What causes synovial effusion

Synovial effusion is a common disease in the joints and can cause serious damage to the joints. Patients with synovial effusion are generally middle-aged and elderly people, and they usually experience swollen joints and difficulty in movement. If synovial effusion occurs in the knee area, it will affect people's daily activities and bring great inconvenience to everyone's life. So, what causes synovial effusion?

What causes the symptoms of synovitis?

The most common factor leading to the occurrence of this disease is chronic strain in the patient's joints, which will lead to long-term weight-bearing on the joints and cause the occurrence of this disease. Therefore, clinically, the disease often occurs in people who walk for a long time and do heavy physical labor.

In addition, if the human body has an improper diet for a long time, often eats seafood, or is overweight, the pressure on the joints will increase, and the natural wear and tear will be more severe. Therefore, it is recommended that obese people must pay attention to weight loss, and their daily diet must be reasonable and healthy.

In addition, the joints of middle-aged and elderly people are relatively fragile, so if they are not treated and cared for in time after an accidental injury, it will induce the occurrence of synovitis. However, the disease can be completely cured clinically, but the patient needs to actively cooperate with the treatment.

What are the symptoms of synovitis?

Common symptoms: knee edema, pain, limited movement, lameness, limited knee flexion and extension, difficulty squatting, accompanied by pain, localized tenderness around the joint, positive floating patella test

1. First-degree symptoms:

The main symptoms are joint pain, with no significant joint swelling or accompanied by mild swelling, a creaking sound when walking, joint pain or discomfort when going up and down stairs or exerting force; the joints feel hot and stiff and the pain is aggravated after walking for a long time.

2. Secondary symptoms:

The joints are swollen but not painful. There is discomfort when squatting or bending. Some patients also have muscle atrophy and swelling after excessive exercise. The symptoms are milder in the morning and worsen at night. You cannot walk for a long time, and if you walk too much, your calves will feel sore and swollen, and fluid will increase.

3. Severe symptoms:

The joints are swollen and painful, and are accompanied by effusion, bone spurs, and loose bones.

4. Symptoms of bone hyperplasia:

Joint pain and significant swelling, more obvious when going up and down stairs, stiffness and inflexibility, with a creaking and popping sound when moving. Patellar softening type: The joints feel sore and weak when walking, and the legs become weak and unable to bend or straighten when running. The pain worsens when walking down stairs and disappears when resting.

5. Meniscus injury type:

Legs tend to become weak when walking. Sometimes the legs suddenly become unable to walk, and it feels like something is holding the legs back, and it takes a short rest before things can return to normal. Generally, people who love sports or have special occupations have a higher chance of injury. Sometimes accompanied by atrophy of the thigh muscles.

6. Symptoms of synovitis in children:

The affected part of the disease in children is mostly in the hip joint. Children will feel pain when sitting, lying down, exercising, and walking; they will also stand on tiptoe (limp); the onset of the disease is mostly some time after a cold. Parents may not easily detect the disease in the early stages or may misdiagnose it.

There is also a special group of people whose symptoms of synovitis appear in the wrist, hip, hip, ankle, and wrist. The symptoms are different from those in other joints, but the pathology is basically the same.