How to treat lipoma

summary

Lipoma is a kind of common benign tumor, generally does not cause great harm to the body, mainly in the subcutaneous, generally without symptoms, some parts may have an impact on the normal activities of patients, lipoma can grow with the patient's body, generally not easy to be found by the patient when it is small, if it is small, generally does not need treatment, but if it gradually increases, it needs treatment Treatment, now the more common treatment is surgical treatment, through surgical treatment can cure, lipoma general drug treatment effect is not obvious, generally do not use drug treatment. Let's take a look at the following.

How to treat lipoma

First: the first step in the treatment of lipoma is to make a clear diagnosis. Generally, through ultrasound examination, we can basically make clear the nature of the lesion, and at the same time, we can make clear the size of the lesion, so as to provide a certain basis for surgery. At the same time, combined with symptoms, we can combine CT and other examination methods to make a better diagnosis. Generally, less than 1cm can not be treated, and larger ones can be considered for surgical treatment.

Second: but for some patients who are difficult to diagnose with the above methods, it is better to take puncture pathological examination, so as to grasp the nature of the lesion as a whole, make a clear diagnosis and size, and the smaller ones do not need treatment, while the larger ones need surgical treatment. Drug treatment can't cure.

Third: the final treatment depends on the operation, which is a small operation, generally can be carried out in the outpatient department, through the operation to remove the whole subcutaneous lipoma, or it may lead to recurrence, the dressing change after the operation, according to the different parts, the dressing change frequency is different, the time of stitching is also different.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to the daily nursing of lipoma, do not break the skin, so as to avoid infection. At the same time, pay attention to the dressing change on time after the operation, and take some antibiotics orally to avoid infection. It is also necessary to carry out surgical suture again. For small lipoma, do not scratch yourself in order to avoid infection.