Arthrosis is a condition of the joints that occurs with a natural course of years.Its main symptoms are pain and limitation of movements.Arthrosis is widespread - arthrosis is sick of 10 to 15% of all residents of the earth.It is impossible to heal arthrosis, like old age, but to pay attention to this process in time is to extend your “youth of joints” and move without problems!
All arthrosis is divided into primary and secondary.
Primary arthrosis is a disease that occurs naturally due to age -related changes in cartilage.Arthrosis may develop previously or later in life due to hereditary predisposition, metabolic disorders, increased joint loads associated with working conditions or overweight.The age of arthrosis has recently been younger and the disease has been developing from 30 to 40 years.At the same time, women suffer 2.5 times more often than men.In most cases, 30% of people already have joint changes in 50 years and, at 60, certain arthrosis manifestations appear in almost all and the difference in the field is already absent.
Secondary arthrosis is the result of the injury before.It can develop at any age.
The Arthrosis Development Mechanism
Normally, the articulation surface is absolutely uniform, smooth and elastic.They move freely, sliding thanks to the joint fluid that plays the role of lubrication.At the same time, the articulation surface, due to its elasticity, folds a little at the highest pressure sites, redistributes the load, making it more uniform and acts as a damper.With arthrosis, the cartilage covers the surface of the changes in the joints.It loses softness and elasticity.With arthrosis in some places, the cartilage becomes thinner and deeper, in others it grows and changes, losing the normal structure.Small fragments of cartilage appear in the joint liquid, and the joint liquid itself changes as and the quantity.
Arthrosis Manifestations
At first, due to a decrease in joint fluid amount, normal joint operation is disturbed and pain appears during movement.As a rule, they appear after intensive physical work, go through themselves, if you rest but return, you just need to resume the load.At the same time, or a little later, the joint begins to hurt at night.Soft tissues around the joint are inflamed, they “swell” and excessive fluid may appear in the joint.Effusion.The result of a slow inflammatory reaction.It is due to the modification of its own joint tissue.Now the fabric is not native.It becomes altered - a stranger!And it is good if the immune system does not start "attacking" this fabric.Otherwise, the process enters the category of autoimmune arthrosis.If the disease progresses, there is a limitation of movements, first due to pain and then due to the growth of the altered cartilage, which deforms the joint and does not allow it to move normally.
Arthrosis is a chronic disease.Sometimes the disease can occur for years, only from time to time remembered and, in some cases, develops before a severe stage in a few months.It should be remembered that in the first place - in any course, arthrosis does not appear suddenly and, secondly - if the disease is not treated, its symptoms increase over time, interfering in life, worsening the quality of life and sometimes leading to disability and immobility.
Arthrosis prevention
It is impossible to prevent the appearance of arthrosis!But to protect yourself from your quick appearance and progression ... it is possible, necessary and necessary!It is necessary to exclude injuries and excessive loads in the joints.Moderate load is useful because it improves blood supply and joint feeding.For the prevention of arthrosis, any repeated rhythmic movements are adequate: walking, skiing.Those who have overweight need to reduce body weight to reduce the load in the joints.The normalization of metabolic processes decreases the development of arthrosis;Therefore, you need to treat endocrine diseases in a timely manner and eat right.
Treatment of arthrosis
If you notice joint pain after load, the feeling of severity and short -term stiffness, the joint crisis, the limitation of mobility or other signs of arthrosis, it is necessary to consult a doctor as soon as possible, which will determine the degree of disease and prescribe the proper treatment of arthrosis.Also, it is necessary to find out if it is really arthrosis.Similar symptoms may appear with arthritis, which, unlike arthrosis, are inflammatory in nature and are treated with another method.
The choice of treatment for arthrosis depends on which articulation affects the disease, as expressed the symptoms and changes in cartilage.In the early stages of the disease, conservative methods of treatment are used: physiotherapy, massage, therapeutic mud and anti -inflammatory drugs.Although non -esteroid anti -inflammatory drugs significantly reduce pain, they should be taken very carefully.With regular use, they affect liver function, alter blood composition and can cause the stomach and intestine ulcers to appear.Therefore, it should be preferred homeopathic and non -Drug methods that act longer and do not violate the functioning of body systems.
Medicine cannot yet rotate the changes that have already occurred in the joints.At the same time, with timely qualified treatment, a significant decrease or complete elimination of pain and the restoration of mobility is possible.The sooner treatment begins, the easier it is to avoid unpleasant consequences of the disease.In some cases, when the disease has already developed, it is impossible to eliminate pain and return joint mobility, the destroyed joint is surgically removed, replacing surgically endoprosthesis.