As China's aging population increases, so do the number of people suffering from osteoarthritis. In the orthopedic clinic, I believe that many patients have heard of the name of this drug - glucosamine.
What is glucosamine?”
Can it cure osteoarthritis?”
In addition to taking medicine, can it be ingested through diet?”
I believe that these questions are the concern of many friends, with these questions, let's listenZou Shiping, Chief Physician of the Department of Arthropy, Zhengzhou Orthopedic HospitalHow to say it.
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First, let's get to know glucosamine
Glucosamine is the main component of the matrix of human articular cartilage and synovial fluid nutrition. It has the effect of nourishing cartilage, mainly to promote cartilage repair and reduce the breakdown of chondrocytes.
The pathological basis of osteoarthritis is the degeneration and destruction of articular cartilage, with the aging of the human body and other reasons, the balance of human ammonia and glucose metabolism is imbalanced and the repair ability decreases, and the elasticity of cartilage will become worse and softened, and it is easy to be damaged, and it is difficult to completely repair it by itself.
The supplement of ammonia sugar can have some effect on the repair of cartilage, so it is often used for osteoarthritis and other cartilage degenerative diseases.
If it works, why do some people use it well and others work poorly?
This is related to the stage of development of the disease. For early and mid-stage osteoarthritis, the damage to the articular cartilage is not serious, and taking ammonia sugar can help the body to make up for its deficiency, so as to protect and repair the articular cartilage. However, in the advanced stage of osteoarthritis, the cartilage destruction is more serious, and then taking ammonia sugar is meaningless.
It's like a house, if you find some maintenance workers for some small damage every day, you can fix it, but if the house is already dilapidated, it is almost about to collapse, and it can't be repaired at all. So serveThe effect of using ammonia sugar varies from person to person.
Is ammonia sugar a painkiller?
Glucosamine is not a pain reliever. The analgesic effect of ammonia sugar is actually achieved by improving the repair of cartilage, so it has a relatively long period of action. When osteoarthritis causes acute pain in the joints, it is ineffective to take oral ammonia sugar to relieve pain, and the pain relief must be combined with anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to be effective.
Is it feasible to rely on diet to get glucosamine?
Many people don't like to take medication, and long-term medication does cost a certain amount. Some people have found that the existence of ammonia sugar in our daily diet is still relatively widespread;If it can be supplemented from diet, it is an affordable and healthy thing. So is this one feasible?
In everyday food,Animal cartilage, animal trachea, crustacean shellsIt is abundant in amino sugar, and some fungi also contain small amounts of amino sugar. If you want to supplement with ammonia sugar on a daily basis, you can indeed consume some of these foods by supplementing them.
Due to the differences in each person's dietary Xi, intestinal absorption, etc., the actual amount of ammonia sugar obtained by diet is actually very small, which is far from enough for **. So, orthopedic specialists stillIt is recommended to take glucosamine medication in quantitative quantities as prescribedto carry out ** as well.
Expert presentation
Zou Shiping
Zou Shiping, Zhengzhou Orthopaedic HospitalDirector of the Department of Arthrophthology, Chief Physician. Graduate tutor of Henan University, standing member of the Bone and Joint Protection and Health Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Health Care Association, member of the Joint Professional Working Committee of the Orthopedic and Traumatology Branch of the Chinese Association of Integrative Traditional and Western Medicine, member of the ** Working Committee of the Orthopedic Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, standing member of the Orthopedic and Joint Disease Professional Committee of Henan Provincial Integrative Traditional and Western Medicine, standing member of the Orthopedic and Traumatology Professional Committee of the Henan Association of Integrative Traditional and Western Medicine, member of the Joint Surgery Group of the Orthopedic Surgeon Branch of the Henan Medical Doctor Association, Secretary of the Second Orthopedic Professional Committee of Zhengzhou Medical Doctor Association, Vice Chairman of Henan Branch of National Association for Neck, Shoulder, Back and Leg Pain.
It has successively obtained 2 key scientific research projects from Henan Provincial Science and Technology Commission and 2 key scientific research projects from Zhengzhou Science and Technology Commission. He has published 16 national articles. He has won a number of scientific research awards, among which "Clinical Research on Cementless Artificial Hip Revision Surgery" won the first prize of Henan Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Achievement Award in 2008"Clinical Study on Optimization of High Flexion Contracture Deformity Joint Replacement in Knee Joint" won the first prize of Henan Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Achievement Award and the first prize of Henan Provincial Science and Technology Introduction Award in 2012"Clinical Research on Artificial Joint Replacement for Hip and Knee Polyarticular Anklosis " won the second prize of Zhengzhou Science and Technology Progress Award.
Professional good at:
Diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthropathy and joint injury, total hip and knee replacement surgery;**Complex knee valgus, severe flexion deformity, ankylosis knee, acetabular dysplasia and high dislocation, hip knee revision, etc.
Outpatient Information:
Every Thursday morning, Zhengzhou Orthopedic Hospital, the expert outpatient clinic of the Joint Disease Center.