What is Ankylosis?

Description

Ankylosis - complete or partial immobilization of the joint as a result of significant destruction of articular cartilage and fusion of the joint surfaces due to pathological changes in the joint. In the process of ankylosing, the joint first becomes stiff and later completely free of mobility. There is a splicing of the ends of the joints of the jointed bones.

The disease is accompanied by a violation of statics and pain. Often caused by manifestations of inflammatory nature in the joints, acute or chronic infections, fractures inside the joints.

Reasons for

There are many reasons for the onset of the disease. These include:

  • arthritis and arthrosis;
  • acute or chronic joint infections;
  • intraarticular fractures;
  • joint fracture in injuries and injuries;
  • suppurative processes that provoke degeneration of the cartilaginous tissue of the joint;
  • stay in the gypsum for a long period.

Symptoms of ankylosis of the joint Ankylosis of the joint is fibrous and bony. With fibrotic( false) ankylosis, the joint retains a slight mobility, pain is felt. With bone ankylosis( true) - movements and pain are absent completely.

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The location of ankylosis is divided into functionally convenient( profitable) and functionally uncomfortable( unprofitable).

Symptoms of

Ankylosis and contracture have a common symptom - problems with joint mobility. Contracture - restriction of mobility of the joint due to shortening of the joint tissue. The remaining symptoms are related to the position in which the limb was fixed.

If ankylosis of the knee joint fixes the limb in a bent position, the patient will not be able to move. If the fixation occurred with a straightened leg, then walking is possible.

Diagnosis

At the first sign of ankylosis, you must immediately contact an orthopedist, traumatologist or surgeon.

Diagnosis of the disease includes:

  • visual examination of an orthopedic or rheumatologist;
  • radiographic examination of the joint;
  • ultrasound;
  • MRI;
  • computed tomography.

The conclusion is made after an accurate determination of the cause of the disease.

Treatment of

Treatment of ankylosis of the knee Treatment of ankylosis can be conservative and surgical. The method is chosen depending on the type of disease and the results of the diagnosis. The key to successful treatment of the inflammatory process of the joint is considered to be an integrated approach. Several methods of treatment are used.

Conservative methods involve the removal of pain in the joints and full motion:

  • massage;
  • medical gymnastics;
  • chiropractic;
  • sanatorium treatment;
  • treatment of the underlying disease.

Also prescribed medication treatment with hormones, chondoprotectors, anti-inflammatory drugs, which are injected directly into the joint. Edema is removed with the use of physiotherapy( UHF, electrophoresis).

The surgical method of treatment uses arthroplasty( joint correction).Separate the ends of the joints and insert gaskets made of plastic tissue to form new surfaces of the joints.

In complex cases, endoprosthetics( complete joint replacement) or transplantation of donor tissues are performed.

Folk remedies

Folk methods of treatment of ankylosis Folk remedies can not completely cure ankylosis. They can be used additionally in combination with medicinal treatment to relieve pain and inflammation.

Popular popular recipes include the following:

  1. Compress of grated raw potatoes, camphor oil, any clay or crushed laurel leaves should be applied to the problem area. Repeat the procedure until the pain disappears.
  2. Joint pain will soothe warm herbal baths( 10 liters of water - 100 g of bleached).Collections for joints can be purchased at any pharmacy.
  3. For anesthesia, tincture of mullein( 50 g per 0.5 liter of alcohol or vodka) is suitable.

Complications of

In the early stage of ankylosis, specialists give the patient an encouraging prognosis. Usually joint functions are restored.

In advanced cases it is possible to deform the joint and its further prosthetics. After surgery, joint mobility, as a rule, is not observed. A serious complication is suppuration, after which ankylosis again returns.

At the first symptoms of ankylosis, joint examination for inflammatory education is necessary.

Prevention

To prevent the development of ankylosis to the affected joints, we must be more careful. For the prevention of regular physical exercises, physiotherapy, therapeutic massage, physiotherapy, sanatorium treatment are required.

Excessive stress, fracture and injury should be avoided. To prevent the functionally wrong fusion of the joint tissues, it is necessary to correctly immobilize( create immobility) the damaged tissues, in a favorable position.

In the presence of any infectious or inflammatory diseases, a mandatory preventive examination is indicated.