Arthosis is a disease, as a result of which cartilage is destroyed within the joint. Over time, with osteoarthritis, serious changes begin, causing the inflammatory process in periarticular tissues. The treatment of osteoarthritis is mandatory, otherwise, the disease will spread to the majority of the person's joints, which will lead to disability.
The main signs of the disease
There are several symptoms of osteoarthritis. When walking, pain appears. But in the initial stage, they are very bad and very often perceive as leg fatigue. In the next stage, pain feels with physical effort. And in the next stage, pain syndrome will even be in a stationary position. If there is a cardiovascular disease, then the pain will also feel with the weather.
- If there is a dry crunch in the joints, then this is also a sign of osteoarthritis.
- Such crunch occurs due to the friction of the joints that are and.
- In the next stages, the crunch will become stronger and more rude.
- It should be remembered that the usual crunch of joints, accompanied by a sound crunch, is not a symptom of the disease.
- One of the symptoms is the inactivity of the joints.
- This is due to muscle spasm, the appearance of growth in bones and peaks, as well as a decrease in the joint gap.
- At the same time, the joints affected by osteoarthritis are modified.
They deform due to the development of growth and peaks. The explosion of the synovial fluid begins, which presses the joint from the inside. This increase is associated with the irritation of the joint tissue, and is called synovitis. Sometimes, osteoarthritis is confused with arthritis, but these are completely different diseases. With arthritis, pain will be during movement and most of the time during the day. And with osteoarthritis, pain is more acute, strong and does not depend on the time of day, as well as the movement. They can often occur even with an immobilized state.
What are the degrees of osteoarthritis?
In the first stage, obvious symptoms cannot occur. These will be a minor pain. But pathological changes have already begun in the synovial housing. At the same time, the muscles are already weakened, but still maintain their shape. In the second stage, the joints begin to collapse and osteophytes (cones and growth) appear. The pain becomes more pronounced, although they can be tolerated. A violation of muscle functions begins.
- In the third stage, the deformations of the support sites of the joints and the axes of the limbs begin.
- The joint bag becomes rude, the ligaments are shorter.
- And this leads to severe pain and chronic inflammation.
- The normal connection points are deformed.
- The muscles also suffer, as they begin to stretch, to contract.
- Then, these violations apply to all joint fabrics and immobilize them.
Reasons
It is important to know the causes of osteoarthritis, since treatment methods depend on this.The appearance of the disease causes a violation of metabolism in the joints, due to which the cartilage begins to lose its elasticity. If cracks are formed in the cartilage, then there is a loss of proteoglycans. Doctors point out that osteoarthritis in older people and causes of occurrence are very connected. It is at this age that pressure problems begin, concomitant diseases occur (for example, psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis), etc.
The main causes of the development of osteoarthritis are considered:
- joint injuries;
- disturbed metabolism;
- overweight;
- purulent arthritis;
- poor nutrition;
- hypothermia;
- Automatic car diseases;
- poisoning;
- tuberculosis;
- sexually transmitted diseases;
- hemophilia;
- Allow disease;
- Thyroid diseases.
Symptoms
The signs of osteoarthritis allow you to quickly diagnose the disease in the initial stages. With osteoarthritis, symptoms and treatment are interconnected, since the faster begins to be treated, the better. There are several specific characteristics:
- Crunch. It occurs with any movement, since the bones in the joint rub each other due to the decrease in the softness of rotation. With osteoarthritis, this crunch sounds very "dry", which allows you to distinguish this symptom from the signs of other diseases.
- Pain. Naturally, in this case, the patient feels severe pain. With osteoarthritis, pain is accompanied by certain characteristics. They feel when making movements, and in a state of rest there are no unpleasant sensations. Pain during sleep with joint diseases can only appear with the progression of arthritis. They are painful sensations in different stages that allow it to determine the stage of osteoarthritis. If osteoarthritis has appeared for a long time, pain will feel almost constantly.
- Mobility bridge of the joint. The more arthritis develops, the more arthritis loses its mobility. As a result, the disease can cause complete immobility of the joints.
- Joint deformation. It manifests itself in the last stages of the disease.
Non -fragmentary methods
- Balanced diet, a healthy lifestyle. To prevent the progression of the disease, patients should clearly observe the mode of work and rest, eat healthy foods.
- Today there are special schools to cover the methods to treat osteoarthritis. Training courses help the patient adapt to their ailment and fight successfully.
- Reducing the load in the joints. If there is excess body weight, it must be reduced; This will help normalize metabolic processes and also reduce the load in the joints.
- Medical physical education is carried out in the non -construction stage, performed in the position of bedtime or sitting. Change and skiing are very useful.
- Physiotherapeutic methods: the effect of heat in the affected area (for example, paraffin applications), laser therapy, ultrasound and electrical stimulation of the nerves.
- The use of several download devices. With the damage to the legs, it is recommended to walk with a cane, with the osteoarthritis of the knee joint, the backrest wedges are used; This is how it can reduce the load in the joints and, therefore, reduce the manifestations of the disease.
- Massage improves blood circulation and helps restore joint mobility.
- Arthrosis patients show a Spa resort vacation, which have a favorable effect both on the condition of the joint system and throughout the body as a whole. The recovery in the sanatorium must take place outside the exacerbation stage of osteoarthritis, after examining the doctor and taking into account their recommendations.
Medications
Medication therapy is the main method in treatment. The choice of medications for the treatment of osteoarthritis is not so large, all medications used can be divided into two large groups:
- Symptomatic medications affect the manifestations of the disease (analgesics, non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs -aine, glucocortic glycocortoid hormones). By applying them, pain and inflammation disappear in a short time, which improves the quality of life.
- Cacondroprotectors: products that restore damaged cartilage tissue and metabolic tissue due to the activation of blood flow and stimulate the appearance of new cartilage cells.
Symptomatic agents are designed to eliminate the main manifestations of the disease and prescribe to patients first. Condroprotectors contribute to stop the progression of the disease and must be taken for a long period of time.
The basic principles to get rid of pathology
The complex treatment of arthrosis of the joints, like any other negative process, pursues 3 main objectives:
- Impact on the causes that lead to osteoarthritis;
- Elimination of negative pathological processes that accompany osteoarthritis;
- Elimination of osteoarthritis symptoms.
According to this, the main treatment areas include:
- Elimination of serious concomitant diseases;
- Body weight correction;
- Improving the nutrition of the joint cartilage;
- Inhibition of local inflammatory reactions and their consequences: soft tissue edema and intra -articular accumulation of fluid;
- Anesthesia;
- Stabilization and articular expansion of the volume of movements.
For this purpose, the following treatment methods for osteoarthritis are used:
- Pharmacological treatment;
- Physiotherapy;
- Massage;
- Medical Gymnastics;
- Popular treatment methods;
- Surgical intervention.
Treatment with popular remedies
Among the popular remedies, a large number of plants are used in the form of ointments, compresses, friction, lotions and some of them can be taken inside. The best effect is achieved from a combination of several plants that have a multidirectional effect: analgesic, anti -inflammatory, decongestant, improving blood circulation and improves tissue nutrition. Before starting the use of popular treatment, it is recommended to consult a doctor about contraindications.
In the treatment of the osteoarthritis of the knee joint, it was better established:
- León tooth flowers (fresh and dry): they can be chewed or infused from them. The newly combined lion tooth flowers are washed and eat 5 to 6 pieces daily. In addition, you can pour a tablespoon of dry lion tooth with a glass of boiling water and, after cooling, drinking a third of a glass three times a day. From the flowers, alcohol tincture is also made: half a liter of dark bottle at the top is filled with dandelion, pouring vodka or alcohol. Sin in a dark place for a month, and then rub the tincture in the sore joint. The treatment course is 1 month.
- Fine root is used for many diseases to relieve inflammation and pain. It is easier to make compresses from him. To do this, rub hell, put it in a gauze napkin and tight to the painful leg. In the upper part, the compress is covered with a wool fabric and is left throughout the night. Instead of the grated dough, you can use plant juice. The compresses do daily for 1 month.
- ALOE has multiple effects and can be used successfully for osteoarthritis. Eliminates pain, inflammation, edema, stimulates the recovery processes in the joint, improves blood circulation and lymphatic flow. With severe manifestations of osteoarthritis, you can apply the peeled leaves of the skin throughout the night. In addition, from aloe leaves, garbage is made: 10 large and fleshy aloe leaves, moving through a meat grinder and squeezes through gauze. Mix the 1/2 honey cup and 150 ml of red wine. Mix the composition well, pour into a dark bottle and use daily for a month.
- The breasts are used in a dye. For its preparation, a half -liter bottle is filled in the upper part with a saber of dry swampy grass and is seen with vodka. After a month of storage at room temperature, the tincture is filtered, the grass is squeezed. Tincture is taken orally (20 drops 2 times a day) or used for compresses. The compress is placed in a sore joint at night and isolated with a wool cloth at the top. The saber fish has an anti -inflammatory effect, normalizes the composition of the intra -articular fluid and helps restore cartilage plasticity.
- A salt compress, dry mustard and sand. Mix all the components, place it on a baking and heat tray. In hot shape, pour the mixture into a fabric bag and place it to the duel, keep it until it cools. The procedure eliminates pain well, improves blood circulation and stimulates recovery processes, but in the acute period said compress is prohibited.
- Honey compresses with salt are made with severe pain in the joint. To do this, mix 100 g of honey and a tablespoon of salt, place the dough on the fabric and apply to the leg throughout the night. In the upper part of the joint, you must wrap with a wool fabric.
Nutrition
In the treatment of osteoarthritis, an important condition for rapid recovery is adequate nutrition. Doctors prohibit excessively eating so that the patient does not win additional kilos. After all, this is an additional load in the meetings.
But it is forbidden to die of hunger, since the complete regeneration of the cartilage tissue requires vitamins and trace elements. To reduce weight, you must adjust the diet excluding fat and flour products.
It is also important to stop drinking alcohol and, especially, beer. Most doctors recommend consuming as much garbage as possible. This is not surprising, since it contains a natural substance as a collagen that can improve the elasticity and mobility of the cartilage. Be sure to pay attention to products that contain pyridoxin. These are bananas, potatoes, cabbage and nuts. With osteoarthritis, it must consume as many legumes and herbs as possible (they contain folic acid), as well as eggs, fungi, liver and dairy products (riboflavin is in its composition).
All the main principles of a healthy diet in this disease are the following points:
- It is not recommended to eat heavy food at night;
- You must eat fractionally;
- Be sure to control body weight;
- In a state of remission, after eating, it is necessary to give small walks.
Arthosis is a very common disease and, therefore, is treated very successfully. The main thing is that this will consult a doctor in the first manifestations of the disease and then cannot worry about complications.
Osteoarthritic prevention
The prevention of osteoarthritis due to age and professional overload is to combat premature aging of the body through rational nutrition, sufficient physical activity and hardening of the body. It is also necessary to eliminate professional harmful as much as possible.
For the prevention of osteoarthritis that occurs in the context of injuries or any disease, it is necessary to carry out an adequate timely treatment of underlying diseases.