One of the most frequent reasons people seek medical help is back pain and joints. There are probably no people who have not been affected by these problems, and with age, unfortunately, the pain in the back and joints reminds more and more persistent.
One of the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system is arthrosis. It's about him we'll tell you in this article.
Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease of a degenerative-dystrophic nature in which the articular cartilage, the joint capsule, gradually occurs. Bone tissue, which is directly below the porous cartilage, thickens unevenly and compensates for the loads, that is, the joint deformation occurs.
In addition, this disease is called: Osteoarthrosis deformation of arthrosis or arthritis as the originally occurring damage to the tissue leads to the inflammatory process of the joint.
What is the difference between arthritis
These two diseases are often confused because of the harmony of the names and due to the fact that both arthosis and arthritis affect the joints. Meanwhile, these are different diseases and which are very important, they are treated in different ways.
Osteoarthritis most often develops in old age (from 45 years and older), this gradually takes place for age -related joint formation.
On the contrary, arthritis begins more often at a young age (up to 40 years). Of course, there are exceptions, for example, after a cold or flu in an older person, arthritis can develop, or vice versa in a young serious an athletes based on physical overload, arthrosis occurs of the knee joints.
2% of the world's population suffers from different arthritis and often young people. About 10% of our planet suffers from arthrosis, and if young arthosis affects relatively rarely, the number of patients with arthrosis increases repeatedly. In the age group for 50-year-olds, every third person has these or other phenomena, and every second is somebody among 70-year-old arthrosis.
If only joints suffer from arthrosis and the whole body is usually not involved in the pathological process, on the contrary, the whole body is included in the inflammatory process, and only "Icberg" is inflammation with artthritis, as the internal organs almost always suffer (often the heart, liver, kidneys), therefore, if sufficient treatment is not carried out, there is no sufficient. Serious threat to the patient's life.
With arthritis, inflammation of the joints is usually manifested by their redness, swelling, severe pain that does not fall to rest, and sometimes, on the contrary, intensify at night.
With osteoarthritis, the pain manifests itself mainly only when moving or physical exertion, while it may not be very strong (especially at the beginning of the disease). Therefore, people often start the disease. In the second phase, the pain is already manifested by a slight load and in the third - even at rest. Unlike arthritis, however, it can fall if the patient manages to take a practical position.
With osteoarthritis, a rough dry crunch appears in the area of the affected joint, which occurs as a result of the destruction of the cartilage layer and friction of the bones. The longer the destruction of the joint progresses, the stronger the crunch becomes.
With osteoarthritis, the movement of the movement in the affected joint decreases, while arthritis is characterized by stiffness throughout the body or in the joint.
Inflammation of the joints of arthritis is most often caused by infection or failure in the activity of the immune system (autoimmune process), rarer indicates arthritis a general metabolic disorder.
Types of arthrosis
Osteoarthritis is a whole group of joint diseases that have different origin, but close development mechanisms. Most often, arthrosis affects large joints.
In terms of localization, several types of arthosis are distinguished: Gonarthrosis - deforming osteoarthrosis of the knee joint, coxarthrosis - deforming osteoarthrosis in the hip connection, deformation of the shoulder joint is the most severe types of arthosis.
Small joints are less common, usually older people suffer from them.
Often occurs arthrosis of the foot joints.
SpondyLarthrosis - osteoarthritis of the joint joint (Often disease of the spine).
Symptoms of arthrosis
The most important clinical symptoms of arthrosis are pain in the joint and a decrease in its mobility. Specific symptoms and their severity are determined by the phase of arthrosis and depends on the degree of destructive changes in the joint.
The causes of arthrosis
- Joints and bone damage, microtraumatization of the joint tissue with excessive strain on production or during sports, with obesity, mechanical damage to the joints during surgery and even with violation of attitude or flat feet.
- Genetic disorders of the collection's cartilage tissue, leading to its accelerated destruction. This can be hereditary congenital defects in the musculoskeletal system: dysplasia, hypermobile in the joint, flat feet or other defects that are the cause of trauma in certain sections of the cartilage tissue in the joints and as a result, leads to the development of the arthosis. For example: Deforming osteoarthrosis of the boundary joints in the upper extremities is usually found in women and is inherited by the mother line.
- Autoimmune diseases (psoriasis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthrosis).
- Other joint diseases (acute and chronic arthritis, bursitis, synovitis and other inflammatory joint diseases of various etiologies may lead to the development of osteoarthrosis).
- Vascular diseases.
- Diseases that cause circulatory disorders of the periarticular tissue lead to dystrophic changes in the joints (varicose veins that regulate endteritis, atherosclerosis of the vessels in the lower extremities and even such normal hypodynamia for all of us).
- Endocrine diseases, metabolic disorders, lack of minerals, trace elements and vitamins cause changes in the composition of cartilage, joint tissue and bone tissue, which gradually leads to a violation of restoration processes and the destruction of the joint.
How Arthosis develops
Another osteoarthritis associated with aging of the body develops according to the following schedule. The process begins with circulatory disorders in the capillaries of the periosteum, as a result of the nutrition of cartilage disturbing. Gradually, cartilage is thinner, losing its elasticity, cracks appear on it, the smoothness of the articular surfaces is lost, the amount of synovial fluid is reduced, ensuring sliding the articular surfaces. As a result, pain and crunch appear as you move. Over time, the width of the joint column decreases, oste -huts (bone ciggles) are formed on the articular surfaces. Ultimately, the collection is deformed, the amplitude of its movements is reduced.
The development of this type of arthrosis occurs gradually over many years.
Other forms of arthrosis may develop according to another mechanism (for example, post -traumatic arthrosis), but pathological changes in the joint will be the same.
Treatment of arthrosis
If you were diagnosed with arthrosis or osteoarthritis, you have a difficult treatment, but it is very important not to give up and do not lose hope for a successful result.
In case of joint pain, reduced their function and other symptoms, consult a doctor. A specialist dealing with common problems is a rheumatologist.
The most important tasks of treatment are pain relief, restoration of the affected joint structures (mainly cartilage) and the motor function of the assembly. Success can only be achieved with a timely beginning of therapy. If you start treating arthrosis at an early stage, it is possible not only to suspend the development of the pathological process, but even partially restore the broken cartilage.
If the cause of the disease is known, try eliminating it. If there is excess body weight, you should lose weight. In case of violation of metabolism or hormonal background, refer forces to its normalization. In the case of a problem due to workers or sports load-to change the activity area, not to abuse sports.
The choice of medicine is a doctor, you should not prescribe them yourself. Most often, combinations of the following groups of medications are used for treatment:
- Analgesics (painkillers);
- Hormonal and non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs;
- Protectors (Funds Feed and Recovery of Cartilage).
Getting rid of excess weight is the most important link in the treatment of arthrosis because excess body weight increases the load on sore joints not only during movement but also at rest. In patients who were able to lose weight, the disease progresses much slower than those who did not succeed. However, the medal has another page. If you put the disease on your own, weight loss is unlikely to be possible. When the joint hurts, the performance of even the simplest exercises becomes torture.
Therefore, you must act in multiple directions at once: try to reduce weight, treat the underlying illness and change your lifestyle.
Protectors
All patients with arthosis are prescribed funds from a group of treads that inhibit the destruction of cartilage and even restore it. The composition of such drugs includes substances of glucosamine and sulfate (or their combination) that help moisturize cartilage, increase its elasticity, improve nutrition and activate recycling processes in it. Such remedies also have a pain -relieving effect, but this effect develops some time after the start of the recording.
Treatment of arthosis folk remedies
Since ancient times, folk funds have been successfully used to treat arthrosis and arthritis. Their most important task is the normalization of metabolism, stimulating regenerative processes of cartilage, cleaning from toxins, eliminating inflammatory processes in the joints and periastic tissues, eliminating pain and edema in them. These funds include:
Sables - relieves inflammation of the joint, reduces pain and swelling of the joints.
Dandelion root - improves the common elasticity.
IVA bark contains lignin, tannins, salicide glycoside, ascorbic acid, anthocyanis, pectins.
FIELD HORSETAIL - Helps with restoration of the joints in the joints.
Birch leaves - when tinctures remove uric acid from the kidneys and joints, and with external use is used for steam and massage in the bath.
Timyan - contributes to the synthesis of collagen.
Forest strawberries - reduces swelling of the tissue around the joints.
A series -has an anti -inflammatory effect, bathing with a series improves blood circulation in peri -human tissue.
Ointments from einer berries, nettle leaves and kolie to relieve joint pain.
Ointment made of crushed root of horseradish and petroleum jelly - relieves pain and reduces the inflammatory process in the joint.
Jerusalem Artichoke - to prepare a bath to relieve inflammation of the joint and reduce pain.
Burders - improve metabolism and remove salts from the joints.
Herbal tea from thyme, lingonberries, roships, oregano and mint - to remove toxins and toxins from the body.
Tincture of a golden bart for oral administration
Cut 10 - 15 joints, grind them with and down, pour 0, 5 liters of vodka and insist in a dark place for two weeks.
Apply a tablespoon 3 times a day, one hour before meals. You can't drink or clamp anything. The course of treatment is 7 - 10 days.
The same infusion can be used as a compression on a sore joint.
Golden Bart
This ointment is cooked on the basis of vaseline, baby cream or interior fat. Grind the leaves and stems of the golden bare, squeeze the juice from the resulting cruel and mix with cream or fat in a ratio of 1: 3. Keep cool. It is used to rub sore joints to arthrosis and arthritis.
Honey with aspirin from joint pain
Grind 10 tablets of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) in powder and mix thoroughly from 200 g of honey (preferably fluid). Place the mixture for 10 days in a dark warm place, mix regularly. Grease sore joints with the resulting tool, then cover with polyethylene and wrap it with a wool scarf. Leave the compress all night. Make procedures until relief comes.
Under the influence of this tool, easily redness and burning sensation can appear, but this effect goes over time. This recipe is not suitable for people with allergies to beekeeping products or aspirin.