Symptoms and treatment of myositis

Myositis - inflammation of any striated muscles. This defeat occurs with the action of toxins and infections, after injuries, severe stress, as a result of hypothermia and sleep in an uncomfortable position. Myositis of the neck muscles often develops due to the effects of drafts, and inflammation of the back muscles in most cases is provoked by chronic infections or metabolic disorders.

The main clinical manifestation of myositis is edema and reflex spasm of the affected muscles, which causes pain. In this disease, asymmetric nerve damage is also observed. The disease proceeds with a pronounced inflammatory process. The patient can not turn his head. With a significant spread of pathological changes, pain can reach the fingers.

Treatment of myositis should be carried out at the first manifestations of the disease. With untimely therapy, pain can become a long, dull character. In addition, the herniation of the intervertebral disc or the subluxation of the intervertebral joints in the neck, which is caused by prolonged spasm of the affected muscle fibers, may develop.

It is worth noting that the correct treatment of myositis in 70% of cases provides a complete absence of complaints within a few days. Among the main principles of therapy of this pathology should be noted the following:

• Affected muscles need to ensure complete rest;

• on the sites of inflammation it is necessary to apply a warming ointment;

• You must take one of the anti-inflammatory drugs inside;

• Novocain blockades with the addition of corticosteroids are highly effective;

• Treatment of myositis in patients who have contraindications to the use of certain drugs, occurs by the appointment of postisometric relaxation (the method of manual therapy).

It should be noted that the therapy of muscle inflammation should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, as the amount of treatment depends on the etiology of the disease. To the patient's condition is not complicated, he should avoid hypothermia and excessive physical exertion.

Treatment of myositis can be carried out using folk methods:

1. Leaf white cabbage should be soaped with soap, sprinkle with soda, apply to the affected areas in the form of a compress, fixing a handkerchief.

2. When cervical myositis develops, the treatment can include compresses from field horsetail, which perfectly eliminate pain.

3. Therapy should also include appropriate dietary nutrition. So, you can not smoke and drink alcohol. Limit the amount of spicy, fatty and salty foods. Useful porridge on the water from sprouted grain of wheat, oats or barley.

4. To prepare ointments in folk medicine, peppermint, birch leaves, celandine, plantain, chamomile, pine buds, eucalyptus leaf, St. John's wort often are used.

5. With inflammation of the muscles, make an alcohol tincture from the barberry barberry, which is used internally for 20-30 drops daily.

It is worth remembering that when the myositis of the neck develops , treatment should be carried out after consulting a specialist. Especially it concerns inflammation of muscles in children. To engage in self-treatment in this case is strictly prohibited, since in childhood often severe allergic reactions to herbal remedies, which significantly complicates the course of myositis.