A variety of traditional medicine methods provide effective treatment of hygroma without surgery at home. Hygroma is a disease that is safe for humans, since its degeneration into a malignant tumor is impossible. Due to the unsightly appearance and rapid growth of the tumor, treatment must be carried out in the initial stages of its development. Traditional medicine recipes serve as an excellent, painless and affordable means of combating this disease.
If time and patience permit, it is permissible to treat hygroma at home.
What is hygroma?
A benign round mobile cyst is called a hygroma. The tumor has the appearance of a soft capsule filled with a light yellow serous fluid. Outwardly, it looks like a bump covered with ordinary skin. Hygroma is located in the periarticular area. The main reason for its appearance is the proliferation of connective tissue. The site of tumor formation is the joint area. It can affect any area of the human body. If the cyst is large, the functional work of the limbs is limited.
Hygroma is inherited.
Puncture
If suppuration develops inside the pineal gland, the patient is prescribed a therapeutic puncture, which involves pumping out purulent contents from the skin capsule. The puncture method is carried out with the simultaneous use of antibiotics, which eliminates the development of infectious diseases and pathogenic processes. Hormonal drugs are also used to wash the cone.
Upon completion of the puncture, an elastic orthosis or plaster tape is applied to the diseased area, which allows for complete fusion of the tissues of the washed capsule. The supporting bandage is removed after 1-2 months.
What is the advisability of treating hygroma with folk remedies?
The unattractive appearance of a cyst-shaped lump on the body forces you to use all available natural remedies at home. Treatment with folk remedies uses natural tinctures and ointments with herbal ingredients. The herbal composition of folk recipes allows you to safely get rid of cysts in all parts of the body. Treatment of hygroma is a slow process; the effectiveness and methods of control depend on the location and parameters of the tumor. When using herbal ingredients, the individual characteristics of the body, as well as the age of the patient, are taken into account.
Crushing method
One of the known methods of treating a cyst is to crush it. When compressed or roughly massaged, the film of the formation breaks. The serous fluid of the cystic capsule enters the articular cavity and nearby tissues. Crushing a hygroma is very painful and ineffective, because the cyst shell can grow together and a relapse of the disease will begin.
Egg and wine vinegar
Many folk recipes are simple and at the same time effective ways to treat hygroma without surgery. We suggest preparing a homemade ointment for diseases of the wrist joint. Hygroma damage to this joint can spread to the joints of the hand and thumb. Please note that it will take several days to prepare the ointment.
Place a raw, pre-washed egg in a glass and fill it with wine vinegar and put it in the refrigerator for three days. Look what happened: the shell dissolved under the influence of a chemical reaction between acid and calcium. The egg remained in a strong translucent film. Carefully pierce the egg and release the contents, add 1 tbsp. l. wine vinegar with sediment from the shell that remains in the glass. Stir thoroughly, the ointment is ready for use.
Lubricate the sore joints, wrap your hand in a clean cloth and insulate it with a woolen mitten. This procedure is best done at night. Store the ointment in the refrigerator.
Folk recipes
Treatment of hygroma using herbal recipes has a huge number of options. These recipes are easy to prepare and take little time. The table summarizes recipes based on natural ingredients:
| Component name | Recipe | Amount of days |
| Aloe | Grind the leaves of the plant. Mix leaves, honey, rye flour in equal quantities to a dough-like mass. Then form a dense cake and secure it to the affected area. Cover with cling film and wrap overnight. | 14 |
| Wormwood | Grind the wormwood leaves to a homogeneous paste with juice. Make a cotton bandage with the resulting mixture and place it on the inflamed area overnight. | 30 |
| Lilac | Pour boiling water (500 ml) over 100 g of lilac flowers. Boil the broth for 15 minutes and leave to settle. After 30 minutes, strain the resulting product, moisten a cotton swab in it and apply to the formation for 3 hours. | 14 |
| Celandine | Squeeze 10 ml of juice from freshly picked celandine leaves. Soak a cotton swab in the juice and apply to the growth for 1 hour. Celandine juice is replaced with Kalanchoe juice. Kalanchoe has the same medicinal properties. | 10 |
| Pine or spruce resin | Melt 30 g of resin in a water bath. Add 20 g of beeswax and 30-40 g of olive oil to the melted mixture. Soak gauze with this product and apply to the tumor for 3 days. Repeat the bandage 4-5 times. | 15 |
| Physalis | Finely chop the ripe fruits of physalis. Apply the paste to the cyst, cover with cellophane, and wrap with a warm woolen scarf for 8-9 hours. | 14 |
Night compresses with pharmaceutical alcohol help the hygroma disappear.
Why does a lump appear on the wrist?
The exact cause contributing to the manifestation of the pineal growth has not yet been established. In most cases, hygroma does not manifest itself, but develops due to complications of inflammatory and infectious diseases of the joints - enthesitis, tenosynovitis or bursitis.
Predisposing factors for the development of protrusion:
- frequent loads on the articular surface of the hand;
A lump on the wrist on the hand can occur when there is heavy strain on the hands. - professional activity that involves monotonous repetition of the same actions;
- the presence of chronic diseases of the periarticular surfaces;
- previous injuries.
In addition to the reasons that influence the occurrence of pathology, hygroma can manifest itself based on a hereditary factor. So, if one of your relatives had hygroma, there is a high risk of developing the disease in the next generation.
In rare cases, a lump on the wrist on the top or bottom of the hand develops for no particular reason. Medical statistics and most tests indicate that hygroma does not differ by age or gender - the pathology can manifest itself in both a child and a mature person.
Alcohol compress
You can make homemade dressings at home yourself using traditional medicine recipes, or you can follow your doctor’s recommendations. Modern medicine produces pharmaceutical alcohol tinctures that are very easy to use. It is enough to moisten a piece of bandage in the tincture of calendula, valerian, celandine, apply it to the formation and wrap it with a warm cloth for 20 minutes. An alcohol compress is simple and affordable. The process of its preparation includes the following steps:
- take 70% medical alcohol and dilute it in a ratio of one to two;
- soak a piece of gauze in the solution and place it on the hygroma;
- cover with cling film and wrap with a woolen scarf;
- Leave the compress on for 10 hours (preferably overnight).
If you use undiluted alcohol, you may burn your skin.
Using healing clay
Using special pharmaceutical clay, you can successfully eliminate hygromas, which, according to preliminary medical parameters, could be eliminated exclusively by surgical methods.
For a positive result, you need to apply special red clay purchased at the pharmacy to the tumor. It is advisable to buy and use it in the summer, since the powder must be kept in the sun before use.
After such a sunbath, the clay is thoroughly mixed with water. It is added gradually until the mixed clay takes on the appearance of sour cream. The finished composition is laid out on previously prepared cotton natural fabric and then applied to the affected area.
The lotion should be carefully wrapped in a warm piece of cloth and kept for two to three hours. It is not recommended to do the procedure at night; clay can cause irritation. After removing the bandage, the hygroma must be lubricated with bile purchased at the pharmacy or with the most common iodine to consolidate the effect.
It is better to alternate these procedures - make a compress during the day, and lubricate with bile at night.
Propolis as a means of combating disease
- take 20 g of propolis and 20 g of butter;
- mix the ingredients in a ceramic bowl;
- simmer over low heat for 3 hours;
- Strain the resulting mass through a sieve into a glass container.
- smear the formation 2 times a day until the disease is completely eliminated.
Some foods, herbs, and minerals are suitable for home treatment of hygroma.
Laser removal: indications
Using a laser to remove skin tags is a relatively new surgical method. The laser method of removing a lump differs from surgical intervention in the size of the incision itself. After laser therapy, a puncture is mandatory to eliminate possible relapses.
Benefits of laser treatment:
- there is no need for general anesthesia;
- reducing the risk of infection;
- absence of bleeding due to the soldering of blood vessels;
- a small incision and an almost invisible scar after surgery;
- exclusion of injuries to nearby tissues;
- reduced risk for scarring;
- fast recovery;
- good for children.
Compared to the classical method, the use of laser therapy increases the risk of recurrence of the disease, which is explained by the impossibility of suturing the junction of the synovial bursa of the articular surface. Indications for laser intervention are no different from indications for conventional surgery.
Medicines for therapy at home
Medicines for home use do not require expensive ingredients in the preparation recipe, but have highly effective medicinal properties. Recipes for affordable and fast-acting remedies are presented in the table:
| Component | Recipe |
| Ficus tincture | Pour crushed ficus leaves with purified kerosene and leave for 10-11 days in the dark. First, apply a swab soaked in sunflower oil to the lump, and then a piece of cloth soaked in the tincture. Secure the bandage for 20 minutes. |
| Red clay | To prepare the ointment, mix: 3 tablespoons of red clay, 1 tablespoon of salt and 100 ml of water. Apply the resulting ointment to the formation at night for 14 days. |
| Blue clay | Soak the blue clay in water until it reaches the consistency of thick sour cream. Apply the product to the inflamed area and wrap for 2 hours. |
| Honey | Heat the pine cone and coat it well with honey. Cover the top with parchment and wrap it with a woolen scarf. Repeat the procedure every day until the tumor completely resolves. |
| Calendula | Make a tincture of 200 g of calendula flowers and 500 g of vodka. Make lotions from the resulting product over a course of 2-4 weeks. |
| Cabbage leaf | Mash a fresh cabbage leaf and spread it with honey. Then tape it to the inflamed area. After 2 hours, replace the bandage with a fresh one. Repeat compresses daily. |
Preparing for surgery
An operation to eliminate hygroma should be carried out after comprehensive diagnostic measures, including a thorough examination of the growth. This is necessary to ensure that the lump is a hygroma and not a cancerous tumor. In especially severe cases, neurosurgical treatment methods are used. After confirming the diagnosis, a decision is made to undergo surgery.
In addition, the doctor may send the patient for additional examinations:
- blood analysis and biochemistry;
- general analysis of urine and feces;
- tests to detect HIV, hepatitis or other sexually transmitted diseases;
- fluorography of the lungs.
The patient must determine a convenient time for the operation and come to the hospital 2 hours before the intervention. After surgery, the painful area must be immobilized by applying a thick bandage or plaster.
Copper coin
A popular home remedy for treating hygroma is copper. For treatment, a regular copper coin and an elastic bandage are used. The coins are applied to the cyst and secured tightly with an elastic bandage. Wear this tight bandage for three days without removing it. If the hygroma of the foot or hand has reached a very large size, use copper coins for 5 days. The current method using copper is to heat a copper coin and then pour it with a saline solution. The minerals contained in the salt contribute to the rapid resorption of the contents of the cone.
When using a bandage with a coin and salt, a cystic capsule may remain, which provokes a relapse of the disease.
Physiotherapy methods
If medications do not have the desired effect, doctors resort to physiotherapeutic procedures that can eliminate hygroma no larger than 2-3 cm in diameter.
The following physiotherapy methods are most often used to treat the disease:
- Warming up or “Minin reflector”. A fairly simple and painless way to treat the affected area. The device is placed at a distance of 35-60 cm from the tumor. The duration of the procedure is 2-3 minutes. up to 5 min.
- Mud wraps. The use of mud wraps has a positive effect on the development of inflammatory processes and eliminates pain. The use of therapeutic mud involves heating it, then applying it to the pineal body, and then wrapping it with a transparent film for 10-15 minutes.
- Ultraviolet irradiation of the area. It is characterized by the influence of low-frequency electromagnetic waves, the rays of which penetrate 1 mm under the skin, causing a regenerative effect of surrounding tissues.
- Electrophoresis using iodine. A special gasket, previously moistened with iodine, is placed under the actively charged anode. After that, an electrode is applied to the surface of the gasket and pressed against the hygroma. The procedure is carried out for 25-30 minutes.
A method of fighting with analgin and iodine
At the initial stages of development of joint cysts, treatment of hygroma with iodine is used. Iodine promotes rapid and painless resorption of the tumor. Getting rid of hygroma with the help of iodine and analgin (if there are no analgin tablets, you can use aspirin) is accessible, simple and effective:
- dilute 10% iodine concentrate in 100 ml of water;
- Grind 20 analgin tablets into powder;
- mix the ingredients;
- smear the tumor until it disappears completely.
A mixture can be made from analgin and iodine to treat hygroma.
Complex treatment will help to quickly cure hygroma without surgery: homeopathy, herbal and pharmaceutical remedies. Gentle massages that use products and ointments for resorption of formations (Diclofenac), anti-inflammatory drugs and homeopathy are highly effective. The use of the drug "Dimexide" for hygroma does not create problems, complications and does not leave scars or scars on the skin. If folk remedies do not bring the expected results, you need to contact a surgeon and remove or treat the hygroma with modern surgical removal methods.
Summing up
Treatment of hygroma with the folk methods presented to our attention should be carried out simultaneously with the use of medications. This will allow you to achieve the desired positive result much faster and avoid various complications.
If you successfully overcome the disease, it is recommended to follow special preventive measures. First of all, you need to treat all bruises and injuries as promptly as possible. It is very important to correctly distribute physical activity, avoiding impact on the same group of joints. In case of any injury, you should immediately consult a doctor and carry out the necessary treatment. Otherwise, there is a risk of encountering the formation of hygroma.
Recovery time
Recovery and rehabilitation of the patient after the classical or laser method is the most important part of the postoperative period. Rapid healing and elimination of all symptoms is determined by compliance with the recommendations. If there are no complications, complete healing occurs in 1-2 weeks, depending on the size of the lump and the type of intervention.
Tips to follow after surgery:
- Mandatory wearing of an elastic splint or cast for the prescribed amount of time.
- Limit excessive stress on the hand and nearby joints for up to 1 month.
- Compliance with a set of exercises that allows you to gradually develop the diseased surface.
- If necessary, actively attend physical therapy.
Following the advice allows the patient to get rid of a number of complications and reduce the risks of further manifestations of hand hygroma.
Possible complications
As after any operation, when removing the pineal protrusion, various complications may occur.
Most often, patients complain of swelling of the arm or hand. However, as experts say, this effect is natural and goes away within 1-2 weeks after the intervention. If swelling or redness increases, and there is no improvement after the specified period, the patient should consult a doctor.
The following complications also often occur:
- infection of the wound with subsequent suppuration;
- heavy bleeding;
- damage to nerve endings and impaired sensitivity of the hand;
- remission;
- formation of a scar surface or adhesions.
In 35% of patients, hygroma may recur. In most cases, this depends on disruption of the cellular process or incomplete excision of the contents within the capsule.
A lump or hygroma on the wrist is not a dangerous disease, but under some circumstances it can lead to various complications. In order to reduce the risk of developing the disease in the hands or other parts of the body, it is necessary to follow basic prevention methods. As for hygroma of the wrist, most often the disease manifests itself from above.
Article design: Oleg Lozinsky
Symptoms
The main symptom is the presence of a space-occupying formation of the appropriate localization. Sometimes it is accompanied by pain, especially severe in cases where the growing cyst compresses the nerve trunks located nearby. In parallel, a disorder of skin sensitivity occurs in the area of innervation of the corresponding nerve. Pain can also be caused by tissue malnutrition if arteries are compressed.
Sometimes there is a violation of the mobility of the corresponding joint. This is usually associated with pain that occurs when moving in it.