How to treat meniscus injury?

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Meniscus is an important part of the knee, young people in the exercise, if not careful or excessive intensity cause injury to the knee. It's easy to cause meniscus damage. Meniscus injury is one of the most common knee injury problems, which is more common in young adults than in women. When the meniscus is injured, do not rush to the doctor, find the right treatment is the key. The best treatment for meniscus injury is surgery, and the operation depends on the skill of the surgeon.

How to treat meniscus injury?

Meniscus injury is generally treated by total meniscectomy: because the meniscus function is very important, try not to completely remove the meniscus is the first principle of treatment, the early effect of complete meniscectomy is satisfactory, but it is likely to appear joint degenerative disease, knee instability and chronic bursitis and other symptoms in the future.

Once excessive exercise causes meniscus injury, there will be acute knee swelling and pain. Limb movement will be limited, and there will be tenderness in the medial posterolateral joint space. In severe cases, they can't walk at all. They can only be treated after the acute phase.

Meniscus injury is a common sports injury in teenagers. First of all, it is suggested that teenagers should pay attention not to cause meniscus injury by excessive exercise. The best way is to protect the bone and joint from inflammation in the early stage of meniscus injury, and then accept surgical treatment.

matters needing attention

Avoid tobacco, wine and spicy food, such as onion, garlic, leek, ginger, pepper, pepper, cinnamon and so on. Avoid greasy, hot food (fat, fried food). Should eat more alkaline substances, such as fresh vegetables, fruits. Vitamin E rich food, such as celery, amaranth, spinach, medlar, mustard, Flammulina, black sesame and so on. It's better to eat more foods containing mucin, such as beef bone soup, spareribs soup, etc.