What does a nuclear medicine doctor treat?

What does a nuclear medicine doctor treat?

In nuclear medicine, tumors are treated with radioactive drugs. Doctors speak of radionuclide therapy.

Is nuclear medicine harmful to humans?

Is a nuclear medicine exam dangerous or painful? The examinations we perform are not painful. Administering a radioactive substance through a vein in your arm is similar to taking a blood sample as you know it. The administered substances have no side effects.

When is a scintigraphy done?

Since tumors often have increased metabolic activity, scintigraphy is used particularly frequently in cancer medicine. In addition, there are other possible uses for the nuclear medicine procedure, such as: Clarification of suspicious nodules or an overactive thyroid gland.

Is RSO a health insurance benefit?

The costs of RSO treatment are covered by statutory and private health insurance companies.

Is an RSO painful?

Is an RSO painful? The treatment is usually not painful. The patient only feels a brief prick when inserting the syringe cannula into the joint space.

How long does an RSO treatment take?

RSO leads to significant pain relief or freedom from pain in a large number of patients. However, the full effect of an RSO can take several weeks to months.

How long pain after RSO?

In the first few days after the treatment, the symptoms may temporarily increase. If you cool the joint regularly, however, the pain should soon subside. Significant improvement can be expected after just a few days. After four to six months, the inflammation should have healed.

How often can an RSO be performed?

How often is the RSO performed? This therapy is usually done once. If symptoms reappear after the initial reduction of the inflammatory symptoms, the treatment can be repeated.

What is an RSO treatment?

With radiosynoviorthesis (RSO), the synovial membrane is treated “on site”. For this purpose, the corresponding joint is punctured by a nuclear medicine doctor with a thin needle. The optimal position of the needle is checked using X-ray or ultrasound control.

What is a radioactive syringe?

The treatment lasts only a few minutes: The radioactive substance (nuclide) is injected into the joint space under X-ray control. It spreads to the proliferating, painful synovial membrane. Due to the radioactive radiation, the cells no longer send out inflammatory messengers and shrink.

Where is RSO performed?

The RSO is performed on an outpatient basis. A radioactive substance is injected directly into the affected joint under the X-ray control of a fluoroscopy device or with the help of ultrasound. If several joints are affected, several treatment sessions are necessary.

What to do with synovitis?

If the course of the synovitis is mild, treatment is limited to immobilization of the joint for 5-7 days with the help of a knee bandage or a tight bandage. Physiotherapy includes electromagnetic wave therapy, electrophoresis, ultraviolet radiation, and warming compresses.

What is synovitis?

The synovial membrane often grows grotesquely like coral, destroying the cartilage, penetrating the bone, tearing the ligaments and tendons and, with varying degrees of progression, can lead to severe joint destruction.

What to do about Baker’s cyst?

A doctor can use a needle to suction the fluid out of the Baker’s cyst, temporarily relieving the symptoms. However, the cyst fills up again and again. In the long run, only eliminating the cause helps: in the case of severe arthrosis, this is usually a joint replacement.

What to do with joint effusion in the knee?

Therapy options for a joint effusion in the knee In the event of overloading or a traumatic injury, the joint should be rested and sporting activity paused. The swelling is usually accompanied by pain, although cooling and pain-relieving ointments can help.

How long does it take for an inflammation in the knee to go away?

If the inflammation is mild, the doctor only writes the patient off sick for a few days. Severe inflammation, on the other hand, can lead to a loss of several weeks. Bursitis in the knee occurs primarily in people who have to kneel a lot for work-related reasons.

What can you do about knee inflammation?

If acute knee pain occurs, the first thing to do is follow the PECH rule: Pause: An acutely painful knee should be relieved immediately. Ice: Cooling stops swelling and reduces pain. Compression: A bandage or bandage helps to stabilize the joint and further reduce swelling.

Which ointment for joint effusion?

ICHTHOLAN® SPEZIAL ointment contains ICHTHYOL®, the active ingredient of natural origin with the deep pulling effect. This ensures that inflammation, pain and swelling are “pulled” out of the joint in a targeted manner and that blood circulation is promoted.

How long does it take for knee swelling to go away after surgery?

There is always swelling in the surgical area, which spreads along the force of gravity (knee – lower leg – foot) and creates a feeling of tension. This pain usually disappears after a few weeks.

What is knee effusion?

A joint effusion is also referred to in medicine as “Hydrops articularis” or “Hydarthrosis” and occurs particularly frequently in the knee. Sometimes other joints are also affected. As a result, more fluid collects in the joint cavity, which is enclosed by the joint capsule.