Will it be cured if the water is poured and the painful knee is drained
Aug 21, 2024
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There are numerous joints in our body. The joint is the area where the upper and lower bones meet, and the end of the joint is covered with cartilage. In addition, there is an articular sac surrounding this joint, and there is a sac surrounding the structures within it, which is called synovial. In this synovial, joint fluid is made normally to nourish cartilage or lubricate the joints so that they can move well. Some of these joint fluids naturally absorb and disappear when normal, and when cartilage is damaged and inflammation occurs due to the use of a lot of joints, more joint fluids are secreted than the amount absorbed. At this time, the remaining liquid accumulates in the joint and becomes full and swollen. In particular, among the joints, the knee joint, where the most load is applied, frequently experiences such water-filled symptoms.
Then, is it better to remove cold water from the joints?
When the joint is filled with water, the area swells, and the swelling causes restrictions in moving the joint. At this time, if the water is drained, the function of the joint can be temporarily restored, but this is not a fundamental treatment. If the cause is not resolved, the joint fluid is excessively separated again, and the unabsorbed fluid is filled and poured into the joint.
"There are two main cases of removing cold water from the joint, and if you do not receive immediate treatment due to the nature of your job, such as an athlete, you can help restore temporary joint function by removing cold water from the joint. In addition, in the case of the general public, the process of finding and treating the cause is long, so water is sometimes drained to relieve some of the inconveniences of daily life."
If the joint is swollen and painful even if you overdo it a little, it is more important to find and treat the cause of the water rather than the question of whether to drain it or not. If structures such as cartilage or ligaments in the joint are damaged, magnetic resonance imaging (mri) tests are necessary because X-ray tests make precise diagnosis difficult. If the damage to the cartilage plate is severe as a result of the examination, it may be necessary to organize the damaged cartilage plate using a joint endoscope. In addition, if arthritis, which wears cartilage, is in progress, it may be necessary to control inflammation through drugs or injection treatments, treat cartilage regeneration, or replace damaged joints with artificial joints.
"You can drain cold water from the joints through a syringe, but there is no medicine to dry cold water from the joints," hospital director Kim Yong-chan said. "Most of the drugs prescribed when a joint is filled with water are anti-inflammatory drugs or anti-inflammatory drugs that calm inflammation, so the most effective treatment is to solve the cause of water in the end."
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