What to do with lumbar bone hyperplasia in the elderly

What should we do if we have lumbar bone hyperplasia in the elderly?

Lumbar bone hyperplasia in the elderly refers to the irresistible natural law of human aging. As people age, the lumbar spine will inevitably undergo degenerative changes due to sports wear and tear. Most normal people over 60 years old will find degenerative aging phenomena such as the formation of lumbar bone spurs and intervertebral stenosis when photographed. The lumbar spine is stimulated by adverse factors such as repeated strain and excessive activity for a long time, which may accelerate the degeneration of the lumbar spine, protrude the intervertebral disc, and increase the formation of bone spurs; on the contrary, paying attention to the rest and maintenance of the waist can slow down the speed of lumbar degeneration and the progression of bone spurs.

If there are no clinical symptoms and no oral medication for lumbar hyperosteogeny in the elderly, you should pay attention to keeping warm in daily life to reduce local wear and tear of joints. Patients can use waistbands or knee pads to protect local hyperplasia sites; patients can also do local massage or stretching to relieve or alleviate symptoms and delay joint degeneration. There are different methods for different bone hyperplasia sites, such as vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, knees and heels. Acupuncture can promote blood circulation and have analgesic effects. It can eliminate local edema and inflammation; Western medicine uses symptomatic treatment, such as taking some antipyretic analgesics for pain; numbness can choose B vitamins; joint swelling and effusion can be given local effusion or local closed treatment. If the condition is more serious, it is recommended that patients with lumbar hyperosteogeny do not use conservative diagnosis and treatment. It is best to choose surgical diagnosis and treatment. Surgery is not the first choice for bone hyperplasia. When conservative treatment is ineffective, the condition is serious, and it seriously affects the patient's life, surgical treatment can be considered.

Elderly people with lumbar bone hyperplasia should control their diet, maintain a proper weight, and avoid obesity. This is one of the preventive measures for bone hyperplasia. Clinically, obese patients generally have bone hyperplasia in the knee joint, which takes a long time to treat and recovers slowly. The reason is simple: the obese patient's own weight increases the burden on the knee joint, causing greater wear and damage to the joint. A balanced diet and maintaining weight are important links in preventing bone hyperplasia.