Modern methods of treatment will relieve the arthrosis symptoms of the knee joint

Arthrosis is not an acute state, but a slowly progressive destruction of the tissue that adopts shock and a decrease in the amount of synovial fluid in knee articulation. Elastic fabric provides flexibility and mobility of limbs, however, in middle and elderly people, cartilage sinuses lose this property.

Interesting! Often you can hear how middle -aged people talk about "salty deposition". This expression is incorrect, no salt is deposited in the body, on the contrary, there is a dystrophy of the synovial membrane.

Gradually, the depreciation between the femur and the berets decreases, and they begin to rub against each other. And, despite the fact that the human bones are very strong and are able to resist direct pressure in two hundred pounds, they are deleted by continuous friction, osteophytes - bone growths instead of the natural knot appear.

The post -traumatic form of this disease occurs in young people who are loved for the sport of force or after car accident and other serious limb damage.

If we list the main factors that contribute to the development of the disease, then the main causes of knee joint arthrosis can be distinguished:

Age older than forty years, especially in women. Systemic diseases affecting connective tissue - arthritis, red lupus, gout. Diabetes of the first and second kind. Overweight, due to which the chronic increased chronic load is formed. Finding in a forced positioning position or standing. Post -traumatic condition of the legs.

In the latter case, the disease usually occurs as a complication of acute hemorrhosis with wide hemorrhage in the knee joint cavity. The imminent method of treatment or the lack of medical intervention in emergency conditions is the cause of the transition to the chronic and more severe phase.

Clinical

The signs of knee joint arthrosis in the early stages are most often unnoticed. Very rarely, a person draws attention to small deviations from the characteristic rate of the first stage of the disease. With knee joint arthrosis, symptoms can be seen quite quickly. Such diseases appear:

Cutting light during movements and a sharp change of behavior; numbness in the area of the lower leg; Increasing the fatigue in the evening or after a long walk.

This is especially true for middle -aged people who write this state of age and believe it should be so. Indeed, gonarthrosis, unlike post -traumatic conditions for a long time, does not cause serious discomfort, and very rarely people think about preventing such a disease.

In order not to lose the appearance of second -degree symptoms of knee joint arthrosis, such manifestations should not pass unnoticed:

swelling; fatigue and weight on foot; Difficulties, if necessary, climb a steep staircase.

However, often such symptoms are left without proper attention, and the disease progresses. Important clinical signs appear:

By pulling or pressing pain, intensifies in the evening and after waking. Poor limb mobility. Swelling that does not depend on the condition of the kidneys and the amount of drunken fluid. Gradually increasing the wrinkles in the joints. Inability to stay in a sitting position or standing for a long time. Sometimes redness occurs around the knees.

Such changes are characteristic of chronic gonartrosis. In the post -traumatic form, the symptoms increase significantly, a clinical appearance of the damage itself develops within hours or days. Strong, difficult point -to transform predominate, the damaged leg is significantly swollen and the hyperemia of the damaged area is observed, a person cannot go to the foot. Without treatment after an injury, atrosis develops more often rapidly, in rare cases there is a slow development, in which the patient faces abuse after 2-7 years.

Important! Despite the very characteristic clinical appearance, the final diagnosis is made after a thorough examination. Diagnosis methods mean an ultrasound or X -Ray, a full -time examination by a rheumatologist or traumatologist.

In ultrasound and X -Rry photos, internal changes in the synovial shell and the rate of osteophytic growth will be visible. Depending on the neglect of the pathological process, a course of treatment is described, individual methods are selected.

Types of therapy for gonarthrosis

All those who have made a relevant diagnosis will necessarily ask the question: How to treat the arthrosis of the knee? Medical Offers:

conservative therapy using medication; Types of simultaneous local-sanatorium treatment; Popular methods to combat the disease with proven effectiveness.

With the ineffectiveness of treatment, surgical intervention is indicated.

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If a person was diagnosed with knee joint arthrosis, treatment is mainly chosen by a complex of medication. The traditional list will include different types of drugs, ranging from analgesics and chondroprotectors.

Ointments are aimed at reducing pain and improving the patient's general condition. Non -steroidal analgesics are usually used.

Sometimes the medicines are administered directly in the affected synovial bag. To relieve symptoms are described:

Salicipate. Oxi. Derivative Prolionic acid.

Non -inflammatory drugs non -inflammatory and analgesic effectively remove unpleasant sensations, and even severe pain, however, have pronounced side effects, they should especially use people with stomach and diseased liver.

Hormonal medicines are prescribed for the third degree of gonartrosis when the process has gone away and requires serious reaction. Drugs containing cortisol are inserted directly into the cartilage cavity and have a very rapid positive effect, but the side effects adversely affect both internal organs (liver, heart, vessels) and the endocrine background of the patient. Therefore, they are described only in the absence of pronounced contraindications and only for a short treatment time.

Committottors are used to restore damaged articular tissue. They are always prescribed for post -traumatic defartrosis in order to stimulate the body more actively by generating synovial fluid and regenerating damaged cartilage. Chondroprotectors are accepted for a long time due to a slow action. Their reception requires accuracy and systematic. Specific doses are selected taking into account age, characteristics of health and tolerance to the patient of certain medicines.

Interesting! The last way of regenerating cartilage juice is hyaluronic acid, which is mainly in cosmetology.

Acupuncture in articular pathology

This method of healing has not been accepted for a long time by official medical science. But now acupuncture is occupied by a strong position in the treatment of chronic diseases, including any type of lower extremities. Properly chosen by an experienced specialist, acupuncture sessions are able to save a person from unpleasant sensations in a fairly short time and stimulate his body to produce a synovial fluid, and cells in the cartilage - regenerated at an accelerated pace.

The technique involves the impact on biologically active areas and restoring the correct functioning of all life systems, is also good for preventing painful conditions. However, with acupuncture, certain rules must be followed. Acupuncture is prohibited under the following conditions:

Serious immune changes - immunodeficiency, severe endocrine disorders (Kushing syndrome). Tuberculosis and tendency for bleeding. History of oncological diseases. Mental instability, depression, anxiety syndrome. Serious injuries. Intoxication of any genesis, including chronic alcoholism.

It is recommended to visit the first acupuncture sessions with relatives or friends, because acupuncture contributes to a significant muscle relaxation, and help may be needed.

Therapeutic and physiotherapy

Articular pathologies of any origin are well exposed to physiotherapy and exercise therapy. The concept of physiotherapy usually includes manual, magnets, mud, electrotherapy and other types of combat gonartrosis.

Manual therapy is most often combined with the LFK complex. Exercises are used to heat muscle and joints. Purpose of the Manual Method:

improving a person's general condition; an increase in blood flow to the injured site; strengthening the body regeneration potential; Reduction of pain and other symptoms of the disease.

A specialist in this type of treatment should know his work well. Proper massage is always directed towards the flow of lymph, any painful or simply unpleasant sensation is unacceptable. It is always worth clarifying the frictional composition and used ointments, as the patient may have an allergy to separate the active ingredients.

Shades! If the patient studies the relevant literature and check out the necessary photos and videos, then he can learn how to increase the friction moves himself.

Folk remedies

In the early stages of the disease, popular remedies justify their use even more than conservative therapy. Unlike steroids or NSAIDs, they are safe for human health and have proven effectiveness in the event of low and non -resistant manifestations, and are also suitable for preventing pathological changes.

Common recipes and impact methods:

The burials in the amount of 5-6 pieces have been attached to the injured site, previously lubricated with sunflower oil. They are attached to a plastic bag and a wool scarf. The compresses are left at night. The birch leaves, necessarily early, collected in early April, in extreme cases, in May, are placed on a sore limb. The compression should not be thinner than 3-4 cm. It also remains overnight. Honey massage. Lubricate the preheated leg with a thin layer of honey and gently massage for ten to fifteen minutes. Repeat daily for a month. Onion boiling. Boil a large onion with bark to complete softness. The resulting substance drinks daily in a glass. Celandine. To soak the plant with a bandage from a bandage (or a cloth), wrap it around the foot for half an hour or an hour. The course lasts at least a week, it is advisable to repeat it three times.

Popular methods can be combined with one another, use several recipes at the same time. Basic rule: they should not be used as replacement therapy, but should meet traditional medicine medicines.

Preventive measures for gonarthrosis

The approach to healing the cartilage changes should be complex and systemic. It implies a complete review of the lifestyle and following certain recommendations:

Reducing body weight. Since overweight affects the condition of bones and joints, patients are recommended for weight loss. The diet in the disease should be limited in calories, exclude red and fatty meat, fast food, fried foods, sausages, sweets and white bread, butter. Olive oil is recommended by vegetable fats and only as a fuel station for salads. It is useful to use seafood and seafood, unsaturated fruits and vegetables. It is necessary to include low cooling and fruit jelly, preferably without sugar in the power plane. Rejection of smoking and drinking alcohol - both act devastating on all organs, including connective tissue, and with prolonged experience of smoking, bones become thinner, causing an accompanying problem - osteoporosis. Dosed physical activity. With limb pathologies, both hypodynamia and increased activity are contraindicated. People who were previously engaged in power and extreme sports would have to abandon their hobbies and replace them with less dangerous to the body. On the contrary, if a person is accustomed to sit in the office all day, he should organize walks and jogging, gymnastics exercises from the exercise therapy collection. Pool campaigns are very useful. Periodic rest and associated therapy with mineral waters in specialized resorts is extremely important.  

Patients are shown to avoid excessive physical activity, especially weight lifting. For women, sometimes oral or injectable hormone administration is provided to increase the amount of estrogen in the blood.

Forecasting for recovery

Is it possible to cure arthritis of the knee joint? It will not be possible to get rid of the pathology completely, but it is possible to slow down degenerative processes. It is better to therapy the first and second phases of post -traumatic defarthrosis, while in the third phase, with pronounced pathological processes, often conservative effects are not sufficient, and surgical intervention is required.

The operation is performed in the most severe cases when the node is completely destroyed, it is replaced by an analog with stainless steel or metal -plastic. However, with measures in time taken, the prognosis remains favorable, complete regeneration of synovial fluid and connective tissue is possible. Observing the health, prevention and style of your life, avoiding damage - the key to the health and flexibility of the feet.