Bursitis

If home remedies don’t work to treat knee bursitis, or if the bursa is infected, medical interventions like aspiration or removal of the bursa may be considered.

Septic bursitis can turn into a serious medical condition if the infection spreads. Learn about the symptoms of septic bursitis, how a bursa can become infected, and how the condition is diagnosed.

Medical consensus on treating septic bursitis includes antibiotics, and possible additional methods like draining or removal of the bursa depending on circumstances.

Shoulder bursitis can have many underlying causes, such as poor posture to a rotator cuff tear. A misplaced vaccination injection can trigger shoulder bursitis too.

Other shoulder conditions often accompany bursitis. Diagnosis will include a physical exam, and possibly an injection or order x-rays, MRI, ultrasound, or lab tests.

Most shoulder bursitis cases won’t need surgery unless accompanied by a rotator cuff tear. Surgery, if recommended, will depend on the symptoms and cause of pain.

The symptoms of shoulder bursitis can range from localized pain and tenderness at the shoulder to radiating pain and muscle weakness.

Treatment for shoulder bursitis focuses on decreasing inflammation of the bursa through rest, activity modification, and at times medications and injections.

Bursitis occurs when a bursa becomes inflamed. If the bursa becomes infected, it is called septic bursitis and must be treated immediately.

Shoulder bursitis occurs is caused by an inflamed bursa. It occurs often with shoulder impingement syndrome, known also as subacromial pain syndrome.