One of the most frequent reasons why people are looking for medical assistance are 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 the joints remember themselves more and more persistently.
One of the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system is arthrosis. It is about him who will tell you in this article.
Arthosis is a chronic articular disease of a degenerative dyeing nature, in which joint cartilage gradually occurs, the joint capsule. The bone tissue, which is directly under the porous cartilage, thickens in an irregular way, compensating the loads, or the joint deformation.
In addition, this disease is called: osteoarthritis deforming arthrosis or arthritis, since the damage initially present to the cartilage tissue leads to the inflammatory process in the articulation.
What is the difference between arthritis from osteoarthritis
These two diseases are often confused with each other due to the harmony of names and for the fact that both arthrosis and arthritis influence the joints. In the meantime, these are different diseases and, which is very important, they are treated in different ways.
Arthosis develops more often in old age (for 45 years more), this is gradually joint deformation related to age.
The arthritis, on the contrary, begins more often at a young age (up to 40 years). Of course, there are exceptions, for example, after a cold or influence in an elderly person, arthritis can develop or vice versa in a young man seriously athletes against the background of physical overload, the arthrosis of the knee joints occurs.
2% of the world population suffers from various arthritis and often young. About 10% of our planet suffers from arthrosis and if the young arthrosis affects relatively rarely, then in old age the number of patients with arthrosis increases repeatedly. In the age group of the 50 years, every third person has these or other phenomena and every second is among the 70 -year arthrosis.
If only the joints suffer from arthrosis and the entire body is usually not involved in the pathological process, therefore with arthritis, on the contrary, the entire body is included in the inflammatory process and only "Icberg" is an inflammation with arthritis, since the internal organs are almost transported in a loss of arthritis, you can almost transport a serious for the plows, the plows for the articles, can almost suffer from the articles. The life of the patient.
With arthritis, inflammation in the joints usually manifests itself from their redness, swelling, severe pain that do not subside and sometimes intensify at night.
With arthrosis, pain manifests itself mainly only when it moves or physical effort, while it may not be very strong (especially at the beginning of the disease). That's why people often begin disease. In the second phase, the pain is already manifested by a slight load and in the third - even at rest. However, unlike arthritis, it can appease if the patient manages to take a convenient position.
With arthrosis, a rough dry crew appears in the area of the articulation concerned, which occurs due to the destruction of the cartilage layer and the friction of the bones. The more the destruction of the joint progresses, the stronger the crunch becomes.
With arthrosis, the size of the movement in the affected articulation decreases, while the arthritis is characterized by rigidity throughout the body or in the joint.
Inflammation of the joints in arthritis is often due to infection or failure in the activity of the immune system (autoimmune process), less often the arthritis indicates a general metabolic disorder.
Types of arthrosis
Arthosis is an entire group of joint diseases that have different origin, but close development mechanisms. Very often arthrosis affects large joints.
In terms of location, different types of arthrosis are distinguished: gonartrosis - deform osteoarthritis of the knee joint, coxartrosis - deform the osteoarthritis of the hip joint, deform the fraud of the shoulder joint is the most serious types of arthrosis.
The arthrosis of small joints is less common, usually elderly people suffer from it.
The arthrosis of the foot joints often occurs.
Spondylartosis - arthrosis of the joints of the spine (often uncontrosal disease of the spine).
Symptoms of arthrosis
The main clinical symptoms of arthrosis are pain in the joint and a decrease in its mobility. Specific symptoms and their gravity are determined by the arthrosis stadium and depend on the degree of destructive changes in the articulation.
The causes of osteoarthritis
- Lessions from joints and bones, microtraumatization of the joint tissue with excessive load on production or during sport, with obesity, mechanical damage to the joints during surgery and even with violation of the posture or flat feet.
- Genetic disorders in the cartilage fabric of the joint, which lead to its accelerated destruction. This can be congenital hereditary defects of the musculoskeletal system: dysplasia, hypermobile of the joint, plates or other defects that are the cause of the trauma of some sections of the tissue of the cartilage of the joints and, consequently, lead to the development of arthrosis. For example: the deformation of the osteoarthritis of the interfaces of interface of the higher ends is, as a rule, in women and is inherited from the maternal line.
- Autoimmune diseases (psoriasis, gout, rheumatoid arthrosis).
- Other joint diseases (acute and chronic arthritis, bursitis, synovitis and other inflammatory joints of various etiologies can lead to the development of osteoarthritis).
- Vascular diseases.
- Diseases that cause circulatory disorders in the periarticular tissues lead to dystrophic changes in the articulation (varicose veins that regulate the endarteritis, the atherosclerosis of the vessels of the lower ends and even such a 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 liquid and bone tissue, which gradually lead to a violation of the restoration processes and the destruction of the joint.
How arthrosis develops
Another arthrosis associated with body aging develops according to the following scheme. The process begins with circulatory disorders in the capillaries of the periosteum, due to which cartilage nutrition is disturbed. Gradually, the cartilage is thinner, it loses its elasticity, the cracks appear on it, the smoothness of the joint surfaces is lost, the amount of synovial fluid is reduced, which guarantees the slide of the joint surfaces. Consequently, the pain and the creaking appear when they move. Over time, the width of the joint crack decreases, osteophytes (bone peaks) are formed on joint surfaces. In the end, the joint is deformed, the breadth of its movements is reduced.
The development of this form of arthrosis occurs gradually, over many years.
Other forms of arthrosis can develop according to a different mechanism (for example, post -traumatic arthrosis), but the pathological changes in the joint will be similar.
Treatment of osteoarthritis
If you have been diagnosed with arthrosis or arthrosis, you have difficult treatment, but it is very important not to give up and not to lose hope for a positive result.
In the case of any pain in the joints, it has compromised their function and other symptoms, it is necessary to consult a doctor. A specialist who is engaged in joint problems is a rheumatologist.
The main tasks of the treatment are the relief from pain, the restoration of the joint structures concerned (mainly cartilage) and the motor function of the joint. Success can only be achieved with a timely beginning of therapy. If you begin to treat arthrosis in an initial phase, it is possible not only to suspend the development of the pathological process, but also partially restore the destroyed cartilage.
If the cause of the disease is known, you have to try to eliminate it. If there is an excess body weight, you have to lose weight. In the event of violation of the metabolism or a hormonal background, it is necessary to direct the forces to its normalization. In case of problem due to workers or sports loads to change the sphere of activity, do not abuse sports.
The selection of drugs is the task of a doctor, you shouldn't prescribe them alone. Very often, combinations of the following groups of drugs are used for treatment:
- Analgesics (analgesic);
- Hormonal and non -pound anti -inflammatory drugs;
- Protections (funds feed and restore cartilage).
Getting rid of excess weight is the most important connection in osteoarthritis therapy, since excess body weight increases the load on the painful joints not only during movement, but also at rest. In patients who have been able to lose weight, the disease progresses much slower than those who have not been successful. However, the medal has another side. If you put the disease alone, it is unlikely that weight loss is possible. When the joint hurts very much, even the performance of the simplest exercises turns into torture.
Therefore, you have to act in different directions at the same time: try to reduce the weight, treat the underlying disease and change your lifestyle.
Protectors
Funds of a group of steps are prescribed to all patients with arthrosis that inhibit the destruction of the cartilage and even restore it. The composition of these drugs includes glucosamine and sulphate substances (or combination) that help to hydrate cartilage, increase its elasticity, improve nutrition and activate the recovery processes in it. These funds also have an analgesic effect, but this effect develops some time after the start of admission.
Treatment of the popular remedies of arthrosis
Since ancient times, popular remedies have been successfully used in the treatment of arthrosis and arthritis. Their main task is the normalization of the metabolism, stimulating the regenerative processes of cartilage, cleaning from the toxins, eliminating the inflammatory processes in the joints and in the periastinal tissues, eliminating the pain and edema in them. These means include:
SABLES - Alf. Inflammation in the joint, reduces pain and swelling in the joints.
Root Desdelio - improves joint elasticity.
The VAT cortex contains lignin, tannins, salicyide glycoside, ascorbic acid, anthocyanins, pectins.
Field Equestil - helps with the restoration of the cartilage tissue of the joints.
Birch leaves - Since tinctures remove urinary acid from the kidneys and joints and with external use they are used in steam and massage in the bathroom.
Timyan - contributes to the synthesis of collagen.
Foreign Foreign - reduces the swelling of the tissues around the joints.
A series -has an anti -inflammatory effect, the bathrooms with a series improve blood circulation in the per human fabrics.
Ointments from juniper berries, nettle leaves and cow oil to relieve joint pain.
The ointment made of crushed root of horseradish and oil jelly - relieves pain and reduces the inflammatory process in the joint.
Cachoke Jerusalemma - For the preparation of a bathroom to relieve inflammation in the joint and reduce pain.
Burder: improve metabolism and remove salts from the joints.
Tea based on thyme herbs, lingonberries, roseti, oregano and mint - to remove toxins and toxins from the body.
Golden mustache tincture for oral administration
Size 10-15 joints, grind them long and down, pour 0, 5 liters of vodka and insist in a dark place for two weeks.
Apply a spoon 3 times a day, one hour before meals. You can't drink or hurry anything. The course of treatment is 7-10 days.
The same infusion can be used as a compress on a painful joint.
Golden mustache
This ointment is prepared on the basis of oil gelatin, children's cream or internal fats. Tan the leaves and stems of the golden mustache, squeeze the juice from the resulting baby food and mix with cream or fat in a ratio of 1: 3. Keep the refrigerated. It is used for rubbing of painful joints for arthrosis and arthritis.
Honey with aspirin from joint pain
Macina 10 acetylsalicylic acid tablets (aspirin) in powder and thoroughly mix from 200 g of honey (preferably liquid). Put the mixture for 10 days in a dark hot place, mix periodically. Lubricate the painful joints with the resulting tool, then cover with polyethylene and wrap it with a wool scarf. Leave the picture all night. Perform the procedures until the relief arrives.
Under the influence of this tool, light redness and the feeling of combustion may appear, but this effect passes over time. This recipe is not suitable for people with allergies to beekeeping or aspirin products.