How best to treat cartilage damage

Patients with cartilage injury need to choose conservative treatment or surgery according to the degree of injury, there is no best treatment. 1. Conservative treatment: Simple cartilage contusion can be treated by resting to relieve the symptoms, or by local external fixation. When the extent of cartilage damage is small, it can also be treated with ultrashort wave physiotherapy or ionic introduction, intra-articular or local sealing of the pain point, etc. You can try to use cartilage protection drugs (such as aminoglucose hydrochloride) to alleviate the symptoms. 2. Surgery: Surgery can be performed for those who have excessive bony encumbrances, intra-articular free bodies or reduced joint space, and repeated interlocking of the ankle joint, and the surgery is mainly performed through arthroscopy. For serious cartilage damage, serious degeneration of the joint, affecting the normal life of the patient’s action, may need arthroplasty for treatment. After the occurrence of cartilage damage, patients need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of a professional doctor to carry out scientific treatment, so as not to delay the condition. Blind self-medication should be avoided.