Sputum

Sputum is a chronic purulent disease that occurs between bones and joints. Because it becomes pus, it can form abscesses near the lesion or in distant spaces. After ulceration, the pus is thin like sputum, so it is named sputum. "Surgery Cases Collection" cloud: "The sputum is condensed in the muscles, bones, and bones. It is invisible, and flesh can become pus, which is sputum." The characteristic of this disease is that it occurs in bones and joints, and the course of the disease progresses. Slow, not red and hot at the beginning, pus is also late, pus water is thin, and deflocculation material is trapped, it is not easy to close the mouth after ulceration, easy to form sinus, often damage the tendons and bones, and even become life-threatening. Due to the different parts of the disease, there are still many different names. If it occurs on the spine, it is called turtle sputum; if it occurs on both sides of the lumbar spine, it is called Shenyu deficiency sputum; if it occurs on the ring, it is called epiphyseal sputum; if it occurs on the knee, it is called crane knee sputum; The part of the body is called Chuanguaan Phlegm; the one that occurs in the knuckle of the finger is called Dung Beetle. Although the names are different, the etiology, syndromes, treatment methods and prognosis are basically the same, so they are collectively called sputum. This disease is equivalent to bone and joint tuberculosis in Western medicine.

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