How long will knee periosteitis be good?

Periostitis is a common disease, infectious periostitis is the most common disease, patients with infectious periostitis, its characteristics are long course, easy to relapse. There is no uniform and clear cure time, because it is determined according to the degree of infectious periostitis. If the patient has mild infectious periostitis, there is no sinus, and only feel redness, fever, pain and other manifestations. Treatment can be conservative treatment, local regular dressing and antibiotic treatment. Instruct the patient to reduce activity and prevent fatigue, stress, and other adverse factors. Generally, clinical cure is achieved in 4-6 weeks after proper treatment. If the patient has severe infectious periosteitis, localized sinus tract, and skin ulcer, surgical treatment, incision, focus removal, and sensitive antibiotic treatment can be used. Clinical cure is achieved in about 8 weeks after proper treatment.