Myositis: what is it and how to treat it
Inflammation of the muscles is called one word - myositis. What is it, what are its symptoms and methods of treatment, is described in the article.
Possible causes of the disease
Skeletal muscles can be inflamed in a variety of waysreasons. Most often, due to stretching, hypothermia, long sitting in an uncomfortable position or injury, the same myositis occurs. What is this super-serious disease, you can not say, but attention and treatment it requires, of course. If only because it manifests itself with rather strong pains. Depending on the site of localization, there is lumbar and cervical myositis.
Symptoms of the disease
Inflammation of the muscles does not necessarily meanany chronic or hidden diseases. This can manifest itself in a completely healthy person and even a child. Although patients with chronic joint diseases, myositis can disturb much more often. Because of this, it is sometimes even difficult to diagnose. For example, inflammation of the lumbar muscles can be given long aching pains in the joints, and this often prevents proper diagnosis. Displacement of intervertebral cartilage can cause cervical myositis. What is it and what can be fraught with, it is hardly necessary to explain. This happens if large cervico-brachial nerves are involved in the inflammatory process, because of severe pain and spasm the person is forced to keep his head in a tilted position. Myositis of the neck muscles often occurs due to hypothermia or a banal draft, when they say it has blown. Drastic movement is limited, for several days, or even weeks, the patient can not turn his head. Almost always inflamed muscles on one side of the trunk. Often the pain covers not only the spasmodic area, but also half of the body, and the arm to the very toes.
How to treat myositis
What is this simple, exclusivesymptomatic treatment, I'm sure almost everyone who fell ill. Indeed, the first thing to do is to remove the pain syndrome, using warming, distracting ointments. In addition, it is mandatory to take anti-inflammatory drugs. A good effect is given by a drug blockade-the culling of a diseased area with novocaine and the addition of corticosteroid hormones. In this way, spasm and hardening of the muscles can be removed in a short time. Several sessions of manual therapy aimed at their relaxation and stretching are also necessary in the complex treatment of myositis.
Treatment of acute myositis at homeassumes unconditional peace and minimum movement. Heating procedures will help to restore muscle elasticity and relieve pain. Often, improvised drugs help not worse than drugs. So, a leaf of cabbage can be doused with boiling water, soaped with soap, sprinkled with baking soda, then applied to a sore spot and covered with a warm scarf. Such a compress can be kept for a long time, but with a feeling of cold it is better to remove it. Hot boiled potatoes have a long warming effect, if it is crumpled and put on a sore spot, previously covered with several tissue napkins. As the compressor compresses, the napkins need to be cleaned one at a time. Engaging in treatment for acute inflammation of the muscles, do not forget about the prevention of myositis in the "healthy" period. For this, regular physical exercises for stretching, swimming, and simply daily morning exercises are necessary.
