What Is Osteoarthritis And How Treat It
Osteoarthritis is inevitable process which is an essential part of aging. However it is not a disease, but damage and deformation of joint and cartilage. There are some factors which increase the possibility of osteoarthritis development that is why it is important to think about its prevention and preventative measures. Increase and decrease of the disease development can depend on the fact, if you train and have any sport activity or no. There are factors which can arouse the disease, among them are load, overload, bad attitude, adiposity, wrong technique of lifting, crisis of bones.
It is possible to diagnose the disease by proper examination of the patient. Moreover at the very beginning patient must do X-rays and ultrasound examination. Osteoarthritis treatment should be intended on removal of the main osteoarthritis symptoms, such as decrease of pain in joints, increase of functioning of the joint, decrease of risks of disease development, work with the patient so he could learn to cope with the disease, avoid long staying, raising of lifts, sport exercises and any other loads on joints.
The main aim of the treatment is removal of any signs of osteoarthritis, in particularity decrease of pain in joints, improvement of cartilage fabrics.Usually doctors prescribe pain-killers,nonsteroid anti-inflammatory treatments, and similar creams, gels or sprayed solutions which should be put on a joint 2-3 times a day. However long reception of paracetamol can lead to increase of arterial pressure. Nonsteroid resolvents influence negatively on a gastroenteric path, and can lead to inflammation of mucous membrane in stomach, stomach ulcer development, infringement of kidneys functions.
At primary stage of osteoarthritis are used preparations promoting improvement of cartilage condition, while their constant reception, patients can get improvement of joints mobility of joints, because the necessary substances for joints enter into organism, and can become cartilage restoration.These preparations influence slowly, that is why it is necessary to take them for a long time.For sliding improvement and for inflammation removal, the doctor can appoint and inarticulate introduction of medicines, moreover at the same time can be taken anesthetizing medicines, such as lidocaine. This method of treatment works very quickly and many patients start apply it very active, however this method doesn’t treat disease, it only removes osteoarthritis symptoms.
When the degree of damaged joints is high while osteoarthritis, when there is sharp restriction of mobility, painful syndrome which is impossible to treat with the help of medicines, appoint endoprosthesis replacement of joints, and while the surgery damaged joint is replaced by artificial limb. More often this operation is spent on coxofemoral and knee joints. After this operation the patient can increase his physical activity. Also it can be spent arthroplasty – plastic operation on joint for restoration or correction of its functions, by replacement of joint surfaces with artificial materials.
