A knee joint injury is the most common leg injury. Usually, her treatment is dismissed negligently. This is very dangerous, since a seemingly harmless blow can cause many serious complications.
Symptoms of knee injury
The main symptoms of a knee injury include:
- Severe pain during the stroke - often the pain sensations are mild and go through a few hours, if there is no serious damage. In severe trauma, their intensity will be more pronounced.
- Tumescence - an increase in the joint volume indicates that fluid has accumulated in the cavity. Redness swelling indicates a hemorrhage in the joint.
- Limitation of mobility - can be complete or hardly distinguishable from the normal degree of mobility.
If such symptoms do not last a long time, the joint may not just be bruised, but also displaced.
Treatment of knee injury
Treatment of a knee injury can begin at home. The patient needs to apply cold. This will stop bleeding and reduce pain, as well as swelling. If the pain does not go away, an anesthetic can be used to treat a knee injury:
- Ketoprofen ;
- Analgin;
- Ibuprofen.
For a few hours after the injury, the leg needs to be immobilized. To do this, you can impose a conventional pressure bandage or wear a special knee.
To treat the bruise of the knee joint can be used and folk remedies. For example, you can reduce pain through
Compress Recipe
Ingredients:
- vinegar - 50 ml;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- boiled water - 50 ml.
Preparation and use
Mix the oil, water and vinegar, soak the towel in the resulting liquid and attach to the site of the injury. After 5 hours, remove the compress. Repeat this treatment procedure is possible only after 10 hours.