How do you feel when you meet an old person with a cane on the road?Will definitely sympathize and also believe that you will definitely not become like that!
No active young person imagines his old age with sickness and lameness;rather, the imagination pictures a young, smiling pensioner traveling around the world on healthy legs and a snow-white smile, as in a photo in a foreign magazine.
But illness is something insidious.And especially joint diseases.Climbing unnoticed, various diseases gradually destroy and deform the joints, which manifest themselves one fine morning in pain and the inability to move normally.
Among all joint pathologies, in terms of the number of requests for medical help, knee arthritis (gonorrhea, osteoarthritis of the knee) is at the top.According to statistics, every fifth person on the planet over 40 years old has gonorrhea and this disease "loves" women more than men.
What is knee arthritis and can it be avoided?Let's start with the definition of disease.
Knee osteoarthritis (gonorrhea, knee osteoarthritis) is a degeneration - dystrophy of joint cartilage.
It can be primary or secondary, meaning it occurs on the background of other diseases.
Causes of knee osteoarthritis
Usually, gonorrhea occurs due to:
- Traumatic knee injury.
- Excess body weight.
- Increase physical activity, including when playing professional sports.
- Pre-existing diseases (usually arthritis of various causes).
- Weak ligament apparatus.
- Metabolic disorders.
How does arthritis develop?
Knee osteoarthritis is divided into grades 1, 2, and 3. Let's take a closer look at the distinguishing features.
Symptoms of stage 1 knee osteoarthritis
Gonorrhea first manifests itself as pain when walking up stairs.The patient feels discomfort in the knee joint and pain, making it difficult to go down stairs.In other situations, the pain hardly arises and therefore the patient is happy to forget about it or carry out some treatment on his own, completely trusting the advice of friends who "also had it".
The frequency of pain caused the doctor to postpone until later, leading to the disease moving to a more serious level 2.
How does stage 2 disease manifest?
Stage 2 gonorrhea is characterized not only by severe pain but also by limited mobility in the joints.
The pain occurs more often, not only during exercise but also at rest.
The patient has difficulty bending and extending the knee, and hears a characteristic crunching sound in the joint when moving.
On visual inspection, joint swelling and mild joint deformity may be seen.
Patients with stage 2 gonorrhea are clinic patients who cannot cope with the severe pain and limited movement on their own, so they go to the doctor.
Does grade 3 arthritis mean disability?
Stage 3 arthritis of the knee joint is characterized by constant severe pain in the joint and loss of mobility.X-ray examination revealed dystrophic changes in cartilage tissue and severe deformation of the joints.So-called deforming arthritis develops.
Joint pain tends to increase at night and becomes most intense in the early morning hours.
A patient with grade 3 osteoarthritis can only walk with a cane. Do you remember our old man in the introduction?This is exactly who he is.
Treatment methods for knee osteoarthritis
The treatment of joint disease is a long process and requires perseverance and patience from the patient.The basic principles of gonorrhea treatment can be called:
- Systematic calculation.
- An integrated approach.
Treatment for arthritis should be done under the guidance of a doctor.It is he who must give you recommendations on how and how to treat the disease, which you must follow very carefully.You can also add traditional methods to your prescription, but only after your treating physician approves.
The beginning of treatment for gonorrhea, like any other disease, begins with the organization of a gentle treatment regimen.With gonorrhea, a gentle regimen is created for diseased joints.Physical activity and prolonged walking are excluded as much as possible.In your diet, you should limit salt, sweets, and fatty foods, and add lots of vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables to your diet.
Treatment with medication
- To relieve pain, drugs from the analgesic and antispasmodic groups are prescribed.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are very popular.Drugs in this group should not be prescribed for long periods of time due to many side effects.Therefore, long-acting tablets or injections and injections are more commonly used for treatment.NSAIDs alleviate the patient's condition, but do not eliminate the cause of gonorrhea.This task has been entrusted by medical science to another group of drugs - chondroprotectors.
- The action of chondroprotective drugs is based on restoring the normal production of joint fluid and damaged cartilage tissue.The drug is very effective in treating gonorrhea levels 1 and 2.
- Ointments, gels, therapeutic creams.They are applied topically, used for rubbing and compressing.Pharmacy chains offer a wide variety of drugs from this group;When buying, you should be guided not by the popularity in advertising of a particular ointment, but by the recommendations of a specialist.
- In case of exacerbation of the disease, not only exercise, but also massage and physiotherapy are excluded.They cannot be used in the acute phase due to increased pain.As soon as the pain subsides, massage, exercise, and physical therapy must be added to the drug treatment.The following procedures have been shown to be good in treating gonorrhea:
- Laser beam.
- SMT.
- Electrophoresis.
- Magnetic therapy.
- Ozokerit.
Unfortunately, in stage 3 of the disease, treatment with chondroprotective drugs is ineffective.
Traditional medicine and gonorrhea
In folk medicine, there are many different recipes for treating knee osteoarthritis.
Decoction of medicinal herbs:
- cranberries,
- cranberries,
- thyme,
- corn silk,
- golden mustache
Take orally and use as compresses.There are also methods of using rubbing alcohol for massage:
- bitter chili tincture,
- flying dunes,
- wood lice tincture.
Compresses made of medical bile, apple cider vinegar, cabbage and honey are also used in folk medicine.There is even a method to cure joint pain by tying raw fish to the painful area overnight!But we don't think many people will stick to this formula.
Important!Whatever folk remedies you choose, be sure to discuss the possibility of using them with your doctor!
How to prevent the development of gonorrhea - preventive measures
Preventing the appearance of knee osteoarthritis is not difficult if you think about it from a young age.How are precautionary rules formed?Very simple.Read the causes of the disease and do everything to avoid them, specifically:
- Do not overeat, adhere to a light diet and proper nutritional principles.
- We distribute physical activity wisely.
- Don't be too cold.
- Timely treatment of all diseases.
- Avoid injury.
- Gymnastics.
- Contact a professional promptly.
At first glance, the recommendations are quite simple.And if you follow them, gonorrhea will not threaten you.And you don't have to worry about age - after all, at the beginning of the article we agreed to travel around the world on our own two feet!