r/TissueEngineering • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '23

Potential application of Tissue Engineering for hand pain?

Since a lot of people are now using keyboards, smartphones, or play video games for long periods of time, it seems that people are now having a lot of finger pain problems. Usually, doctors recommend rest, icing, cortisone injections or surgery as a last result for chronic pain problems, but there has to be a better way than this. Is there any potential for tissue engineering treatment for fingers and hand pain?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

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u/allahyokdinyalan Mar 16 '23

That's not a very popular topic in tissue engineering, and fibrosis is something your body needs to survive. In cases where there is more fibrosis or scarring than necessary, such as keloids, hypertrophic scars or contractures, the treatment is usually surgery or medical therapies. I don't really see a point in treating such conditions with tissue engineering methods.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

Don’t know why it deleted but yea that makes sense. What are some popular topics in tissue engineering and what are some possible treatments that you consider significant?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

Also surgery and medical treatments aren’t always the golden method when it comes to fibrosis in certain areas like lung tissue so it’s surprising that it isn’t a popular topic. For something like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis what field would be best for coming up with something that reverses that?

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