what does injecting cortisone do to a ganglion cyst?

sherye · Newbie Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Hi, I dont know if I will be clear enough. My mother has a cyst on the left knee. As I understood her, it is filled with fluid, which is normally found in the knee in small amount. In her case, that fluid is in a big amount. She calls that ganglion cyst. What does injecting cortisone do to a ganglion cyst?

una · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

There are many ways to treat ganglion cyst. One way is aspiration of the extra fluid that creates mechanic pressure on surrounding area off joint in question. Cortisone injections could help a lot. They have immediate analgesic effect, anti-inflammatory too and this is one of the ways to reduce increased amount of the substance.

what does injecting cortisone do to a ganglion cyst?

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