How to treat knee effusion in children

When it comes to fluid accumulation in the knee, everyone may think that this condition occurs in some elderly people with poor health. In fact, this is not the case in real life. There are also some children who suffer from knee effusion, and this disease makes many children very uncomfortable. Because of this, many parents are distressed and anxious, so they want to know how to treat children's knee effusion? Let's take a look at it together:

Piercing therapy

When there is a lot of joint effusion and tension is high, joint puncture can be performed to completely drain the effusion and blood, and sodium hyaluronate, which is the main component of synovial fluid, can be injected into the joint cavity. Studies have shown that various pathological changes in arthritis are closely related to its reduction and changes in physical and chemical properties. The injection of sodium hyaluronate has the following effects: covering the surface of articular cartilage, which can protect the articular cartilage and prevent or delay further degeneration; protecting the joint synovium, removing pain-causing substances, and significantly reducing pain; improving the contracture state of the joint and increasing the range of motion of the joint; and improving the synovial fluid of the degenerated joint.

Acupuncture treatment

1. Body acupuncture: Commonly used acupoints: Shenshu, Baihuanshu, Huantiao, Chengfu, Yinmen, Weizhong, and Yanglingquan. Method: Select 3 to 5 acupoints each time and use the drainage method. The acupoints selected are mainly commonly used acupoints. Depending on the pain, Jiaji points, Ashi points and acupoints along the meridians can be added.

2. Ear acupuncture: Commonly used points: sciatic, adrenal gland, buttocks, Shenmen, lumbar vertebrae, and sacral vertebrae. Method: Use medium to strong stimulation and leave the needle in for 10 to 10 minutes. Acupuncture therapy is used on acupoints such as Shenshu, Huantiao, Weizhong, etc., once a day, and 10 times constitute a course of treatment. Acupuncture treatment is guided by the basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine. It uses needles and moxibustion to perform acupuncture and moxibustion on the acupoints of the human body to achieve the purpose of curing diseases through the function of meridians. Acupuncture has the functions of harmonizing yin and yang, unblocking meridians, strengthening the body's resistance and eliminating evil.

Moxibustion therapy

Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "Mugwort can be used externally for moxibustion to treat all diseases, strengthen the primordial yang, dredge the meridians, and promote qi and blood circulation." Traditional Chinese medicine has a certain effect in treating children's hip synovitis using moxibustion. The therapy is economical, simple, non-invasive and painless, and parents can apply it at home after learning it.

Material

Several moxa sticks (smokeless moxa sticks are better to reduce indoor air pollution); a cup or bowl containing about 300 ml of water (used to shake off the moxa ashes).

Acupuncture points

The main acupoint is Ashi point (the part of the lesion where you feel obvious numbness and pain when pressing it with your hand).

Acupoints can be selected at the position corresponding to the lesion or around the lesion, such as Huantiao point (lying on the side with legs bent, on the line connecting the highest point of the greater trochanter of the femur and the foramen of the cuboid bone, at the intersection of the outer 1/3 and the middle 1/3), Fengshi point (standing upright with hands hanging down, where the tip of the middle finger points), and Zusanli point (3 inches below the outer knee pit).

How to operate

Let the child lie on his side with the healthy leg underneath and straightened, and the diseased leg on top and bent to fully expose the lesion. The person practicing moxibustion sits on one side of the child, fixes the limb with his left hand to prevent it from shaking, and holds two lit moxa sticks in his right hand to apply moxibustion to the acupoints. The moxa sticks are about 3 cm away from the skin, and the distance is adjusted at any time according to the child's feeling, so that the child feels warmth (because overheating can easily cause burns, and not being hot enough will not be effective). When the child feels soreness, numbness, etc., and the skin is slightly red and slightly warm to the touch, it is ready. Select 3 to 5 acupoints each time, and apply moxibustion on each acupoint for 10 to 15 minutes, in the order of up first then down, left first then right. For mild cases, it can be taken once a day or every other day; for severe cases, it can be taken twice a day. 5 days is a course of treatment, and generally one course of treatment can cure the disease. If the condition does not improve, you can rest for 1 to 2 days and then proceed with the 2nd and 3rd courses of treatment. In addition to the fixed selection of the main acupoints for each moxibustion treatment, the auxiliary acupoints should be selected alternately and not in a stereotyped manner.

Precautions

During the moxibustion process, always shake off the moxa ash into a bowl of water to prevent it from falling on the skin and causing burns.

When performing moxibustion, the room should be fully ventilated to prevent smoke from stagnating and polluting the indoor air.

Allergic patients will experience symptoms such as itching all over the body, coughing, shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting. Moxibustion therapy should be stopped immediately and acupoint massage should be performed. If itching all over the body occurs, massage the Dazhui point and Zusanli point, etc.; if coughing and shortness of breath occur, massage the Chize point and Taiyuan point; if nausea and vomiting occur, massage the Neiguan point and Zusanli point. [5]

According to the above content, everyone has understood it very clearly. In fact, there are still many ways to treat children's knee effusion in life. Therefore, everyone must not rush or blindly choose some methods of treating diseases, because after all, everyone's physique is different, so it is also very important for everyone to choose a method that suits their own physique.