Many face unpleasant, aching and even sharp pains in the muscles. If such feelings occur, then most likely the person is sick with myositis.
Myositis is an inflammation of several or one skeletal muscles with characteristic pain and weakness of the musculature.
The disease can be traumatic, inflammatory or toxic. The most common is the defeat of the broad muscles of the back, neck and shoulder girdle, less often - the muscles of the limbs and trunk.
- Possible Causes of
- Symptoms of
- How to treat folk remedies?
- General recommendations
Possible causes of
Before starting treatment with myositis, it is important to understand the cause of it. We can distinguish several basic ones:
- hereditary manifestations of muscle abnormalities( people with such risk factors should pay special attention to temperature differences, warm clothes and avoid overcooling);
- professional pathology( people who spend a long time in an uncomfortable position - PC operators, musicians, drivers, nail service masters, whose spasms and fatigue gradually develop into a disease);
- transferred infectious diseases( influenza, ARVI, tonsillitis and others);
- received injuries and physical overexertion;
- helminthic invasion;
- adverse external factors( hypothermia and vibration);
- intoxication.
Symptoms of
Symptoms for each type of myositis may be different, but general symptoms common to all forms can be identified:
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painful sensations .At first, the pain may be mild, aching, appearing only during movement and palpation of the affected muscle. Then it intensifies and assumes a permanent character not only when moving, but even at rest; - hyperemia and swelling in the lesion site .Hyperemia can be local( hot becomes a site with pathology), and general( possibly the development of fever).The appearance of fever indicates a purulent myositis.
- formation of strands and knots .Affected muscles are densified, which leads to the formation of dense nodules;
- muscle tension;
- signs of general malaise: weakness, increased sensitivity of the skin, headaches.
The distinguishes five basic forms of myositis , depending on the localization of the inflammatory process:
- cervical myositis ( dull pain occurs in the neck, turns and head inclinations are performed with significant limitations);
- myositis of the lumbar zone ( discomfort and pain in the lumbar region, increasing in the vertical position and during inclinations);
- myositis of the extremities ( muscles of the hands and feet) - the most common are pains in the calf muscles;
- myositis of the shoulder girdle ( typical for the muscles of the shoulder joint, limiting its mobility);
- myositis of the masticatory muscles ( painful chewing, and in some cases even opening the mouth).
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How to treat folk remedies?
Among the recipes of traditional medicine, there are many recipes and methods that can effectively fight with myositis. Below are the most popular of them.
- Alcohol tincture from barberry. 25 grams of barberry fruit pour 70% alcohol and insist in a dark place for about ten days. Take 30 drops three times a day. The duration of the course is a month. After a ten-day break, you can resume the tincture again.
- Compress from laundry soap. It is necessary to take two sheets of white cabbage and soap them with soap. Sprinkle abundantly with baking soda and apply to a sore spot. Tie a woolen shawl or scarf.
- Compress of burdock. Leave the burdock leaves with boiling water, pile on top of each other and apply as a compress. From above also tie a woolen scarf or a warm kerchief. This folk remedy will remarkably relieve swelling and pain.
- Compress of honey. Black radish or horseradish grate on a fine grater and mix with honey in equal proportions. Lubricate the diseased area, cover it with a plastic bag and warm it with a cloth. This compress will help warm up the aching muscle and relieve tension.
- Drink from honey and apple cider vinegar. Take honey and apple cider vinegar in equal proportions and dilute in 250 ml of warm water. Take recommended 2-3 glasses per day. Course - 2 months.
- Infusion of horsetail. 150 g of horsetail is thoroughly crushed and mixed with 300 g of vegetable oil. For a day we leave in a dark place to insist. The received medical weight we rub in a sore point and in half an hour after that we apply a compress.
- Infusion of Adonis. A tablespoon of Adonis pour a glass of boiling water, wrap in a towel and let it brew for an hour. You need to eat 1 tablespoon three times a day.
- Coniferous decoction. For its preparation it is necessary to take twigs of needles with cones. If possible, wipe them or crush them as much as possible and steal 0.5 liters of water. Cook over low heat for about an hour. Then the broth is sent to infuse for 10 hours and then filtered. For use as a compress in the broth, you need to add a tablespoon of oat flakes, put on an oilcloth or a plastic bag and make a compress. Apply for two or three hours.
- Compress from potatoes. Boil two potatoes in a uniform, stretch and apply to a sick muscle. Wrap up with a towel or a warm kerchief. After cooling the potatoes, compress and clean the sore spot with alcohol.
- Decoction from willow bark. We take the willow bark powder and vodka in the ratio 1:20.Boil the mixture in a water bath for 30 minutes to evaporate the alcohol. Cool the broth filter through 3-4 layers of gauze and take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day.
All these recipes and products have proven effective, but as a rule they give a non-permanent effect and relieve acute pain and inflammation.
To maintain your physical health and complete cure for myositis, you need to follow a set of rules and recommendations.
General recommendations of
- Patient with myositis always shows complete peace, care and rest( sometimes even bed rest).
- Treatment of any form of myositis should be accompanied by the use of anti-inflammatory drugs.
- With the exception of purulent myositis, for all other forms physiotherapy and therapeutic massage are shown.
- If myositis occurs against the background of an infectious lesion, antibiotic treatment is prescribed.
- The purulent course of myositis is eliminated promptly( the abscess is opened, the wound is drained and rinsed with antiseptics).
- It is necessary to follow a diet that provides for the refusal of alcohol, spicy, spicy, fatty and salty foods. Doctors recommend eating fresh fruits, vegetables, cereals, as well as foods high in B and E.
- It is important to avoid hypothermia, drafts, intense training and injuries. It is not recommended to sit on metal and cold surfaces, near an open window.
- In order to strengthen immunity it is useful to go in for sports: running, swimming, fitness, cycling and ice skating.
- In the presence of inactive work, you can take breaks in conjunction with uncomplicated gymnastics.
- Treatment of infectious and viral diseases must always be brought to the end and can not be carried on foot.
- Invaluable use will bring the procedures of hardening( contrast or cold shower, wiping).
It is not necessary in the presence of such a serious disease as myositis, to engage in self-diagnosis and self-medication. Recipes of traditional medicine is better combined with traditional medicines and methods, bed rest and proper nutrition.
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