Is periostitis serious in children?

The disease of periostitis mainly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. In addition, athletes who exercise a lot are also a high-risk group for the disease. In comparison, periostitis is rare in children, but if a child suffers from periostitis, the symptoms are very obvious. For example, it will cause pain to the patient and affect daily activities, etc. Therefore, periostitis in children is more serious.

Is periostitis serious in children?

According to experts, periostitis is a relatively serious disease, so it must be taken seriously by everyone. Once the disease occurs, it must be diagnosed in a timely manner, the condition must be accurately understood, and then targeted treatments must be taken to avoid further harm.

1. Periostitis is a stress-induced periosteal injury caused by dilation, congestion, edema of the periosteum and periosteal blood vessels, or subperiosteal hemorrhage, hematoma organization, periosteal hyperplasia and inflammatory changes, or an infectious periosteal injury caused by invasion of purulent bacteria.

Suggestions: Whether periostitis can be completely cured depends on three aspects: timely and accurate diagnosis; timely and effective comprehensive treatment; timely functional exercise and good daily health care.

2. Many friends go to the hospital for a physical examination. When the doctor tells them the diagnosis results, because they don’t understand the disease, they often ask the doctor whether the disease is serious. How to treat it? The same is true for periostitis. Many patients are more concerned about whether the periostitis is serious. Periostitis is caused by dilation, congestion and edema of the periosteum and periosteal blood vessels, or subperiosteal bleeding, which leads to periosteal hyperplasia and inflammatory changes, thereby causing stress-induced periosteum damage or purulent bacterial invasion leading to infectious periosteum damage. Periostitis is a relatively serious disease. It is helpful to understand its causes and treatments.

What is the best treatment for periostitis?

1. Many friends seldom do physical exercise in their daily lives, and their body coordination ability is relatively poor. If they suddenly increase the amount of exercise and train running and jumping, but the methods are not mastered well and the movements are not standardized, and the sports venue is too hard and the exercise time is too long, when running and jumping, the feet are always pushing back hard, and the calf muscles are always in a tense state. The muscles will be constantly involved, causing the tibia and fibula periosteum of the calf to be torn and damaged, and the periosteum and periosteal blood vessels to be congested and edematous. In addition, after trauma, if a purulent bacterial infection occurs, it can also cause periostitis.

2. The general treatment methods for periostitis include etiological treatment and anti-infection team treatment of sterile inflammation. Patients must get enough rest and avoid strenuous physical activities. Symptomatic treatment of local swelling and edema, etc. You can also use Chinese herbal plasters for treatment. Hot compresses can be used to treat periostitis during the inflammatory period. If the patient has already developed suppuration, surgical incision and drainage is required. After incision, tuberculous patients need to scrape off the dead bone and necrotic tissue, and then inject streptomycin.

3. Systemic treatment of periostitis includes taking measures to treat the pathogenic factors of periostitis. If periostitis is caused by systemic infectious diseases or focal infections, it can be treated with sulfonamides and antibiotics, and hormone therapy can be used if necessary. In addition, possible causes of the disease should be actively eliminated. Patients with tuberculous periostitis should use anti-tuberculosis drugs; patients with syphilitic periostitis should take anti-syphilitic therapy.