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How to treat mandibular arthritis, can anyone tell me?
Mandibular arthritis is a common inflammation. Once it appears, it will be accompanied by obvious pain, and it is more likely to recur in a humid environment, which requires early treatment. But there are many treatments at present, which many people may not understand. In order to effectively control the disease, we must first choose the correct treatment. So how to treat mandibular arthritis?

1, local processing

If the situation is not very serious, you can choose local treatment, such as using hot water bottles, hot towels and ultrashort waves for local treatment. At the same time, attention should also be paid in daily diet to reduce the burden on joints as much as possible. As long as you can persist for a period of time, you can also relieve the symptoms.

2, remove the cause of treatment

Clinically, some people have this kind of arthritis, mainly because of poor occlusion, which will eventually lead to joint disorder. In order to treat diseases effectively and thoroughly, we should choose targeted treatment methods. First of all, we should reduce the burden on the joints and see if there are any hobbies such as eating hard objects or bruxism. If so, these situations need to be avoided as much as possible.

3. Anti-inflammatory therapy

If there is inflammation, you should choose anti-inflammatory treatment. At present, antibiotics can be selected for treatment. If something happens, you need to cut and drain. After the inflammation subsides, you can practice opening your mouth to prevent the inflammation from recurring. If there is obvious pain, you need to choose to take analgesic drugs and prevent secondary infection.

4. Physical therapy

At the same time, physical therapy can be considered, which can effectively restore normal chewing function. For example, by irradiating infrared rays, the disease can be relieved and the recovery of the disease can be effectively promoted. In addition to physical therapy, you can choose drug therapy, such as oral salicylic acid, which can play an anti-inflammatory and analgesic role. At the same time, you can also inject hormones into the joint cavity, but the treatment time of hormone injection should not be too long, otherwise it will easily lead to sequelae and affect the health of the skin. Therefore, these methods need to be paid attention to in life.