Osteoarthritis of the knee (gonarthrosis) is a complex disease of degenerative nature that affects bone and cartilage Department of the knee. The disease most often affects the knee Department of the lower limbs. Pathological changes in cartilage and periarticular areas, which in most cases develop on the background of injuries, biological aging, disorders of an autoimmune nature, seriously inhibit the locomotor capacity of the legs. Joint becomes almost fluid loses its stability, normal motor and cushioning. In the end, he gradually deformed, and in the last stages completely out of order.
Because pathology tend to progress quickly and not to succumb to conservative therapy, it is often necessary to resort to surgical intervention. Today, the main treatment grade 3-4 of osteoarthritis is joint replacement, or knee replacement endoprosthesis.
Attention! Prosthetics is sometimes advisable to spend and the 2 tbsp. if not marked improvement after using non-surgical treatment, and also when the development of rheumatoid arthritis contributed to the nature of the disease or other systemic disease.
Start the section with descriptions of the causes, stages, symptoms, and then delve into the issues of treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Patients important to investigate the therapeutic tactics read the following material to possess full information regarding the mechanism of origin and clinical manifestations of pathology. Just note that arthrosis and arthritis are closely linked, since the disease is a consequence of the disease. But where there are the unfortunate diseases that ruthlessly destroy the most important bone connection? What is the severity of gonarthrosis and what manifestations it is possible to recognize it?
Degenerative pathogenesis launch the following factors provocateurs:
Quite often, people themselves become perpetrators in order to develop hard-to-treat disease of the joints. Often, getting injured, they ignore the contact, preferring to do the first drug from pain, homemade lotions and the like. A few years later, due to held in the past, inadequate treatment, they come to the doctor already with osteoarthritis, in the best case – moderate. And there is one physical prevention and analgesic ointments, as a very early period, it will not do to act often have radically applying surgical tactics.
In orthopedics, the disease is divided into stage from which further pushes the expert when drawing up the regimens. Of course, the specifics of the therapy in addition depends on the etiology of osteoarthritis, that is, the reasons and conditions of occurrence, and many other criteria. The extent, the nature, the location, the nature of the origin of the destruction of the bone joints in the knee are revealed through a series of diagnostic procedures such as x-rays, MRI, CT, ultrasound, different types of blood and urine of the patient.
Qualitative treatment of the question can not be deployed without information about the state of the knee joint, and the peculiarities of the patient, and without a visit to the doctor and obtain from him adequate therapeutic recommendations. Thus, in order to improve the quality of life, do not ignore a visit to a skilled specialist, only he is able to tell you whether you can do skilled conservative through-or still in your problem will be effective only surgery.
A simplified diagram of the stages of degeneration of the knee joint, from complete absence, to the last degree of osteoarthritis.
As previously mentioned, pathology has several stages of development, according to the classification of Kellgren's only four of them. They all characterize the severity of morphological changes (presence of osteophytes, reducing the volume of the articular cartilage and the degree of thinning, narrowing of the joint space, etc.) and clinical symptoms (limitation of flexion/extension, the increased reference ability, character and intensity of pain, etc.). Now consider stage.
The severity of clinical manifestations depends not only on the pathological features, but also from the factor of individuality. Anyway, pleasant enough in gonarthrosis, is very hard and on the 2nd, and 3-4 tbsp. Into a common list of symptoms includes:
Bezoperatsionnye methods of treatment suitable in the initial phase of deforming arthrosis. The principle of non surgical treatment and prevention of progression of osteoarthritis of the knee includes:
Now take a look at surgical ways in which often there is a need, because in the early stage, the pathology is often invisible. Mostly have to deal already with osteoarthritis in full "bloom", which covered a large-scale joint structures and affected periarticular matter.
Exercise irreversible pathogenesis will not fix it, you have to understand it. Newfangled ointments and even drugs from the drugs for the joints, not to mention my grandmother's advice to be treated gelatin, too, a special role will not play. High than they can help in a bad situation is to prepare the musculoskeletal system to the operation, particularly with regard to physical therapy and use medications for your joints.
We will focus on autologous transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells to a patient with osteoarthritis of the knee, taken from the crest of the pelvic or femoral bone. Cell therapy, according to concerned sources, thus achieving almost self-renewal of the entire joint due to the activation of regenerative processes of self-healing in the damaged segment. Thanks to this technology it is theoretically possible to achieve improvement of the legal units of bone and cartilage of the body. In practice, however, there was no "live" x-ray evidence, which confirmed that after introduction of stem cells into the affected area of the joint is healthy.
The positive impact of stem cells on the joints and bones are not proven and doubtful, because this technique in orthopedics is still not recognized. Its scientists are just learning and experimenting. Moreover, there is information regarding unsafe effects on the human body stem cells, which, in the opinion of professional experts, capable to provoke a cancer. What about those people who paid for the procedure, it was satisfied with the result? Here you can only say one thing: many patients believe for the money, and in eternal life, but the placebo effect only lasts so long, don't forget about it too.
We all know that people from ancient times turned to folk methods to fight against different diseases. And in this modern age, despite an adequate development of officially recognized medicine, this direction has not lost relevance. But we should not forget that folk remedies are used as ancillary activities that complement basic therapy, but not a replacement to it. Thanks to the popular recipes are really a few to calm the symptoms and enhance the effect of the treatment prescribed for arthritis and arthrosis of the knee. But, again, as we have repeatedly warned, the only early manifestation of adverse morphological changes.
What ways did not invent people and traditional healers! Among the great variety of recipes there are tinctures, balms, miracle ointment with vodka and oil, the same gelatin, honey and many other ingredients. One of the recipes even include bear bile, which is of no use to the joint has not. The effectiveness of each method of folk therapy is difficult to judge, individually: someone becomes easier, and someone tried everything, but nothing extraordinary, promised by the authors of developments occurred. And all because from deforming arthrosis just to get rid of in advanced cases, the output of one operation.
