Hygroma on the finger - a benign formation of the periarticular bag. It has a fairly dense consistency, a rounded shape and a small size. The hygroma is inactive, in most cases painless and does not pose a direct threat to the life and health of the patient. However, it presents a rather noticeable cosmetic defect and brings tangible discomfort.
How to treat hygroma on the finger?
It should be noted that before you begin to treat or remove the hygroma, you need to be prepared for the fact that for a while the sick finger should be limited from any physical exertion.
Extrusion of the hygroma
Until quite recently, physicians often practiced the method of squeezing a hygroma. The growth on the thumb was strongly squeezed. Due to such manipulation, the contents of the hygroma were spilled along the nearby tissues. Today this method is not so popular because of frequent relapses of the disease.
Mud baths
To treat hygromas on the thumb, mud baths are used with the use of therapeutic mud and cosmetic clay. A greater effect can be achieved if these components are mixed with a solution of sea salt.
Dry heat
For this procedure, you will need a small amount of kitchen salt, which needs to be heated in a pan, then put it in a linen bag and attach it to the sore thumb. Such a compress will ensure a uniform heating of the entire surface of the formation.
The effect of heat will help accelerate the process of resorption of the hygroma. For this purpose, also use paraffin, copper coin and honey, wrapped in a cabbage leaf.
But as a wet lotion a good result gives a tea mushroom.
How to remove a hygrom on the finger?
The above procedures take a lot of time, and nowadays the finger is removed surgically. It should be noted that the hygroma often occurs on the thumb. If it is small, then the operation to remove it is carried out in a polyclinic under local anesthesia. If the formation on the finger is quite large or there are several such formations, then the bursectomy is performed in a hospital under general anesthesia .
After removal of the hygroma, stitches are applied and a sterile bandage. The operation allows you to get rid of this disease forever.