Initial protocal for cyst on elbow

[Susan CranfordStudent]

I’m a new student and there is so much to learn.  I woke up this morning with looks to be a painful cyst on my elbow.  Does not look like a bite of any kind.  Nice and round, like a ganglion cyst.  What would be the initial protocal in dealing this this?

Thank you,

Susan

Susan

[DawnStudent]

Hopefully your cyst has cleared up by now, but if not (and for anyone else hunting for a solution), here’s my experience.  Years ago I developed a ganglion cyst on the back of my wrist.  At my next doctor visit (integrative MD) I asked if there was anything I could do.  She suggested smashing it with a heavy book, but said they often grow back.  It seemed more likely I’d break a bone than the cyst with that treatment — it was pretty sturdy as it twanged my tendon.  Some time later I remembered an interview with David Brownstein, MD that I had heard, where he was discussing iodine.  He mentioned that it was good for eliminating cysts, specifically fibrocystic breast tissue.  I had some Lugol’s solution (diluted iodine) on hand, so thought “Why not?”.  I soaked a band-aid and applied it to my wrist.  After a few applications, the cyst started shrinking and completely disappeared over the next month.  Later that year it reappeared, so I repeated the treatment and it vanished again.  It’s been at least ten years now and there’s been no further trace of it.  If I develop another cyst anywhere, this will be the first thing I try.

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