What is arthrosis of osseous joints? In order for the treatment of the disease to be effective, the patient needs competent and active participation. The patient must have the necessary knowledge about his disease. We will talk about this in the article "What is arthrosis of the bony joints".

So what is it?

Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that is associated with joint damage. Cartilage, joint ligaments, bone articular structures can be destroyed, etc. The most correct name for arthrosis is osteoarthrosis."Osteo" - bone, and "arthritis" refers to damage to the joint Osteoarthritis is considered age, an old man's disease In this disease affects not only the cartilage tissue, but bone Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease scientists have come to believe that arthritis is a....set of diseases with similar symptoms. The disease is ancient, found signs of osteoarthritis, even in people who have lived in the stone age. in his old age arthritis bone joint manifested practically in most people. Well Osteoarthritisie the finger joints usually occurs in women.

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Osteoarthritis most commonly affects the lower limbs. If we talk about the joints of the upper extremities, the arthritis most commonly affects the small joints of the phalanges and the small joints of the hand. Osteoarthritis can also affect the joint of the spine apparatus. This leads to osteochondrosis.there is another kind of spine osteoarthritis - is ankylosing spondylitis occurs fusion of vertebrae X-ray examination shows that the spine is similar to a bamboo stick...

Manifestation of arthrosis

The onset of the disease occurs almost asymptomatically. It can be recognized only on an x-ray. With timely diagnosis and comprehensive treatment, you can achieve a suspension of disease progression. For self-diagnosis, you should pay attention to the following symptoms: with physical exertion, pain appears;In the mornings stiffness of movements is observed and this state lasts no more than half an hour;Movements are limited;There is a crunch in the joint;There is swelling of the joint.

Arthrosis of the joints is primary or secondary. Primary arthrosis manifests itself in a practically healthy joint. The reason may be a greater physical load, which exceeds the strength of the articular cartilage. Secondary arthrosis is directly related to the effects of injuries or is inflammatory.

At the initial stage of arthrosis, a small pain occurs only when the joints are loaded, and then passes after resting with the joint relaxation. Often, pain occurs under the influence of deteriorating weather conditions. It can be high atmospheric pressure, lowering of temperature, high humidity of air. The starting pain in the first movements after rest is usually shortly after the movement. Start pain is associated with friction of the joint surfaces."Blockade of the joint" is associated with the infringement of the bone or cartilaginous fragment. Another mechanism of pain appears in secondary inflammation, the so-called reactive synovitis. There is already constant pain, which does not depend on the movement. The joint warms and increases in volume. Treatment of osteoarthritis

main goal of treatment of osteoarthritis - to prevent further progression of cartilage degeneration, as well as possible and to maintain joint function. In the treatment it is necessary to take into account the variety of factors that led to the disease. The determining factor in the treatment is mechanical unloading of the joint. It may be recommended to reduce body weight with obesity, exclude prolonged stay in a certain position, long standing on the feet, long walking, carrying heavy weights.

  1. Therapeutic physical training. It is held in a sitting or lying position and includes passive movements. At the beginning of the disease, patients are shown swimming, cycling. In advanced stages of the disease the patient will have to walk with a stick or with crutches. It is a mistake to think that the joint needs to be intensively developed. This will only strengthen the pain syndrome and provoke an exacerbation of the synovitis.
  2. Medication therapy. The goal of drug therapy is to reduce reactive inflammation, to stop pain syndrome, to normalize metabolic processes in the joint tissues. Conventional analgesics should not be widely used. In medicine, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs( NSAIDs) are used. They have analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. Usually elderly patients are appointed "Brufen."For elderly patients, it relieves pain quite well, with a minimum of side effects. They are also used in the treatment of Orthofen, Diclofenac, Voltaren. The effectiveness and tolerability of drugs in each patient is individual. Given the negative side effects of some drugs, you can prescribe them in the form of rectal suppositories or to make intramuscular injections. These drugs are recommended to use the patient for the period of exacerbation.
  3. Physiotherapeutic methods of treatment. They serve to reduce the pain syndrome, to reduce muscle spasm, to improve microcirculation and positive effects on the metabolic processes in the joints. When exacerbation, ultraviolet irradiation is used, laser exposure, magnetic fields are used. In the period of reducing the exacerbation, for example, electromagnetic fields, impulse currents, etc. are used.
  4. Therapeutic massage. He should be gentle. During the massage, you should avoid mechanical impact on the joint capsule. With the right massage the painful muscular spasm will decrease, the tone of weakened muscles will increase, the functional abilities of the patient will improve.
  5. Surgical treatment. Indications for surgery are a pronounced degree of arthrosis, pain syndrome, tight joint mobility, joint damage. Contraindications to surgical intervention is the presence of an inflammatory process either in the place of the proposed operation, or in the body as a whole.