Osteomyelitis is a serious bone disease. This is a purulent-necrotic process in bone tissue, periosteum and bone marrow. The causative agents of osteomyelitis are pathogenic microorganisms such as staphylococci, streptococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The infection is introduced through traumatic injuries of bone tissue, with blood, which leads to the development of hematogenous osteomyelitis. The pathological process can also begin after the operation, if the rules of asepsis and antisepsis were not followed by the surgeons.
How to overcome the disease?
Treatment of osteomyelitis includes conservative and surgical therapies. However, first of all, care should be taken to prevent the development of this infectious process. Although it is possible to cure this disease, and the results of competent therapy are very impressive, the treatment of osteomyelitis itself leads to violations by others.organs and systems. Therefore, it is better to prevent the penetration of infectious agents into the bone tissue and their spread. Since the main cause of osteomyelitis is mechanical damage to the bone and trauma, then if you are faced with this, then you should be able to carry out the initial treatment of the wound. It includes:
- washing an open wound with chlorhexidine solution;
- treating the edges of the wound with a solution of brilliant green;
- applying a sterile bandage soaked in hydrogen peroxide;
- you should immobilize the injured limb and go to the first-aid post, where you will be examined and a competent conclusion will be made.
Conservative treatment of osteomyelitis includes general and local methods. They are aimed at improving the patient's condition, strengthening the immune system and fighting the focus of infection.
Use of antibiotics
The main event is antibacterial therapy, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides and others are used as antibiotics. Since most microorganisms acquire resistance to drugs, therapy should be complex and constantly adjusted depending on the course of the disease and the results of drug intervention. Treatment of osteomyelitis with antibiotics is quite effective. Most often, several drugs with a wide spectrum of action are used at once. Two weeks later, some antibacterial drugs are replaced by others, similar to them, for a more successful fight againstinfectious agents. Antibiotic therapy, although necessary, brings many complications.
In particular, broad-spectrum antibiotics affect not only the focus of inflammation, but also other organs and tissues that are not affected by the infection. They harm the normal intestinal microflora, which leads to the development of dysbacteriosis. Therefore, when the main treatment of osteomyelitis is carried out, the intake of probiotics is also prescribed. Immunostimulants and immunomodulators are used to strengthen and restore weakened immunity. During the entire therapy, it is necessary to carry out a daily toilet of the wound cavity with the removal of pus, sequesters, and to sanitize the bone cavity. In extreme cases, when the process becomes so strong that phlegmon develops, then they resort to surgical treatment, removing the affected areas of the bone. The treatment of osteomyelitis with folk remedies also largely justifies itself, but you should not self-medicate at home, but rather trust the doctors.
