Abstract
Mesotherapy is a minimally invasive technique for the administration of drugs in different layers of the skin, using several described techniques. Commonly are used drugs acting as analgesics, miorelaxants, vasodilators, vitamins or active substances as bee venom and botulinum toxin. Mesotherapy consist of low-dose injections in to selected place (receptor points, trigger points, periarticulary acupuncture points) causes stimulation of the repair mechanisms (anti-inflamatory mediators, growth factors), as well as the activation by needling, endogenous opioids (reflex effect). The technique is used in the treatment of pain syndromes in musculoskeletal disorders, vascular problems, sports medicine, neuralgia and others as a part of multidimensional approach. Case report of use mesotherapy to treat arthritis metatarsal pain as a result of overloading and degenerative changes accompanied by swelling of the soft tissues is presented. After 10 sessions of the application of the MD Tissue (collagen) the pain intensity was reduced from VAS 100 to VAS 30 and walking distance increased from 100 m to 1000 m. Mesotherapy procedure is usually well tolerated and can be an alternative to systemic therapy with the same result without risk of side effects.
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