Hygroma is a benign neoplasm that looks like a capsule, inside of which is a jelly-like substance with particles of protein filaments. Hygroma of the foot is accompanied by discomfort when walking and causes pain in the place of contact with the shoes.
Causes of foot hygroma
Until the end, the factors leading to the emergence of this education have not been studied. Most often, deformation of the foot occurs from the back of the foot in the place where the synovial bag is located, subjected to a prolonged mechanical action.
The most common causes of hygroma are:
- Hereditary predisposition.
- Permanent traumatization of the limb as a result of wearing uncomfortable shoes or the specifics of professional activity.
- The hygroma on the toe is formed on its back side. Incorrectly selected shoes cause this phenomenon.
- Excessive physical stress, especially during pausing exercises, also provoke the formation of a tumor.
- Presence of chronic inflammatory diseases. For example, bursitis affects the joint, and tenosynovitis - a hygent tendon of the foot.
How to treat hygent feet?
Therapy is based on conservative treatment and surgical. The first method involves performing one of the following procedures:
- Crushing, in which the contents of the capsule are pressed back. However, the main drawback of the method is the inevitable relapse.
- Puncture is performed when surgical methods can not be used. After puncturing with a special needle, the contents are pumped out. After the procedure, a bandage is applied, and the limb is fixed in a fixed state with a plaster langette for about a week.
Surgical treatment of foot hygroma
This method involves fighting pathologies in the following ways:
- Excision, which implies complete excision of the tumor to unaffected tissues. After that, the hemming of the formed piece to the fatty tissue is carried out.
- Laser method is to remove the capsule, by heating it. In the process, the compaction is destroyed, without disturbing the integrity of the tissues.
Advantages of the latter method are:
- rapid healing of tissues;
- absence of scars and scarring after surgery;
- painless due to local anesthesia.
Treatment of foot hygroma folk remedies
At the initial stages, when the disease does not cause pain and discomfort, the patient can be prescribed mud wraps electrophoresis, applications with paraffin. Also effective use of home recipes. Compresses that are superimposed on the affected areas of the body are quite popular.
Compress from cabbage leaf:
- The sheet is carefully kneaded and put honey on it.
- Applying to the tumor, fix it with a bandage.
- The procedure lasts not less than eight hours a day. Moreover, it is recommended to change the bandage every two hours.
Spirituous compress:
- Impregnated with medical alcohol or vodka, a piece of gauze is applied to the hygroma.
- Top put polyethylene, wrap the leg with a bandage and leave for the whole night.
Hygroma feet can also be cured with this recipe:
- The egg is placed in a container filled with wine vinegar (approximately 100 ml).
- After the shell has dissolved, a hole is made in the remaining film, from which the yolk is poured.
- It is thoroughly beaten and mixed with the residue from the shell.
- Then pour in turpentine (100 ml) in small portions.
Store the product in a place inaccessible to light, you can even in the refrigerator. Use such a medicine as lotions, applying to diseased areas.