Osteoarthritis the degenerative disease




Osteoarthritis of knee joint 


Definition:It can be difined as non-inflammatory degenerative disorder of joints characterized by progressive deterioration of the articuler cartilage and formation of new bones(osteophytes).
Types:Primary when the cause is unknown.
Secondary when it follow some known cause
Example: trauma,infection, rheumatoid arthritis,etc
Characteristics
Primary osteoarthritis of knee is more common than secondary. It is common in female mostly middle age and obese.

Symptoms
Pain
Stiffness
limitations of movement
Swelling sometimes with clicking sound
locking of joint in advance cases.
On examination
There may be effusion, crepitation on movementand thickening of synovial fluid.
There may be flexion deformity with limited movement .

Conservative treatment
Anti-inflammatory drugs and electrotherapy for relief of paine and exercises to strengthen quadriceps muscle and restore mobility.
Reference book: Essential of orthopedic 

Anti-inflammatory supplement

Link:
https://amzn.to/3Od9kNe

Electrotherapy device that reduce pain and swelling:

Link:
https://amzn.to/3ckvM9M


Static cycle to increse quadricep muscle strength.



Link:
https://amzn.to/3cmOduC


Voltron gel for osteoarthritis arthritis pain


Link:
https://amzn.to/3oeO1jJ

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fancy Feast cat food

Image
It is a incredibly popular cat food brand called fancy feast . It was created in 1982 and was the first cat food company to capitalize on this concept of Gaurmet Luxary cat food.        It is Nestle Purina brand . Fancy Feast food is really significant player in the cat food market. It offers an enormus selection of recipes so they emphasize wet over dry food with just a few dry recipes and then over a hundred different wet food varities.         These wet food are divided into three lines and then a tremendous number of different flavor and texture. In addition to this huge variety of wet foods fancy feast offer a selection of food toppers and compliments to go along with your cats daily diet while most famcy foods are inexpensive their products line up really spans the price spectrum.             The wet food in their classic line are going to cost a dollar a day for a tipical cat while their dry food will typically...
Read more

Antipigmentation mask and cream

Image
  Ingredients Split chick pea 1cup Mint leaf 1bunch Dried orange peel 1cup Turmeric powder1teaspoon Husne yousuf 1teapoon Method Grind all the ingredients into fine powder. Mix water and make a paste apply it daily for 15 min and wash. See its magic within a month. Antipigmentation cream Link: https://amzn.to/3IPGxNu
Read more