Patients with mild prepatellar bursitis can usually recover with 2~3 weeks of rest, and if the lesion is more serious, the recovery time is longer.
Pre-patellar bursitis is caused by strain or trauma, mainly manifested as pain and swelling in front of the knee joint, if the symptoms are mild, conservative treatment can be taken. Mainly bed rest, avoid knee flexion and extension activities, take hot application of ultrashort wave physiotherapy, can also be closed injection, most of the patients can recover in 2~3 weeks.
If the prepatellar bursitis is more serious, the bursa is bigger, the recovery will be slower, and the serious cases can not even be fully recovered. Surgery is needed to remove the prepatellar bursa.
Recovery time for prepatellar bursitis varies according to the severity of the lesion, and if the pain is obvious you need to go to the hospital for further treatment.