Complications of osteoarthritis

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Osteoarthritis can also have complications, so suffering from arthritis must not be taken as a trivial matter, which is very serious. If the patient's limbs are stiff, he should be treated in time. The neighbor suffers from osteoarthritis. Let's tell you what complications osteoarthritis has.

Complications of osteoarthritis

First of all: osteoarthritis has three main symptoms: joint pain, joint swelling and joint dysfunction. Joint pain is occult, persistent, and often occurs after joint activity, which can be relieved by rest. During sleep, the function of joint protection is reduced, and the patient may wake up with pain. Get up in the morning, there is a sense of bone stiffness, which can be improved after activities. There are fricative sounds during activities, which are common in knee joints. Traditional Chinese medicine paste can be used for treatment, which has a certain effect.

Secondly, pain is characterized by occult attack and continuous dull pain, which mostly occurs after joint activity, and can be relieved by rest. During sleep, due to the muscle damage around the joint, the joint protection function is reduced, and the movement causing pain can not be limited as when awake, so the patient may wake up with pain. Morning stiffness and adhesiveness the time of morning stiffness is short, generally less than 15 minutes. Adhesiveness refers to the feeling of stiffness, such as adhesiveness, when the joint is still for a period of time.

Finally: other symptoms with the progress of the disease, joint deformity, instability, rest pain, weight-bearing pain. Dysfunction may occur due to poor joint surface anastomosis, muscle spasm and contraction, joint capsule contraction, and mechanical atresia caused by bone spurs or joint mice. In weight-bearing joints, sudden loss of function may occur. Tenderness and passive pain may be present in the affected joint, especially with synovial exudation.

matters needing attention

Patients must avoid high-intensity exercise, can be appropriate to do some aerobic exercise, to pay attention to the appropriate rest and relaxation, but also pay attention to keep warm and cold, avoid the deterioration of the disease caused by cold, usually can also be appropriate massage affected area, diet attention to supplement nutrients, can drink more water, appropriate to do stretching exercise, good for the body.