the joint. The most unpleasant consequences are damage to the cartilaginous tissue and complete immobilization of the limb.
3. Discomfort in the joint. Many people write off unpleasant feelings for a bruise or trauma, although they can be the first signal of the beginning of the process of education of the split.

Articular knee joint mouse may not manifest itself. Characteristic symptoms of pathology are absent if the fragment is hidden in the area of ​​the curvature of the synovial membrane.

Diagnosis

If a person complains of sudden pain in the knee or elbow, he needs first aid. For this, the area of ​​possible damage is densely tightened by an elastic bandage. You can put on a patient and a special knee. Then you can call an ambulance, which will take the patient to the clinic. Here, experienced doctors will be able to establish the correct diagnosis: a bruise, injury, sprain or articular knee joint.

X-ray will confirm the fears of physicians. With the help of medical technology, a specialist will be able to consider what sizes the mouse has, where it is located, and so on. In addition, the patient will undergo a CT scan. With her help, the doctor learns about the state of cartilage, meniscus, bone tissue. The patient also needs to take blood tests: general and biochemical. Sometimes he is recommended to go through different immunological studies.

Operation

The removal of the articular mouse is most likely to be shown to the patient. Unfortunately, this pathology does not lend itself to conservative treatment. The volume of surgical intervention is influenced primarily by such factors: the degree of neglect of the disease, its shape, the size of education and so on. The duration of the operation is determined individually. But if the articulate mouse results in the partial or complete immobilization of the limb, then the intervention will be assigned as soon as possible.

The operation, during which the formation is removed, is called arthrotomy. First the doctor opens the joint cavity, then removes the mouse and conducts the plastic surgery of the bone and cartilaginous tissues. This will help in the future avoid deformation of the joint. After that, the leg is immobilized - fix it, thereby providing a stationary limb state.

Treatment after surgery

After the articular mouse has been removed, the patient needs restorative therapy:

• For the improvement of blood circulation in a damaged place, write "Andekalin", "Angiototropin", "Kallikrein Depot".
• If there is an inflammatory process, designate "Gordoks" or "Kontrikal".
• It is recommended to drink medicines that feed the tissues in the joint region: "Solcoseryl", "Actovegin", vitamins of group B.
• The patient also needs medicines that help to restore the remaining part of the articular cartilage. This, for example, "Glycosamine" or "Chondroitin sulfate".
• Be sure to write out a new, but already had time to positively recommend the drug "Piascladin".It is expensive, but it effectively protects cartilage from further destruction.
• It is necessary to undergo a course of hyaluronic acid injections. It plays the role of natural articular lubrication, therefore it significantly reduces painful friction.

Do not dispense with warming medicines that increase blood flow to the operated site - compresses with " Dimexid " or " Bishofit " .

Minimally invasive operation

Minimally invasive methods also remove the articular mouse. Treatment can be performed promptly using arthroscopy. This method is less traumatic than conventional surgery. The doctor with the help of a special device - an arthroscope - makes two holes in the knee. In one he introduces the optical technique, considering with its help the internal state of the pathology. This picture is broadcast on the screen. In the second hole, the doctor enters the manipulation tool. Thus, the patient's lesions are minimal. Within a week, you can begin rehabilitation.

Physiotherapeutic methods of treatment

After surgical intervention the patient is obliged to undergo a number of procedures, so that the articular mouse of the knee joint no longer shows itself. Treatment with the help of physiotherapy methods implies the following manipulations:

1. Massage of the joint.
2. Ultrasound treatment.
3. Gryazetapiya.
4. Acceptance of van: Radon and turpentine.
5. Exposure to dynamic current.
6. Electrophoresis of sulfur, lithium and zinc to restore metabolic processes in the joint.
7. Galvanization with enzymes that remove "bad" tissue.
8. Phonophoresis with analgesics for the removal of inflammation.

Similar procedures can be taken at a polyclinic or hospital, where there is adequate equipment and highly qualified personnel.

What do folk doctors offer?

Once again we will remind: only through operative intervention the joint knee of the knee joint is eliminated. Treatment with folk remedies can only be offered as an auxiliary element or for postoperative recovery, but not as an alternative therapy. In this case, you can make compresses using the following recipes:

• A tablespoon of honey mixed with 3 tbsp.l.apple cider vinegar. Lubricate the mixture with the affected joint, then apply a leaf of fresh cabbage to it. We wrap the leg with polyethylene and a warm scarf. Hold until the leaf is dry. Course - 1 month.
• Take one tablespoon of red and blue clay. Mix the powder with water so that a mass is formed, the consistency of which is similar to sour cream. On a clean cotton cloth we spread the clay in two layers, put it on the joint. We warm this zone and stand for two hours.

Helps to relieve pain and a special bath. To make it, you need to take one and a half kilograms of Jerusalem artichoke leaves. Their finely shred and pour 8 liters of boiling water. When the water cools down and becomes acceptable for the procedure, we lower the leg into it so that the affected area is completely immersed in a decoction. We endure half an hour. This bath is recommended to be done once a day for 10 days. Thanks to these folk methods, recovery from surgery will be faster, and rehabilitation itself will be painless and effective.