Osteomyelitis of the calf can be treated with medication, surgery, adjuvant treatment, etc. It is recommended that patients go to regular hospitals to receive professional treatment in time. Osteomyelitis is a destructive inflammation of bones caused by bacterial infection, manifested by generalized fever and local lesions of redness, swelling and pressure pain.
1. Medication: When the patient’s calf osteomyelitis is serious, antibiotics should be used under the guidance of the doctor to control the infection, commonly used antibiotics are cephalosporin, vancomycin, etc. Patients with obvious pain can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs such as diclofenac sodium to relieve the pain symptoms. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.
2. Surgery: when conservative treatment is not good, the inflammation can not be controlled, you can consider surgery, commonly used surgical methods such as incision and drainage, debridement, etc., can be removed from the infected tissue, which is conducive to the recovery of the wound.
3. Auxiliary treatment: osteomyelitis patients due to metabolic exuberance, should pay attention to replenish enough nutrition, supplement vitamins and high quality protein, enhance resistance, long time fever patients should also timely supplement water and electrolytes, promote the recovery of osteomyelitis. When pathological fracture occurs in calf osteomyelitis, skin traction or plaster fixation should be carried out.
When the patient appeared calf osteomyelitis should be timely medical treatment, actively cooperate with the doctor treatment, so as not to delay the condition.