What does osteoarthritis mean

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All year round waist and leg pain, afraid of wind, afraid of cold, afraid of cold. Ten years ago, he got sick and became more and more serious. The main causes of his illness were bone hyperplasia, osteoarthritis, taking medicine and injection, hot compress and electrotherapy, and steaming and washing with folk prescription. After a long period of unremitting treatment. Now that the disease is under control, let me share with you what osteoarthritis means.

What does osteoarthritis mean

First, patients with osteoarthritis often have bone discomfort. Early joint pain, swelling and dysfunction have the characteristics of paroxysmal, through the injury, cold or fatigue, some joints in the activity of sudden pain, and often accompanied by soft legs to slip. Joint pain often occurs when changing from one posture to another, or in the morning. A little activity can alleviate the pain, but excessive activity can aggravate the pain. Rest can reduce the pain, and the affected joints have the phenomenon of joint adhesion.

Second: at the beginning of the disease, some patients have an attack once every 1-2 years, but the duration is not very long, and there are usually no obvious symptoms during the intermission period. Later, the frequency of the attack increases and becomes persistent. If the lesion is located in the spine, radiation pain can be caused by bone hyperplasia and swelling of soft tissue compression. The disease generally has no obvious systemic symptoms.

Third: joint local tenderness, visible gross bone and joint effusion. Joint function often has mild or moderate limitation. When the joint is moving, fricative sound or rattling sound can often be touched or heard. In patients with spinal diseases, sometimes the compression of nerve roots by osteophytes leads to abnormal limb sensation and movement. Muscle atrophy and joint deformity may occur in patients with severe disease in late stage.

matters needing attention

For osteoarthritis, a chronic disease, although after symptomatic treatment, but to fully recover still need long-term rehabilitation treatment, otherwise the disease may have a recurrence, patients with osteoarthritis should rest for a long time, don't let themselves too tired, lest the disease is more serious.