Hemarthrosis (Hemarthrosis)
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Description:
Hemarthrosis call hemorrhage in a joint cavity.
Symptoms of the Hemarthrosis (Hemarthrosis):
At a hemarthrosis the swelling, a smoothness of contours and increase in a joint in volume are observed, are noted its morbidity at the movements and a palpation, function restriction.
Reasons of the Hemarthrosis (Hemarthrosis):
Results preferential from an injury, is more rare at some diseases, for example hemophilia, a scurvy.
Treatment of the Hemarthrosis (Hemarthrosis):
First aid — imposing of a compressing bandage, an extremity immobilization, cold on the affected joint. In a hospital carry out a joint X-ray analysis to exclude dislocation or an intra joint fracture, a joint cavity puncture for identification of blood in it. Blood from a cavity of a joint is sucked away and carry out an immobilization by a plaster splint for 10 — 15 days. Then appoint light massage, thermal procedures, recommend to begin the careful movements in a joint. Along with it if necessary carry out treatment of a basic disease.
Forecast, as a rule, favorable. Function of a joint in cases of a hemarthrosis of a traumatic origin is recovered usually in 20 — 25 days.
