What's the matter with the bulge above the ankle?

The ankle, also known as the wrist, is the part that connects the calf and the foot. The ankle joint plays a very important role in the human body. Walking, standing, running, etc. all require the assistance of the ankle. However, the ankle is also a very fragile organ and is very easy to be injured. A bulge above the ankle is a common situation. When faced with this situation, people need to actively understand the cause and then treat it. Let me explain what is going on when there is a bulge above the ankle.

There is a bulge above the ankle, which is considered to be a lipoma. It may be recommended to go to the hospital for examination. Based on the examination results, comprehensive treatment can be performed under the guidance of a doctor, and surgery can be taken. It may be a ganglion cyst. If there is no pain, you can observe it. If it tends to grow larger and affects the appearance and shoe wearing, you can undergo surgical treatment. This disease generally occurs in adolescents or middle-aged people. Ganglion cyst is a cyst that occurs near joints and tendon sheaths. Clinically, cysts on the dorsal side of the wrist and ankle joints are the most common. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it wrist knot tendons, tendon gathering, etc.

[Cause] It is mostly due to overwork or blockage of Qi and blood after injury, which causes blood not nourishing the tendons and causes phlegm and blood stasis. Modern medicine believes that it is caused by a herniation formed by the leakage of synovial fluid from the joint capsule or tendon sheath, or by local colloid degeneration in the connective tissue. [Symptoms] They are mostly attached to the joint capsule or in the tendon sheath, and can communicate with the joint cavity and tendon sheath. There are unilocular or multilocular cysts, and the cysts contain gelatinous mucus. A small, slowly growing lump appears on the outside, which is round or oval and raised above the skin surface. It is soft at first and can be touched with a slight sense of fluctuation. After fibrosis over time, it may become hard, and most cases are asymptomatic. A few may experience soreness, pain, or a sense of weakness when pressed. Those that originate in the (moon country) fossa are the size of an egg when the knee is straight, but are deep and difficult to feel when the knee is bent. Some ganglion cysts can disappear on their own, but it takes a long time. Treatment principles: Ganglion cysts can sometimes be squeezed and ruptured and heal themselves. There are many clinical treatments, but the recurrence rate is high.

1. Ganglion cysts can disappear on their own, but it will take a long time.

2. Superficial cysts can be crushed, broken, squeezed with external force or the cyst wall can be punctured with a needle and wait for it to be absorbed on its own. It can be cured, but it is prone to recurrence.

3. Non-surgical treatment: Usually, after the contents of the cyst are discharged, 0.5 ml of prednisolone acetate is injected into the cyst, and then a pressure bandage is applied. This method is simple, less painful, and has a low recurrence rate.

4. Surgical treatment: Finger ganglion cysts are generally small and difficult to puncture; ganglion cysts that recur multiple times in other parts of the body can be surgically removed. The cyst should be completely removed during the operation. If it occurs in the tendon sheath, part of the connected tendon sheath should be removed at the same time. If it is a synovial herniation of the joint capsule, it should be ligated and removed at the root to reduce the chance of recurrence.

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