Patient's question:
Patient Age: Two months of illness, the soles of his feet are not red or swollen, but the pain is so severe that he cannot walk. Now the pain has also spread to his legs. He has seen a doctor and was told it is bursitis. Is it serious? Is it bursitis?Doctor's answer:
Periostitis is caused by the expansion, congestion, edema, or subperiosteal laceration of the periosteum and its blood vessels, leading to creeping periosteal damage due to the organization of hematoma, periosteal hyperplasia, and inflammatory changes, or infectious periosteal damage caused by the rampant of purulent bacteria. Symptoms include local swelling, pain, bruises, and restricted limb movement. The blood clots in the periosteum area swell, meridians are blocked, qi and blood stagnate. Herbal medicine such as Shuangjin Huoxue can be taken internally to relax muscles, activate blood circulation, reduce swelling and pain, disperse blood stasis, and expel wind and cold.