How to Treat Arthritis in the Legs and Knees

How to treat arthritis in the legs and knees?

Knee arthritis is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. It mostly affects middle-aged and elderly people, and its symptoms include redness, swelling and pain in the knee, pain when going up and down stairs, and pain and discomfort in the knee when sitting up. Patients may also experience swelling, snapping, and effusion. If not treated in time, it will cause joint deformity and disability. The knee joint often suffers from joint diseases such as knee synovitis, ligament injury, meniscus injury, loose body of the knee joint, popliteal cyst, patellar softening, anserine bursitis, and knee varus and valgus.

The occurrence of knee arthritis is generally caused by factors such as degenerative changes in the knee joint, trauma, and excessive fatigue. Knee arthritis is common in middle-aged and elderly people and is the main cause of leg pain in the elderly. Being overweight, walking in an incorrect posture, squatting for a long time, and cold knees are also causes of knee arthritis. Most patients with knee arthritis have mild initial symptoms. If they are not treated, the condition will gradually worsen. The main symptoms include knee pain, knee swelling, and knee clicking. Stiffness and coldness of the knee joint are also symptoms of knee arthritis. The main symptoms are stiffness, fatigue, colds, or minor trauma. In severe cases, the patient has limited mobility.

Treatment:

1. The key to treating knee arthritis is to prevent further wear of cartilage. Chondroprotective agents such as glucosamine sulfate can promote the synthesis of cartilage, inhibit the decomposition of articular cartilage, and have anti-inflammatory effects. The sulfate group rich in glucosamine sulfate is also one of the necessary components for the synthesis of cartilage matrix. This drug can relieve pain symptoms, improve joint function, and long-term use can also delay damage to joint structure. Glucosamine sulfate takes effect slowly, but the drug is safe and suitable for long-term basic treatment.

2. Arthroscopic treatment of knee arthritis is a 5 mm diameter rod-shaped optical endoscope that enters the joint cavity through the joint gap, magnifies the diseased area and tissue 4 to 6 times and displays it on the monitor, uses small tools to repair articular cartilage, and cleans the joint cavity.