Showing posts with label joints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joints. Show all posts

Saturday, August 25, 2007

OSTEOARTHRITIS

This is a most peculiar disease which is progressive degeneration of the joints. It is caused by the loss of cartilage from load bearing joints specially the knees, causing impairment of movements and often severe pain due to which patients are unable to do their normal routine activities.

TREATMENT:

The options are very limited. Temporary symptomatic relief can be obtained from the pain killers like aspirin, ibuprofen etc. Surgical options include athroscopic debridement of the joint or alignment corrective osteotomies. But these procedures will not cure the symptoms completely.

The new treatement is in progress for this.........