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How do you treat a contusion?

How to treat a bruise? What consequences can a fall or a blow lead to? Every person has asked themselves such questions at least several times in their life. In order to understand how best to treat a bruise, you should first understand what happens in the body after bruises, what signs are most characteristic, what are the most common consequences.

Osteoporosis in the elderly

Osteoporosis in the elderly is a skeletal disease characterized by decreased bone mass and microstructural damage to bone tissue, leading to increased bone fragility and, consequently, to an increased risk of fracture.

Anaerobic infection

Wound anaerobic infection attracts close attention of surgeons, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists and other specialists. This is due to the fact that anaerobic infection occupies a special place due to the exceptional severity of the disease, high mortality (14-80%), and frequent cases of deep disability of patients.

Diagnosis of osteomyelitis

Currently, the diagnosis of osteomyelitis, clarification of the localization and extent of the lesion, as well as determination of the effectiveness of treatment are based on laboratory, bacteriological, morphological and radiation research methods, which can be conditionally divided into priority and additional.

Treatment of osteomyelitis

In all patients with osteomyelitis, treatment is based on the principles of active surgical management of purulent wounds and combines conservative and surgical measures. The ideal treatment option is a comprehensive approach involving specialists in chemotherapy, traumatology, purulent surgery, plastic surgeons and, if necessary, other consulting physicians.

Osteomyelitis

The term "osteomyelitis" was proposed to denote inflammation of the bone and bone marrow (from Greek "osteomyelitis" means inflammation of the bone marrow). Currently, this term is understood as an infectious and inflammatory lesion of bone tissue (osteitis), bone marrow (myelitis), periosteum (periostitis) and surrounding soft tissues.

Purulent arthritis

The term "purulent arthritis" refers to various forms of non-specific inflammatory and necrotic processes occurring in the joint cavity and in paraarticular tissues. Purulent arthritis of large joints accounts for 12-20% of purulent surgical diseases.

Compression syndrome

Compression syndrome is formed when soft tissues or internal organs are compressed as a result of a disease with the development of a characteristic clinical picture, which can be regarded as a manifestation of this pathology or as its complication.

Gangrene

Gangrene is one of the forms of tissue necrosis, when the necrotic process affects the entire limb or part of it, as well as an organ or part of it, for example: gangrene of the foot, limb, lung, intestine, gallbladder, alpenis, etc.

Inflammation

Inflammation is a complex compensatory-adaptive reaction of the body to the impact of pathogenic factors of the external or internal environment, occurring locally or with general damage to all organs and tissues.