Osteoarthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases of the elderly, although it is not directly fatal, but it brings many troubles to the lives of the elderly and seriously affects the quality of life in later life. There are many different theories about the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis, which makes elderly friends have many questions about the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis. Do all older people develop osteoarthritis? Does joint pain in the elderly necessarily mean osteoarthritis? Do I have to change my joints if I have osteoarthritis?
First of all, let's take a brief understanding of arthritis!
In fact, everyone understands a truth, the joints of the human body are like the bearings of a machine, and the surface is smooth in order to operate normally. As long as the surface of the bearing is a little uneven, the machine will make noise or even stop rotating.
On the other hand, patients with knee arthritis are due to various reasons that cause the articular cartilage to wear and peel, the joint surface is not protected by the perichondrium, and the very rough bones under the cartilage rub against each other, so there are a series of problems such as joint ringing, pain, swelling, stiffness, etc., and bone spurs will occur over time.
What is knee osteoarthritis?
The place where the bones connect with each other is called a joint.
Normally, the joint bones are covered with a rubber-like substance called cartilage. Because of the presence of cartilage, when the joint moves, the bones slide against each other without pain.
The core of osteoarthritis is cartilage degeneration, with the deterioration and wear of cartilage, the direct sliding between bones during joint activity reduces the cushion of cartilage, therefore, the symptoms of joint pain, swelling and stiffness are produced.
Osteoarthritis can occur in the knee, hip, ankle, hand, cervical spine, lumbar spine and other parts, when osteoarthritis occurs in the knee joint, we call it knee osteoarthritis. In life, I often hear that there are people around me who have "rheumatism and bone pain in the knee joint", or "long bone spurs", "hyperplasia" and "degeneration" of the knee joint, in fact, most of them are knee osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis surgery, the dangers of drugs
At present, the most common ** for osteoarthritis ** is divided into drugs ** and surgery **. Drugs are mainly to suppress inflammation and relieve pain, and cannot fundamentally reduce osteoarthritis. However, the main means of surgery is joint replacement, because the service life of the joint prosthesis is limited, so there is a risk of secondary surgery. Osteoarthritis is more common in the elderly, and a second operation will cause more harm to the patient.
Fortunately, with the rapid development of science and technology, emerging stem cell technology has made a major breakthrough in osteoarthritis, as a new type of osteoarthritis patients to bring new hope.
Stem cells are a class of primitive undifferentiated cells that have a high degree of self-renewal and self-repair ability, and are capable of differentiating into multiple types of mature cells. In the medical community, stem cells are known as "universal cells".
Knee osteoarthritis, how to treat it?
Stem cell arthritis is through the in vitro culture of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell cells with angiogenesis and active tissue repair, and the active cells are targeted and implanted on the joints by microinjection implantation technology.
Mesenchymal stem cells can be turned into fat cells, bone cells, muscle cells, nerve cells, liver cells, cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and so on, which allows mesenchymal stem cells to repair tissue and organ damage in various parts of the body.
Stem cell arthritis is currently the most effective and thorough method in the world, which can improve the patient's environment, regulate immune function, and activate damaged and dormant cells. After the cells are activated, they can grow normally, multiply, repair damage in the body, prevent further destruction of joint structures, inhibit abnormal immune function, curb the development of complications, and restore the normal function of the body
Mesenchymal stem cells**Arthritis will not cause obvious systemic intravenous reinfusion can effectively regulate the patient's immunity, and mesenchymal stem cells can not only improve the clinical symptoms of arthritis, but also realize the repair and regeneration of articular cartilage. Stem cells provide new hope for the majority of arthritis patients.
@所有人, this is the daily prevention
1. Control weight: Being overweight or obese will increase the burden on the knee joint. In addition to **, you should also try to carry less, carry less, and lift less heavy objects.
2. Reduce "squatting" and "kneeling": choose the toilet as much as possible when going to the toilet; It is inevitable to "kneel" with a cushion under the knee.
3. Reasonable exercise: Do not do high-intensity exercise all at once, but take it step by step, and use knee pads to protect strenuous exercises such as fast running. How to grasp the "degree" of moderate exercise? If the joints are uncomfortable during the exercise, stop the exercise immediately.