What are the best treatments for meniscus injuries?

If the meniscus is injured, it is best for the patient to receive treatment as soon as possible using the best method. If this disease is not cured quickly, it will seriously affect the health of the body and cause serious damage to the heart. Therefore, after this injury occurs, it is best to improve it through treatment as soon as possible after understanding the best treatment method. The best treatment method is introduced in detail below so that you can have a comprehensive understanding.

Hospital treatment of meniscus injury

Ordinary orthopedic hospitals can only provide patients with general painkillers, anti-inflammatory injections (penicillin, etc.), or fluid drainage. Sealing (sodium hyaluronate) may be okay once or twice, but long-term drainage of fluid and sealing may cause infection in the joint cavity, making the treatment of the disease more difficult. Many patients are advised by doctors to choose surgical treatments, such as arthroscopy, liquid knife, small needle knife and other meniscus cartilage resection surgeries, which mainly remove the infected meniscus cartilage. Although the meniscus cartilage is removed, the inflammation remaining in the joint cavity cannot be removed, and the remaining meniscus cartilage and synovium will continue to be inflamed. This is why there is still fluid accumulation after surgery.

Treat meniscus injury with cupping, acupuncture, electrotherapy and other physical therapy methods

Acupuncture, cupping, acupuncture, massage and other physical therapy methods can improve local blood circulation, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relax muscles and tendons, and have significant effects on the sequelae of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the late stage of rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis. But it is only an auxiliary treatment; meniscus injury is different from general joint arthritis. It is mainly aseptic inflammation of the joints. Simple blood circulation and blood stasis removal, muscle relaxation and collateral unblocking cannot fundamentally eliminate aseptic inflammation.

Oral medication for meniscus injury

Oral medication is the preferred treatment for most patients after the disease occurs. The effect of oral medication in treating meniscus injury is not ideal, mainly because oral medication reaches the lesion site through blood circulation, and the meniscus cartilage in the joint cavity is avascular tissue, so the effect is minimal. The most common complaint among patients is damage to the stomach, intestines, liver and kidneys (the main manifestations of side effects: gastrointestinal discomfort, increased number of waking up at night, inexplicable discomfort all over the body, etc.).

No matter what kind of disease or injury occurs in your body, you must pay attention to it, because only by recovering as soon as possible can you avoid further damage to your body. Therefore, after meniscus injury, you must choose the best treatment method, receive treatment as soon as possible, and recover as soon as possible to avoid serious damage to your body.