Dislocation refers to the displacement of the bone in the joint as a result of mechanical damage. This is a common injury, which necessarily requires a consultation with a doctor.
Only a specialist can correct a dislocation correctly and without consequences. On the spot, the victim needs first aid, and further treatment consists in providing rest to the damaged place and the use of special ointments.
What ointment for dislocation is better to use? First you should familiarize yourself with the types and components (the expected effect of use depends on the composition) of the products and the rating of therapeutic creams.
Symptoms of Dislocation
Typically, a characteristic pop is heard during an injury. The patient complains of severe pain, complete or partial immobility of the joint. In some cases, a deformation occurs, which is easily determined visually: the limb is laid aside and bent in the joint. Around the damaged area there is a swelling and swelling. This is the most common symptom of a dislocation. Often, with such an injury, nerves are damaged, as a result, the patient loses sensitivity in the limbs.
First Aid Injury
It is enough for the victim to simply provide first aid. A damaged limb or dislocated joint must be immobilized by splinting.
The use of warming compresses to the dislocation site is strictly contraindicated. But to put a towel moistened with cold water is necessary. Ice cubes or a heating pad with ice water are well suited. This will help reduce swelling or prevent it from occurring with minor injury.
To reduce pain, the victim can be given “Analgin” or “Ibuprofen”. Often with such injuries, bruising occurs. The affected area must be treated with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.
It is impossible to straighten a dislocation independently. Very often the injury is accompanied by cracks and fractures. Only a traumatologist can accurately diagnose a dislocation and correctly correct it.
Dislocation ointments: base
The ointment from the dislocation helps to cure the injury faster. Such drugs are not absorbed into the epidermis without entering the systemic circulation. Usually, an ointment for dislocations and sprains is a medicine based on petroleum jelly, glycerin, or paraffin.
Active substances of drugs
Steroid and non-steroid hormones, anticoagulants or components that cause local irritation can act as active substances. There are ointments with coolants that are used immediately after an injury.
Steroid and non-steroid hormones
Steroid hormones relieve inflammation and reduce vascular permeability, preventing soft tissue swelling. Such an active ingredient is in Prednisolone or Hydrocortisone.
Most ointments from dislocations include non-steroid hormones. The best drugs are Voltaren Emulgel, Dolgit, Indomethacin, Diclofenac, Ketonal, Ketoprofen. Such ointments are usually prescribed for injuries of the shoulder joint, fingers, foot, with distension.
Such drugs can not be taken for more than a week, it is unacceptable to use drugs for pregnant women and children under 10 years of age. Contraindications are diseases of the digestive system, urticaria, bronchial asthma. Do not apply ointments to scars, damaged skin (meaning open injuries) or moles.
Anticoagulants and irritants
Anticoagulants inhibit blood coagulation, that is, lead to the rapid absorption of hematomas. Only Heparin is prescribed from this category.
Substances that cause local irritation are snake or bee venom, lavender, castor or mustard oils, and nicotinic acid. Such drugs reduce pain and increase blood flow in the area of ​​injury. The healing process when using such ointments with dislocation of the leg or joints of other parts of the body is significantly accelerated.
Treatment immediately after a dislocation
Immediately after injury, use “Naftalgin”, “Myoton” or “Percluson”. Such medicinal ointments activate blood circulation, which prevents the formation of bruising, have a pronounced analgesic and antiseptic effect. You can use painkillers ointments. Means usually contain cooling components, for example, menthol or essential oils. Additionally, the composition has anticoagulants and analgesics that prevent swelling. Usually doctors prescribe “Naftalgin” or “Lyoton”.
Homeopathic remedies
In the case of a minor injury, a homeopathic remedy is sufficient. Ointments “Arnigel” or “Traumeel” accelerate regeneration at the site of a bruise and relieve soreness. But such ointments from dislocations act more slowly than synthetic preparations with steroid or non-steroid hormones, irritating substances or anticoagulants.
With extensive bruising
In the case of the formation of extensive bruising, it is necessary to use drugs, which include absorbable components. For example, the widely advertised Troxevasin, Troxerutin, or Dolobene will do. It is better that such an ointment with a dislocation of the ankle or another site is prescribed by a doctor.
Return to joint mobility
In order for the joints to be mobile again and recover faster after an injury, warming medicines are used. For example, Apizartron includes bee venom and mustard oil, which have a warming effect and increase the elasticity of connective tissue. Bee venom contains Virapin. “Viprosal” is effective due to snake venom, camphor and fir oils, salicylic acid. It is important that the warming ointment after dislocation can be used only after a day.
How to use ointment
The ointment must first be used on a healthy area of ​​the skin in order to exclude the occurrence of an adverse reaction or allergy to any component of the drug. For several days, it is recommended to rub the drug not into the damaged joint itself, but slightly higher. After three days of such therapy, the injured area can be treated. At the beginning of treatment, rubbing should be avoided. Ointment from dislocations is applied only with very careful and light movements.
Best ointments for dislocations
The rating of the best medicines is based on the feedback of patients and specialists. Pay attention to the following drugs:
- “Ibuprofen.” It has a pronounced anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. It is necessary to apply only after the appointment of a doctor and not more than the duration of the course, because, otherwise, the ointment can provoke a number of undesirable effects.
- "Indovazin". It is made on the basis of troxerutin and indomethacin. Refers to non-hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs. It anesthetizes well, eliminates signs of inflammation, removes redness and significantly reduces the swelling of the damaged area.
- “Arnica mountain.” A universal therapeutic drug that can be equally effectively used for irritations, inflammations and pain caused by various injuries. The ointment is made on the basis of natural ingredients.
- “Heparin ointment.” The tool normalizes blood circulation at the site of damage, has local anesthesia. Effectively with a course of treatment up to two weeks. It helps not only with dislocations, but also with sprains, swelling, bruises and other injuries.
- “Troxevasin." Ointment well strengthens blood vessels, eliminates swelling, inflammation and other signs of injury. It can provoke urticaria or dermatitis, eczema. It is forbidden to use “Troxevasin” in the presence of open wounds.
Home Treatment Recipes
Ointment for bruises and dislocations can be prepared independently at home. It is enough to use one of the proven recipes of traditional medicine. For example, mix clay and apple cider vinegar. Such a composition cannot be heated. You can make homemade cream for dislocations from garlic (grind a few cloves) and ten sheets of eucalyptus (boil five minutes in melted pork fat). Before use, the ointment should cool.
Potatoes (mashed) and mashed potato leaves can be added to melted pork fat. Apply the product before bedtime. An excellent ointment from sprains is obtained from laundry soap (grate and dissolve in a small amount of water) and yolk. The composition should be applied to the skin through gauze. Such ointment from dislocations relieves swelling and eliminates pain.
How to treat bruising and swelling
With injuries, bruises and swelling often appear. This is due to damage to small capillaries, which provoke local hemorrhage. Edema appears due to impaired outflow of lymphatic fluid, and it goes into the tissue. These processes increase pain and can cause blood clots. Therefore, when dislocations, it is necessary to use means that improve circulation.
The cream “Express bruise” helps with bruises, which contains the extract of badiaga. You need to apply immediately after the injury that provoked the dislocation, because the drug prevents bruising. If applied a couple of hours after the injury, the bruises will disappear only after two days.
Gel “Bruise-off” contains an extract of leeches, which helps resorption of bruises, bruises and bruises, reduces swelling. The composition of “Indovazin” includes active painkillers and anti-inflammatory substances that strengthen blood vessels and reduce their fragility.
Familiar to all, “Rescuer” is also suitable for such injuries and severe bruising. Ointment from dislocations and sprains of the leg restores the protective functions of the tissues. Due to the cooling effect, the injury site is anesthetized. Ointment promotes resorption of the hematoma. Now there is a “Rescuer” on sale, which is made from natural ingredients.
Ointments for bruises
The most common injury, in which soft tissues are damaged and subcutaneous vessels rupture, is a banal bruise. Such a nuisance often accompanies a dislocation. After the injury, bruising and swelling usually appear, sometimes quite strong and noticeably painful. A painful swelling in the area of ​​injury prevents the normal (physiological) movement of the limb. In some cases, extensive hematomas form, which compress blood vessels and nerves, interfering with blood circulation. The ointment “Dolobene” copes well with bruises of varying severity.