One of the most common reasons why people seek medical attention is back pain and joints. There are probably no people who have not been affected by these problems and with age, unfortunately, back pain and joints is reminiscent of themselves increasingly resting.
One of the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system is arthrosis. We will tell you Amenny about him in this article.
Arthrosis is a chronic joint disease with a degenerative-dystrophic nature, in which the joint cartilage, the capsule of the joint gradually appears. Bone tissue, which is directly under the porous cartilage, is unevenly thickened, compensating for the load, that is, the joint deformation becomes.
In addition, this disease is called: osteoarthrosis, deforming arthrosis or arthritis, since the initially occurring damage to the cartilage tissue leads to the inflammatory process in the joint.
These two diseases are often confused with each other because of the harmony of names and due to the fact that both arthrosis and arthritis affect the joints. In the meantime, these are different diseases and, which is very important, they are treated in different ways.
Arthrosis most often develops in the elderly (from 45 years and more), this is gradually carried out on joint deformity related to age.
Arthritis, on the contrary, more often begins at a young age (up to 40 years). Of course, there are exceptions, for example, after a cold or flu in an adult, arthritis can develop or vice versa, as a young serious athletes against the background of physical overload, knee arthrosis occurs.
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 arthrosis affects relatively rarely, then in the elderly, the number of patients with arthrosis increases many times over. In the age group of 50-year-old children, every third person has these or other phenomena and every other one or the other is among the 70-year-old arthrosis.
If only the joints suffer from arthrosis and the whole body usually does not participate in the pathological process, then with arthritis, on the contrary, the patient's life.
With arthritis, inflammation in the joints is usually manifested by their redness, swelling, severe pain that does not disappear at rest, and sometimes, on the contrary, intensify at night.
With arthrosis, pain is mainly manifested only in movement or exercise until it may be very strong (especially at the beginning of the disease). That is why people often start the disease. In the second stage, the pain is already manifested with a slight load, and in the third - even at rest. However, unlike arthritis, it can go away if the patient manages to take a comfortable position.
With arthrosis in the area of the affected joint, a rough dry crunch occurs, which occurs as a result of the destruction of the cartilage layer and the friction of the bones. The further the destruction of the joint progresses, the more strong the crunch becomes.
With arthrosis, the amplitude of movement in the affected joint decreases, while arthritis is characterized by stiffness throughout the body or in the joint.
Inflammation of the joints in arthritis is most often due to infection or failure in the activity of the immune system (autoimmune process), more often arthritis shows a general metabolic disorder.
Arthrosis is a whole group of joint diseases that have different origin but close mechanisms of development. Most often, arthrosis affects large joints.
There are several types of arthrosis in terms of location: gonarthrosis - deformation of osteoarthrosis of the knee joint, coxarthrosis - deformation of osteoarthrosis of the hip joint, deforming the fraud of the shoulder joint is the most severe types of arthrosis.
Small joint arthrosis is more common, usually the elderly suffer from them.
Often occurs arthrosis of the joints of the foot.
Spondylartrosis - arthrosis of the joints of the spine (a common disease of the spine).
The main clinical symptoms of arthrosis are joint pain and a decrease in its mobility. The specific symptoms and their severity are determined by the stage of arthrosis and depend on the degree of destructive changes in the joint.
Another arthrosis associated with body aging develops according to the following scheme. The process begins with blood disorders in the capillaries of the periosteum, resulting in the cartilage diet is impaired. Gradually, the cartilage is smaller, loses its elasticity, cracks appear on it, the smoothness of the joint surfaces is lost, the amount of synovial fluid is reduced, which guarantees the sliding of the joint surfaces. As a result, pain and crunching occur when moving. Over time, the width of the joint decreases, osteophytes (bone spines) are formed on the joint surfaces. In the end, the joint is deformed, the amplitude of its movements is reduced.
The development of this form of arthrosis has been gradually occurring for many years.
Other forms of arthrosis may develop according to a different mechanism (eg post -traumatic arthrosis), but pathological changes in the joint will be similar.
If you have been diagnosed with arthrosis or osteoarthritis, you have difficult treatment, but it is very important not to give up or lose hope for a successful result.
In the case of joint pain, disrupts their function and other symptoms, you should consult a doctor. A specialist who deals with joint problems is a rheumatologist.
The main tasks of treatment are the relief of pain, the restoration of the affected joint structures (mainly cartilage) and the motor function of the joint. Success can only be achieved with the timely onset of therapy. If you start treating arthrosis at an early stage, it is possible not only to stop the development of the pathological process, but even partially restore the destroyed cartilage.
If the cause of the disease is known, you should try to eliminate it. If there is excess body weight, you should lose weight. In the event of a violation of metabolism or hormonal origin, you must direct the forces to normalize it. In the event of a problem due to workers or sports loads-to change the field of activity, not for abuse of sports.
Choosing medication is a doctor's task, you should not prescribe them yourself. Most often, combinations of the following drug groups are used for treatment:
Getting rid of excess weight is the most important connection in arthrosis therapy, as excess body weight increases the load of inflamed joints not only during movement but also at rest. In patients who have been able to lose weight, the disease progresses much more slowly than those who have failed. However, the medal has another country. If you put the disease on your own, weight loss is unlikely to be possible at all. When the joint hurts a lot, the presentation of even the simplest exercise becomes torture.
Therefore, you should act in several directions at a time: try to lose weight, treat the underlying disease and change your lifestyle.
All patients with arthrosis are prescribed a group of protectors that inhibit cartilage destruction and even restore it. The composition of such drugs includes glucosamine and sulfate (or their combination) substances that help to moisturize cartilage, increase its elasticity, improve nutrition and activate the recovery processes in it. Such agents also have an analgesic effect, but this effect develops some time after the start of administration.
Since ancient times, folklore agents have been successfully used in the treatment of arthrosis and arthritis. Their main task is to normalize the metabolism, stimulating the regenerative processes of cartilage, cleaning from toxins, eliminating inflammatory processes in the joints and periastal tissues, eliminating pain and swelling in them. These funds include:
Sables - relieves inflammation in the joint, reduces pain and swelling in the joints.
Dandelion root - improves joint elasticity.
IVA bark contains lignin, tannins, salicide glycoside, ascorbic acid, anthocyanis, pectins.
Field Horsetail - Helps to repair the cartilage tissue of the joints.
Birch leaves - as tinctures remove the urine acid from the kidneys and joints, and for external use they are used for steam and massage in the bath.
Timoyan - contributes to the synthesis of collagen.
Forest strawberries - reduces the swelling of the tissues around the joints.
Series -has an anti -inflammatory effect, the series with series improves blood circulation in the perhaps -human tissues.
Juniper fruit gluts, nettle leaves and cow's fat to relieve joint pain.
Ointment made of crushed horseradish root and oil jelly - relieves pain and reduces the inflammatory process in the joint.
Jerusalem artichoke - for the preparation of a bath to relieve inflammation in the joint and reduce pain.
Burders - Improve the metabolism and remove salts from the joints.
Herbal teas of thyme, linguries, roses, oregano and mint - to remove toxins and toxins from the body.
Tincture of gold mustache for oral administration
Cut 10 - 15 joints, grind them along and down, pour 0, 5 liters of vodka and insist in a dark place for two weeks.
Apply one tablespoon 3 times a day, an hour before meals. You can't drink or hammer anything. The course of treatment is 7 - 10 days.
The same infusion can be used as a compress on an inflamed joint.
Golden mustaches
This ointment is prepared based on oil jelly, baby cream or inner fat. Grind the leaves and stems of the gold mustache, strain the juice from the resulting slurry and mix with cream or fat in a ratio of 1: 3. Keep the refrigerator. It is used for rubbing inflamed joints for arthrosis and arthritis.
Honey with aspirin from joint pain
Grind 10 tablets acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) powder and mix thoroughly from 200 g of honey (preferably liquid). Put the mixture for 10 days in a dark warm place, mix periodically. Grease the inflamed joints with the resulting tool, then cover with polyethylene and wrap it with a wool scarf. Leave the compress all night. Do procedures until relief comes.
Under the influence of this tool, light redness and burning sensation may occur, but this effect passes over time. This recipe is not suitable for people with allergies to beekeeping products or aspirin.