What should I pay attention to when I have osteoarthritis?

What should you pay attention to with osteoarthritis?

The elderly may have various physical problems, osteoarthritis is one of them. In daily life, patients must be careful not to blindly supplement trace elements, not to blindly follow rheumatism treatment methods, and not to use bone spur softening drugs at will or blindly use Chinese medicine for treatment.

Osteoarthritis is a disease that has a great impact on the quality of daily life. After the elderly are sick, their daily actions will be greatly affected. We should choose the appropriate treatment method according to our actual situation to make the disease recover faster.

So, what should we pay attention to when it comes to osteoarthritis?

1. Be careful not to supplement trace elements blindly. Although supplementing trace elements can achieve a certain improvement effect and calcium can relieve osteoporosis, osteoarthritis is not only lacking in trace elements, so trace element supplementation must be controlled within an appropriate range, otherwise it will not only fail to treat the disease, but also cause other problems.

2. Do not blindly follow the treatment methods for rheumatism. After suffering from rheumatism, symptoms of joint pain will appear. Many people think that joint pain is caused by rheumatism. In this way, the treatment method is incorrect. It cannot control the development of the disease and make the situation worse. There will also be adverse reactions, which will harm the health of the kidneys and liver, and will also affect the blood system, so you can't use medicine blindly.

3. Do not use drugs to eliminate bone spurs at will. There is no scientific basis for this practice. Bone spurs are hyperplastic bones caused by the degeneration of joint cartilage. Drugs generally have the effects of analgesia, anti-inflammation, blood circulation and blood stasis, but have no effective effect on bone spurs. Do not use the wrong method to solve the problem.

4. Do not use Chinese medicine blindly for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are many causes of osteoarthritis. If you do not understand the causes, blindly using drugs will produce adverse consequences. Generally, Chinese medicine is used to treat rheumatism, which has meridian and blood stasis effects and may affect kidney and liver functions. Long-term blind treatment will only make the condition worse and delay the best treatment time for patients. Therefore, it needs to be taken seriously.