Osteochondritis is usually not serious if treated in time. If treatment is delayed, it may lead to serious consequences, as follows: 1. Mild osteochondritis can be completely relieved after early treatment, the inflammatory reaction will be gradually absorbed, and the patient can return to normal life, work and exercise. 2. Serious osteochondritis may lead to serious consequences, such as fatigue fracture and septic infection, which can affect the patient’s normal life, exercise, and may even cause systemic infection, fever and severe limb function limitation. It may even cause systemic infection, fever and severe limb function limitation, and the patient cannot live, exercise and walk normally. Therefore, if the osteochondritis is mild, timely treatment at an early stage will usually not affect the patient’s normal life. For moderate to severe osteochondritis dissecans, delayed treatment can have more serious consequences.