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What are the causes and treatments of Bursitis?
A co-worker of mine said that her husband has to get cortisone shots because he has Bursitis. She also said that it is painful to him. Before this, I actually never heard the term before. I figured from her description of the pain it was like arthritis, but she said it wasn’t arthritis. That arthritis and bursitis were two different issues. What are the causes and treatments for this?
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Bursae (one is a bursa) are fluid-filled sacs that cushion areas of friction between tendon and bone or skin. Like air-filled bubble wrap, these sacs reduce friction between moving parts of the body, such as in the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and heel.
Trauma causes inflammatory bursitis from repetitive injury, which results in widening of the blood vessels. This allows proteins and extracellular fluid into the bursae and the bursae react against these "foreign" substances by becoming swollen.
Bursitis Treatment
The doctor will probably recommend home care with P-R-I-C-E-M: protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation, and medications
Trauma causes inflammatory bursitis from repetitive injury, which results in widening of the blood vessels. This allows proteins and extracellular fluid into the bursae and the bursae react against these "foreign" substances by becoming swollen.
Bursitis Treatment
The doctor will probably recommend home care with P-R-I-C-E-M: protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation, and medications
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