How to treat knee osteoarthritis

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Osteoarthritis is a very common arthritis disease, with a large number of patients. The main group of osteoarthritis is the middle-aged and old people over 40 years old. The main location of osteoarthritis is in the knee joint or in other places such as hip osteoarthritis. The main symptoms of knee osteoarthritis are swelling and pain and morning stiffness, which usually lasts about half an hour. How to treat knee osteoarthritis, let's understand.

How to treat knee osteoarthritis

In the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, patients can consider the choice of drugs. The main drugs for knee osteoarthritis include glucosamine sulfate and other drugs. They can also choose some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. In terms of medication, they must strictly abide by the doctor's orders.

The treatment of knee osteoarthritis can also choose the way of physical therapy, such as hyperthermia, hydrotherapy, infrared, ultrashort wave, electrical stimulation and other ways of treatment. The effect of physical therapy on knee osteoarthritis is also better.

The treatment of knee osteoarthritis can also choose the way of traditional Chinese medicine, for example, acupuncture, acupoint massage or massage.

matters needing attention

Patients with knee osteoarthritis in the short term as far as possible is not to do some more intense exercise, there is knee osteoarthritis patients before exercise must do warm-up exercise, exercise intensity and difficulty is not too big.