Knee arthrosis - symptoms and treatment

Knee joint arthrosis is the most common disease of the muscular system, which is complete destruction or deformation of cartilage tissue.According to statistics, up to 22% of the entire population of the world suffer from it.Basically, such a disease is found in people of advanced age or athletes.Any person who meets such an unpleasant disease has the question: How to treat the arthrosis of the knee knot?

Causes of arthrosis

Before starting the direct treatment of arthritis, it is necessary to find out why it was raised.The reasons for this are very diverse:

• Large loads.Active physical exercises should correspond to age.Therefore, it is advisable to play a person after 40 years to play sports on moderate borders and loads.Unable to cope with the difficult task that the elderly people set, the joints cannot resist and are damaged.Sometimes micrococks may appear, which are not visually visible, and they can cause harm to the damage;
• Traumatism.This is what becomes a source of arthritis among young people.Anydo fracture, displacement or damage to the meniscus can cause the development of the disease.Indeed, to cure damage, you need to fix the knee.Deterioration in this blood flow leads to arthrosis;
• Obesity and excess weight.All the severity of the body to go to the knee joint, the cartilage tissue is destroyed under such a load that leads to the disease.If, in addition to being overweight, there is also varicose veins, it is quite possible to develop a severe form of arthrosis;
• Violation of metabolism.In such a situation, there is often a deficiency of calcium, which adversely affects the condition of the bone and cartilage as a whole;
• Stressful situations.Anydo nerve overload, stress adversely affects the health of human joints.To avoid this, it is worth resting more often, not working hard and constantly alternatives to mental work with physical.

The symptoms of arthrosis of the knee joint

Symptoms with knee arthritis are quite diverse but very characteristic:

1. Pain in the early stages of the disease, is quite weak and feels with a strong physical exercise.This condition can last a couple of years until the disease is aggravated.When the arthrosis of the knee joint occurs, the pain becomes more pronounced.The knee can even hurt at rest after a long walking or in the rise of heavy things;
2. Crunch.It is characteristic of severe pain.Appears in 2-3 stages of arthrosis;
3. deformity.In the early stages of the knee, slightly swollen, then it begins to change its shape;
4. Limited mobility.Occurs in the late stages of the disease.All efforts to bend, and adjust the knee cause acute pain.Movement is only possible at the foot of half fate;
5. Baker cyst.This is the name of an elastic stamp on the back of the knee.Occurs due to the accumulation of a large amount of joint fluid.It is easily treated without surgical intervention.

Ladder

1. 1 degree of knee joint arthrosis continues almost asymptomatic.It can be characterized by foot fatigue and a short -term violation of mobility that occurs after sleep.Pain can be irrelevant.Pathology can only be detected using an X -Ray.
2. 2 degree of knee joint arthrosis, the pain becomes vulnerable.It occurs with prolonged loads on the joint and disappears after a long break.A crisis is added to it when you walk, the progression of the synovitis (Baker cysts), a change in joint bones, knee bending difficulties.
3. 3 degree of knee joint arthrosis is characterized by severe pain outside the loads.The second characteristic is the inability of a person to bend his leg to his own.The pain is very disturbing during sleep, the affected area actively reacts to the weather.Deformation of the knee joint can lead to disability.

Diagnosis of the disease

To begin with, the participating doctor interviews the patient and examines it.After that, an examination in the form of radiography is necessarily described.Moreover, the doctor can be referred to MRI and the calculated tomography.Using such a complex of procedures, you can discover the exact causes of the disease and understand that these are gonartrosis, and not another disease.

Way to cure knee joint arthrosis

When the diagnosis is made, you can continue to treat the direction.Includes several methods:

• Drug treatment.
• Massage therapy, physiotherapy.
• Surgery.
• Recovery.

Physical procedures, massage and diet are very important.Comprehensive treatment should eliminate the pain, create motor function of the joint, if it is possible to restore the cartilage.

Treatment with medication

Medicines have more intentions to get rid of the pain as it prevents you from starting direct treatment yourself.To do this, the doctor prescribes soothing soothing and non -steroidal anti -inflammatory medicines, ointments, gel.

When all of the above do not help, they prescribe treatment with hormone medicines. This method can cause many side effects.That is why only short courses of their request are determined.

1. Ointments can relieve pain and reduce inflammation slightly. 
2. Hyaluronic acid is a very effective drug in the early stages of arthrosis.The medicine is administered directly in the union.This procedure should only be performed by a highly qualified specialist.Indeed, in the case of penetration of acid into the blood, there may be major complications.
3. Drugs for joints can affect the cause of arthrosis itself, especially in the initial phase. Medications restore the production of joint fluid and damaged cartilage.

Physical therapy

Such treatment is very effective in the early stages of knee arthrosis: relieves pain, helps restore functional joint abilities, eliminates spasm with a muscle.An individual physical exercise program is chosen by the doctor based on the exam results.

Surgery

Surgical treatment is different.It depends on the degree of intervention:

1. Arthroscopy.This procedure is performed using the introduction of an endoscopy and auxiliary tools in specially made in union.Thus, the fabrics that have become a source of pain are removed.The operation is frugal and can be repeated repeatedly.It is also performed in the first stage of the disease;
2. Osteotomy.It is an artificial fracture so that bone tissue grows properly.Such a procedure is performed by deforming the knee joint;
3. Endoprostetics.Such surgery is performed by complete replacement of the damaged knee joint with the implant.

Proper food

Very often, the cause of arthrosis development can be a simple malfunction in metabolism.After all, this leads to a variety of overweight and overweight, which causes arthritis.That is why a particular diet should be observed during the treatment period.

The patient should consume foods rich in vitamins and macro elements as well as count calories.You should often eat in small portions, which will speed up metabolism.Breakfast must be full and heartfelt to reserve energy for the whole day.In the daily diet, cereals, plants, vegetables, fruits and vegetables should be present.

It is necessary to exclude fat and sharp dishes, soda, semi -finished products from reception.It is undesirable to use bananas, grapes, cabbage, tomatoes, Bulgarian pepper, all kinds of cakes and chocolate.Remember that in this period, more than ever, protein is needed.Therefore, the use of cottage cheese, kefir and cheese must be mandatory.

You should eat dinner no later than two hours before bedtime.All day it is advisable to drink up to two liters of water.If the patient certainly does not suffer from kidney disease.

Traditional medicine

A cure for knee joint arthrosis can be prepared with your hands.They can be all kinds of ointments, compresses, lotions.But you should only use them in combination with other medicines and only after consulting a doctor.

1. Dandelion.Its flowers are washed and eaten up to 6 pieces a day.They also prepare a decoction.For this, the dried pork is poured with boiling water.Once cooled, they drink 1/3 cup three times a day.Also prepared preparation of dandelion solution.To prepare it, you need to get a dark bottle, fill it with flowers and pour alcohol.After a persistent month, you can use it as friction in the injured joint.
2. Aloe a cleaned sheet can be adjusted in the knee for the whole night.This will help reduce pain and relieve swelling.From this plant, you can prepare a rubbing tool.To do this, a dozen leaves are crushed in a meat grinder.Then squeeze the juice through the gauze and mix it with half a glass of honey.Add 150 milliliters of wine and mix, put everything in a dark place.You have to use a month.
3. For an effective compress, you can get salt, mustard and sand.Mix all ingredients, heat in the pan and place in a bag.Apply to the injured area.This method of treatment will help activate the recovery process, improve blood flow and relieve pain.