In medical language, a lump on a wrist on your wrist sounds like a synovial cyst, or hygroma. This formation is a bulge that is filled with fluid. In addition to the wrist, such a formation can appear on the finger, foot, palm, under the patella, on the elbows, etc. As you know, hygroma is a benign tumor that is not life-threatening, but causes a person great discomfort, constantly restricting his movements .
Types of Entities
The bump on the wrist can be of different types. Currently, multi-chamber and single-chamber hygroma are distinguished. The first type of formation may well grow in any soft tissues, while the latter type is fixed in only one place.
Reasons for the appearance
A bump on the wrist of the left hand, or a synovial cyst appears after inflammation of the tendons or bursitis. This deviation is most affected by people whose profession is exclusively related to manual labor, during which the brush is constantly exposed to significant loads (pianists, typists, PC operators, wipers, etc.).
Drug treatment
Usually, a lump on the wrist is removed by surgery. However, in some cases, such a deviation disappears on its own, without the use of any means. If the cyst does not resolve for a long time, then most people turn to modern methods of treatment that help get rid of this problem quickly and painlessly.
In the event that a lump on the wrist on the wrist was detected at the initial stage of its development, and the person turned to specialists in time, then the synovial cyst can be removed in one of the following ways:
- electrophoresis;
- mud therapy;
- ultraviolet radiation;
- heat therapy.
If the bump on the wrist (hygroma) has been bothering the patient for quite some time, then the following methods are used:
- tight wrist bandage;
- punctures with subsequent suction of the liquid;
- the introduction of special hormones under the skin.
It is worth noting that during all the above procedures, the hygroma shell can burst under pressure, as a result of which the synovial fluid will pour into the joint cavity, which is not very good. That is why it becomes clear why such treatment methods are less preferred. By the way, the listed methods for removing hygroma do not eliminate the disease itself, but only allow you to hide its symptoms. In this regard, there is a rather high probability that the tumor will reappear.
As for surgical intervention, this method is more effective. Indeed, during the operation, all fluid is removed from the synovial cyst, and in its place a special reinforcing suture is applied. In addition to efficiency, the mentioned method is also the safest, but only on condition that an experienced and highly qualified surgeon performs this procedure.