Essay On Osteoarthritis

Generally there is no cure for Osteoarthritis, but the treatment of Osteoarthritis can be regulated. The goals of the treatment are to reduce the pain, maintain the joint flexibility and improve the joint and the overall function. There are different ways to treat Osteoarthritis. This treatment could consist of surgery, drugs, physical and work-related therapy and supplemental therapy. Acetaminophen can be used as medication; it doesn’t reduce inflammation, but it relieves pain. Other medications could be Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which reduce the inflammation and reduce pain. Over-the-counter NSAIDs consist of ibuprofen, Advil, Motrin IB and others. The therapy of Osteoarthritis consists of physical therapy; the therapist
If those therapies don’t help, the patient may consider other treatment like Cortisone shots. These shots relieve the pain, but also can lead to joint damage. The doctor will numb the area around the affected joint and then positions the needle into the space within the joint and injects the medication. Lubrication injections are injections of hyaluronic acid, what is alike to a liquid you can find in the joint fluid. These injections relieve the pain. Osteotomy is a surgical process, in which the doctor cuts above or below the knee across the bone and realigns the leg. Through this part the pain can be reduced, because the body weight will be shifted away from the worn down cartilage. The last way to treat Osteoarthritis is to have a joint replacement surgery. The surgeon will remove the surface of the damaged, affected joint and replaces it with plastic and metal parts. The risk of replacements is blood clots and infections and additional the replacement only lasts for 10 years. That’s why doctors try to avoid replacements and try to treat the patients with