Synovitis of the knee joint
Eight-grader Vladimir after schoolusually ran three times a week to train in football. After the next training, having come home, the guy began to feel soreness in the right knee area. In the morning, too, there was a slight pain, the temperature rose, and the joint was hot and swollen. I had to visit Volodya together with my mother instead of school. In the clinic after the examination, the guy first heard the name of this pathology - the synovitis of the knee joint.
Let us also get acquainted with this term, since the traumatism does not decrease, but rather the opposite (and the synovitis usually arises precisely as a result of trauma).
Definition
The synovitis of the knee is inflammationThe articular membrane, which is called - the synovial membrane. It is the knee joint that most often suffers from this pathology. It is accompanied by an accumulation of effusion (unclear fluid) in the joint bag.
Causes
More common traumatic synovitis of the knee joint. Usually the cause is a certain damage inside the joint. Such damage causes an appropriate reaction. It can also be the result of arthritis or irritation of the synovial membrane.
Synovitis differs aseptic and infectious. Aseptic synovitis can be:
- traumatic;
- allergic;
- neurogenic, and also others.
The infection causes a purulent synovitis!
The synovitis of the knee joint is also divided into acute and chronic.
Symptoms
At the very beginning, we talked about a guy who, as a result of unnoticed microtrauma, had an acute synovitis of the knee joint. Symptoms of acute synovitis can also be seen in the example of Vladimir:
- increased body temperature;
- change in the shape of the knee joint;
- general weakness;
- pain;
- restriction of motion.
- appearance of effusion.
Infectious synovitis: symptoms
- heat;
- at times delirium;
- chills;
- weakness;
- redness of the skin;
- limited motion.
Chronic Synovitis
In chronic inflammation of the synovium(synovitis) pain is not so pronounced, fluid in the joint accumulates periodically. Chronic synovitis of the knee joint can cause the development of deforming arthrosis.
Treatment
Treatment of this pathology provides for a comprehensive approach. The method is selected depending on the causes and nature of the course of the disease. To combat synovitis, the following measures are used:
- puncture of the knee joint;
- immobilization (restriction of motion) of the joint;
- physiotherapy.
- general strengthening procedures;
- LFK (therapeutic exercise).
Puncture
Puncture of the knee joint with synovitis is carried out in the first place. This procedure is practically painless. It is produced without anesthesia in a small operating room.
The joint is pierced by a thin needle, the synovial fluid is pumped out and sent to a laboratory analysis.
Immobilization
To ensure stability and complete rest, the movements of the joint are limited by means of a special knee or pressure bandage. Its duration usually reaches one week.
Medication
It is used in order to avoid complications of the inflammatory process.
For example, the hero of our story, football player Volodyawas completely healed, but the other guy was less fortunate. The process was complicated by suppuration and destruction of the joint, precisely because of untimely treatment and lack of medication.
In parallel with the treatment of the underlying disease,the manifestations of pathology themselves are eliminated: pain, impaired functions. The acute form of the disease is treated in the hospital. With a prolonged form, a chronic synovitis of the knee joint requires surgical intervention. In this case, the operation itself is considered as the initial means, and then for medical treatment and rehabilitation therapy is used.
