Have been to doctor. He gave me shot but said no more shots for 8 weeks. Also pain pills. What can I do besides pain pills to help> Bursitis is in hip. I work and am on my feet all day. I am 60 years old good health otherwise.
2006-10-27 00:27:12 · 3 answers · asked by Billie N 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I had to get Cortisone shots (steriod) , but it worked.
2006-10-27 00:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by anitababy.brainwash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bursitis
What is bursitis?
Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa. A bursa is a tiny fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. There are 160 bursae in the body. The major bursae are located adjacent to the tendons near the large joints, such as the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees.
How does a bursa become inflamed?
A bursa can become inflamed from injury, infection (rare in the shoulder), or underlying rheumatic condition. Examples include injury as subtle as lifting a bag of groceries into the car to inflame the shoulder bursa (shoulder bursitis), infection of the bursa in front of the knee from a knee scraping on asphalt (septic prepatellar bursitis), and inflammation of the elbow bursa from gout crystals (gouty olecranon bursitis).
How is bursitis diagnosed?
Bursitis is typically identified by localized pain or swelling, tenderness, and pain with motion of the tissues in the affected area. X-ray testing can sometime detect calcifications in the bursa when bursitis has been chronic or recurrent.
How is bursitis treated?
The treatment of any form of bursitis depends on whether or not it involves infection. Bursitis that is not infected (from injury or underlying rheumatic disease) can be treated with ice compresses, rest, and antiinflammatory and pain medications. Occasionally, it requires aspiration of the bursa fluid. This procedure involves removal of the fluid with a needle and syringe under sterile conditions. It can be performed in the doctor's office. Sometimes the fluid is sent to the laboratory for further analysis. Noninfectious shoulder bursitis can also be treated with a cortisone injection into the swollen bursa. This is sometimes done at the same time as the aspiration procedure and typically rapidly reduces the inflammation of the swollen bursa.
Infectious (septic) bursitis requires even further evaluation and aggressive treatment. The bursal fluid can be examined in the laboratory for the microbes causing the infection. Septic bursitis requires antibiotic therapy, sometimes intravenously. Repeated aspiration of the inflamed fluid may be required. Surgical drainage and removal of the infected bursa sac (bursectomy) may also be necessary. Generally, the adjacent joint functions normally after the surgical wound heals
2006-10-27 00:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
greater trochanter, a large projection of the femur, to which are attached various muscles, including the gluteus medius, gluteus maximus, and obturator internus. The greater trochanter projects from the angle formed by the neck and body of the femur So I am just wondering if you have had an MRI and also if your under an Orthopaedic surgeon if the answer to either of the above is NO then after 6 years of pain I personally would insist on some form of treatment other than pain killers. However I know what daily constant pain is like and how it just ruins your quality of life, Now obviously there are many different pain relievers on the market and for me after 3 spinal surgeries I am on Buprenorpine Patches which is an opiate and wonderful for pain relief but by no means a miracle cure. I guess you've tried heat patches that you stick on to the outside of your under wear Either vest or Under pants? Anyway I think it's high time you stood up to your doctor and told him "I'VE HAD ENOUGH" Good Luck
2016-03-19 00:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋