Arthritis is a complex disease characterized by joint damage. In the first stages of development, the disease does not manifest itself, but after a while it makes life unbearable due to constant pain, confining one to a wheelchair.
Arthritis of the knee joint, driving (gonarthritis) is a common disease. Arthritis is “getting younger”, patients are young children.
Treatment of gonitis is carried out with medication. Gymnastics for arthritis of the knee joint brings relief and produces results when used in combination. Exercises and exercise therapy methods are used in the treatment of arthritis.
Constant, proper exercises for knee arthritis will help:
The effect is achieved if the complex is compiled with the approval of a doctor.
Physical exercise for arthritis is exclusively therapeutic. Sports that do not help in difficult struggles and are harmful:
There is no need to limit sports activities. Moderate physical activity will strengthen the joints; real estate will increase the rate of development of the disease. The physiotherapist will create a set of exercises suitable for a particular case.
Walking and cycling are suitable for daily stress on the joints. Swimming has a positive effect. Cold water will increase joint pain.
Treatment is most effective when doing exercise therapy several times a day. When working sedentarily, avoid prolonged postures without movement. It is worth walking, cycling, and visiting the pool more often.
When driving, exercise therapy will speed up the restoration of tissue in the joint area and prolong their life.
Special exercise therapy should become a mandatory method in the treatment of gonitis. Compliance with simple rules of physical therapy during knee disease has a beneficial effect on a quick recovery and makes it easier to fight the disease:
These are not all exercises performed for knee arthritis. A doctor should help you create the right exercise therapy complex. He will assess the patient’s capabilities and suggest exercises that bring real benefits in the fight against the disease.
If exercises cause severe pain, it is better to abandon them at first and gradually add them to the complex.
Regular exercise therapy will be required to keep the joints in normal condition. Physiotherapy offers different techniques. Exercise therapy using the Bubnovsky method has a beneficial effect on the treatment of gonarthritis. The complex is named after the qualified specialist who developed it.
Bubovsky’s joint gymnastics helps in the treatment of many diseases and makes it possible to do without medications. The effect is achieved by influencing certain reserves of the body.
Bubnovsky presented a complex suitable for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or build. Exercises for pregnant women and the elderly are presented. A special complex has been developed to help infants.
Physical education using the Bubnovsky method is safe. When performing the exercises of the complex, you should listen to the sensations of the body and inform the instructor. Gymnastics does not use exercises of a sharp, complex nature; there is no goal to build muscle mass. Bubnovsky’s physical education is intended exclusively for treatment; it is important to start exercising under the supervision of a specialist who monitors the correct execution.
The classic version includes groups of exercises:
Conduct classes with calm, relaxing music, which gives you the opportunity to relax and focus on your movements.
A person belonging to the following groups will find time to do gymnastics:
Once a diagnosis has been established, an individual approach is required. The specialist must develop a personal set of classes using the Bubnovsky method.
Improvement does not come immediately. After three to four months of regular exercise, physical therapy gives a noticeable effect.
You shouldn’t do everything at once; new exercise therapy exercises are introduced gradually; to achieve maximum effect, you need to follow a certain breathing technique.
Physiotherapy exercises using the Bubnovsky method do not require adherence to a specific training time. You can exercise in the morning, evening, and during lunch break. You should not exercise after eating. You should start exercising 1.5 hours after eating. In order not to disturb your sleep, perform exercises no later than 2 hours before bedtime.
Doctors recommend doing relaxing yoga for chronic forms of arthritis. The complex consists of simple exercises that help relax the soul and body. This state of the body contributes to a speedy recovery.
Classes are held 4 times a week, after a relaxing shower. There is a lot of literature describing in detail the principles of their implementation. Popular for arthritis:
Using a set of yoga exercises for gonarthritis, you can achieve great results and improve complex treatment. Yoga has the following functions:
Before using any method of complex treatment of knee arthritis, the actions and methods should be agreed with your doctor. Only he will correctly assess the effectiveness of their use and take into account the consequences with the individual characteristics of the person and the course of the disease. Otherwise, the person assumes sole responsibility for the result and resulting complications.
The knee joint is most susceptible to inflammatory diseases. It is difficult to say what causes this, but almost every arthritis (rheumatoid, ankylosing, gout, etc.) can affect its cartilage tissue. This process is accompanied by a number of symptoms that significantly reduce the quality of life of patients. Although they often overlap in different diseases, it is important to correctly determine the cause of arthritis. This is of fundamental importance when prescribing treatment.
There are several types of knee arthritis, each with its own triggers, symptoms and treatment. Arthritis can be infectious or non-infectious. Most often they occur in people whose immunity can “make mistakes” and attack the cells of their body. This feature is inherited, so one of the following diseases can often be found in relatives of patients:
Damage to the knee joint with the listed arthritis proceeds almost the same. The differences between these forms are the presence of additional symptoms indicating damage to other organs and some features of the course of the process. It is important to notice them, as these signs facilitate the initial diagnosis of the disease.
In the initial stages, patients note only the presence of morning stiffness in the knee joint. It can be on one side or on both. An important diagnostic criterion is the duration of this symptom. Arthritis is indicated by stiffness for more than 30 minutes, which gradually subsides by the second half of the day.
The disease gradually progresses - after a certain time (from several weeks to 2-3 years), the patient begins to complain of knee pain, mainly in the morning. As a rule, the pain is acute, it is constant and can weaken during physical activity on the legs (long walking, climbing stairs, etc.). NSAIDs (Diclofenac, Ketorol, Citramon) temporarily relieve this symptom, which is a characteristic sign of arthritis.
In almost all inflammatory diseases of the joints (with the exception of lupus arthritis), you can additionally detect:
In addition to the symptoms of knee damage described above, various forms of arthritis have their own characteristics in the clinical picture, which should be taken into account when examining the patient.
Rheumatoid arthritis of the knee can be distinguished from other diseases by pronounced signs of intoxication, which occur even when only one joint is affected. As a rule, they manifest themselves:
If arthritis of the knee joint is not treated for a long time, the rheumatic process will lead to irreversible deformation. The knee remains forever bent by 10-20 degrees and slightly rotated inward.
Ankylosing spondylitis always affects the sacroiliac joint and spine. Even if the patient complains only of symptoms of knee arthritis, a thorough examination can reveal the pathology of the above-mentioned joints. The most common signs of the disease are:
Ankylosing spondylitis affects young people from 20 to 40 years old, mostly men. The last stage of this disease is complete immobility of the affected joints - most often the spine and knee. Therefore, it is important to promptly detect signs of ankylosing arthritis and seek medical help.
Damage to the knee joint may precede the development of psoriasis or appear against its background. In the first case, attention should be paid to the patient's heredity. In the second, examine the patient’s nails and skin. These are the ones that change first:
These are not all the signs of psoriasis, but they can help to suspect the disease even at home.
The infection develops gradually over several years (on average, from 2 to 7). The first symptoms of tuberculous arthritis should be considered:
Their appearance indicates the beginning of activation of tuberculosis in the knee joint. After a certain time (from several months to 2-3 years), the classic symptoms of arthritis, which are described above, form. It is important to diagnose the tuberculosis process in a timely manner, since treatment with corticosteroids (as with other arthritis) is not acceptable for tuberculosis, and specific therapy must be carried out.
With timely prescribed therapy, tuberculous joint damage can be cured. However, during the illness, the knee manages to become deformed, which is why osteoarthritis often develops. This pathology irreversibly reduces the quality of life of patients, as it causes constant joint pain and limited mobility.
This form always occurs acutely - against the background of complete health, patients develop all the classic signs of joint inflammation. Provoking factors most often are: intake of protein foods (meat, dairy dishes), alcohol consumption or stress.
It should be noted that even with a long course of gouty arthritis of the knee, it never deforms the joint, unlike rheumatoid or ankylosing arthritis. The only change that can be noticed in chronic arthritis is the appearance under the skin of dense, mobile formations, round or oval in shape (tophi).
A distinctive feature of this type of arthritis is that the usual signs of knee inflammation are absent. The skin over the joint remains of normal flesh color, without redness and local increase in temperature. The joint does not increase in size, since edema does not form and does not become deformed over time.
In addition, systemic connective tissue pathologies (lupus erythematosus and scleroderma) are characterized by increased dryness and small hemorrhages in the form of spots on the skin and mucous membranes, hair loss and damage to other organs (nephritis, glomerulonephritis, myocarditis, etc.).
For other types of arthritis, there are no characteristic symptoms that will distinguish them. In order to clarify the diagnosis, patients undergo a series of studies and carefully determine the circumstances of the occurrence of the disease.
Collecting complaints, examining and questioning the patient is only the first stage of diagnosis, which allows us to suggest the cause of the disease. Laboratory and instrumental examination methods help confirm or refute a preliminary diagnosis.
The first group of methods is quite informative, since most joint diseases are accompanied by changes in the blood “picture”. Patients are recommended to:
In case of systemic diseases (scleroderma or lupus), the level of leukocytes may drop below 4.0*10 9 /l.
The first indicator increases significantly with gouty arthritis. The last two are for kidney damage, which most often occurs with systemic diseases (but can also occur with secondary gout).
C-reactive protein is usually higher than normal (more than 5 mg/l) in any arthritis.
This test does not definitively confirm rheumatoid arthritis, since rheumatoid factor levels may also be elevated in lupus and scleroderma.
The norm is less than 10 U/ml.
It is important in differential diagnosis. In most arthritis it remains normal. The “lupus” and scleroderma forms lead to kidney damage, so blood cells, glucose, and protein (more than 0.14 g/l) can be found in the TAM.
Gouty arthritis is accompanied by a decrease in uric acid levels (less than 0.27 g/day).
The detection of chlamydia in combination with a characteristic clinical picture is a reliable sign of reactive arthritis of the knee joint.
X-ray remains the standard method of instrumental diagnosis. It is only necessary to detect arthritis, since there are practically no characteristic changes in various forms. Inflammation of the joint is manifested by the following symptoms:
Reading the image should only be done by a qualified doctor, as some changes in the joints are quite difficult to detect.
If the patient has previously or is currently being seen in a tuberculosis clinic, this form of arthritis should be suspected. The diagnosis can be confirmed by one procedure - puncture (fluid sampling) of the knee joint. To find the mycobacteria that caused the infection, three main methods are used:
However, the patient may encounter manifestations of tuberculosis for the first time; how can one suspect it in this case? You should find out whether the person belongs to groups at risk for tuberculosis infection: health care workers, service personnel, former prisoners or military personnel. The patient must have an X-ray of the lungs. If there are no changes in the lungs, this still does not exclude the possibility of osteoarticular tuberculosis.
If tuberculous arthritis is suspected, the patient is sent to a phthisiatric dispensary, where he will undergo a Diaskin test, a Mantoux test and a diagnostic puncture.
The Diaskin test is a special test that is carried out in the same way as Mantoux: a special reagent is injected intradermally and the skin reaction is assessed. The fundamental difference lies in its specificity. The Diaskin test allows us to confirm the presence/absence of tuberculosis infection in humans caused by human Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the Mantoux test cannot be excluded when diagnosing extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis, since bone, articular, genitourinary tuberculosis is often caused by the bovine type of mycobacterium or activation of BCG vaccination, in which the Diaskin test will be negative (see the opinion of a candidate of medical sciences on BCG vaccination and its consequences, as well as about Diaskintest and Mantoux). Only 70% of tuberculosis patients have a positive Diaskin test result.
It is important to always be on guard against tuberculosis, as it is widespread nowadays. Arthritis caused by mycobacteria requires a special approach to therapy, which is fundamentally different from other forms. Hormones, which are a common component of treatment, as well as exercise therapy, massage, warming, and physiotherapy are not indicated for the tuberculosis process, as they can accelerate its progression.
The main thing in the treatment of knee arthritis in children and adults is to reduce/eliminate inflammatory processes that damage cartilage and surrounding tissues. Since inflammation can occur for various reasons, approaches to therapy also vary depending on the form of the disease.
The main (basic) group of drugs for the treatment of arthritis are cytostatics - substances that reduce the production of immune cells. They have serious side effects, such as pancythemia (insufficient production of all blood cells), vulnerability of the body to infections, liver damage, etc. Despite this, the need to use cytostatics has been proven even in the early stages of the rheumatic process. If they are not used, patients develop irreversible deformation of the knee and other joints, and their general condition worsens. You can reduce the likelihood of negative effects of medications by choosing the right dose and drug. Currently prescribed: Sulfasalazine, Methotrexate, Azathioprine, Hydroxychloroquine.
To reduce pain and stiffness, it is recommended to use NSAIDs: Ibuprofen, Indomethacin, Ketorolac, etc. A common side effect of non-hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs is the formation of ulcers in the stomach/duodenum and the development of gastritis. To prevent it, together with NSAIDs, patients are prescribed medications that reduce the amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach (Omeprazole, Lansoprazole, Rabeprazole).
If therapy is ineffective, you can additionally use glucocorticosteroids - these are strong anti-inflammatory hormones that can be used locally (by injection into the joint) and systemically (by tablet or injection). Hydrocortisone, Methylprednisolone, and Dexamethasone are used in clinical practice.
The latest developments are drugs that act selectively on the body's inflammatory substances (TNF-alpha), reducing their amount. The most common is Infliximab (synonym: Remicade). It quickly relieves symptoms, in combination with a cytostatic, stops the progression of the disease and has a minimum of side effects. A significant disadvantage of Infliximab is the price. The cost of one bottle (100 mg of medicine) is about 50,000 rubles.
This form is slower than rheumatoid arthritis and responds better to treatment. It must be comprehensive and include the following elements:
If the patient comes in at the final stage of arthritis, when the joint has become “overgrown,” the only treatment option is surgery. During the operation, the patient is fitted with a prosthesis whose functions do not differ from its biological counterpart. Unfortunately, the reserves of polymer materials are exhaustible, so after 5-7 years a second joint replacement is necessary.
Since the occurrence of “joint attacks” provokes an increased amount of uric acid in the patient’s blood, its level should be reduced to normal values. This can be achieved in two ways, which are combined for severe gout. The first is a strict diet, which involves the exclusion of meat and dairy products, alcohol, and legumes. The second is the prescription of Allopurinol. This is a medicine that reduces acid levels by inhibiting a special enzyme (xanthine oxidase).
Directly during the period of “joint attack,” Colchicine is recommended, which quickly eliminates the symptoms of arthritis due to its anti-gout effect.
Treatment of this form is carried out by a TB doctor. The patient is sent to a tuberculosis clinic, where, after diagnosis, he is prescribed a course of chemotherapy drugs. Currently, the duration of therapy for arthritis ranges from 9 months to 2 years. It should be noted that anti-tuberculosis drugs are often poorly tolerated by patients, and intolerance to some drugs occurs. The most common side effects include constant dizziness, a feeling of nausea and weakness, drowsiness, abdominal pain, allergic reactions, possible mental disorders, etc.
This is one of the few arthritis that can be completely cured with timely treatment by the patient. To do this, it is enough to eliminate the source of infection (urogenital, intestinal or pulmonary), after which the symptoms of inflammation of the knee joint will begin to decrease. The standard treatment regimen for the reactive form includes antibiotics and NSAIDs.
Other types of arthritis (Psoriatic, Enteropathic, Lupus and Scleroderma) are treated according to similar principles. The greatest importance in their therapy is the use of anti-inflammatory drugs of all groups:
Symptoms and treatment of knee arthritis depend on the form of the disease, so it is important to carry out a comprehensive examination in a timely manner. Early diagnosis is the key to successful therapy and a prerequisite for maintaining knee mobility. If the patient does not seek medical help or it is provided unqualifiedly, the patient’s quality of life may irreversibly decrease due to joint deformation and the formation of ankylosis.
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The problem with joint pain is diagnosed in many patients and is not considered an independent disease. Swelling, swelling, crunching or pain may appear at an early age. To eliminate pain, use a compress on the knee. In folk medicine, there is a wide range of recipes, but the main thing is not to use everything, but to choose one individually that will really help.
The most popular remedy in the field of physiotherapy is a compress. It is prepared according to the recipe at home, but the main thing to remember is not to exceed the dosage of ingredients when preparing the medicine in order to speed up recovery. This may cause side effects.
The compress has many advantages:
Pain-relieving compresses for arthrosis of the knee joint are made using dimexide, bischofite, medical bile, and novocaine. They also use phytocompress, a product made from salt and fat. They are used as an additional procedure for conservative treatment. They have repeatedly proven their effectiveness, speed of action, and have almost no contraindications.
Undoubtedly, compresses are useful for joint pain. Compared to medications, they have virtually no side effects, do not cause complications, and do not harm your health. But do not forget about some existing contraindications that can provoke undesirable effects on the human body.
The use of folk remedies is suitable for almost everyone, but it is better to consult a doctor before starting to use them. Indicated for all categories of people, regardless of age or type of activity.
It is allowed to use a therapeutic bandage for:
Along with the indications, there are contraindications to the use of a compress on the knee. These include:
Some patients may experience side effects during the therapeutic procedure. If they are detected, you should immediately consult a doctor for medical help. Such complications include dermatitis, skin pigmentation, burning, and dry skin. An allergy in the form of a rash and a strong odor from the mouth may also appear.
Symptoms may worsen when the patient does not adhere to the prescription. In this case, you should not exceed or change the components of the prescription at your discretion, without the approval of your doctor. Remember that this action may lead to even greater complications.
Treatment with folk remedies helps to successfully cope with various diseases, without having to buy expensive drugs that have a lot of contraindications and side effects. After all, traditional therapy can not only eliminate pain, but also overcome the inflammatory process. Folk remedies are used comprehensively, but the main criterion for their effectiveness is the patient’s well-being.
A warming compress provides a rush of blood to the inflamed area, dilates blood vessels, resolves the source of inflammation, and relieves swelling. Does not negatively affect the skin. A vodka compress helps relieve pain and warms up the joint. It can be mixed with other medicinal plants, which will provide double effectiveness. Helps with various types of arthritis, osteochondrosis, arthrosis.
How to make such a compress? For preparation you will need cotton wool, gauze, polyethylene, bandage, vodka. When all the ingredients are at hand, you can begin to apply the bandage.
The compress should be kept for 6-12 hours; after removal, rinse the leg with warm water and apply a dry bandage. This warming compress should be applied in the evening so as not to cool the limb. The duration of treatment is 7-14 days.
Novocaine is a local anesthetic drug with low toxic properties. It is used for local anesthesia, affecting nerve cells, as a result of which the supply of pain impulses stops. The anesthetic relaxes the muscles and lowers the threshold of sensitivity. This compress is easy to prepare:
Keep the bandage on for 30-60 minutes. The therapeutic course of treatment is 7-14 days (apply the bandage daily).
It is used in articular pathology, as it demonstrates impressive results. The advantage of the drug is the possibility of outpatient treatment and a freshly prepared product. It can be mixed with another pain medication. Dimexide penetrates perfectly into the skin and begins to act on the inflammatory focus.
This compress not only has an analgesic effect, but also has an anti-inflammatory effect. How is such a compress made?
For arthrosis of the knee joint, bischofite is used to prepare a compress. This substance is of natural origin, saturated with a huge amount of microelements. Before applying the mixture, it is necessary to warm up the joint using a heating pad or massage.
Alternative medicine has been using similar compresses based on healing, medicinal herbs for a very long time. They have a positive effect, eliminate pain, and contribute to the return of stabilization of motor function.
Here's an example of a dandelion bandage:
As we know, dandelion is an effective remedy for joint diseases. Especially with arthritis of the knee joint. Symptoms disappear after 3-5 weeks of using the folk remedy. The procedure must be done daily in the evening.
The raw materials are made from the bile of cattle, with the addition of stabilizers and antiseptic substances. The activity must be performed every day, the duration of the treatment course varies from a week to a month. Bandaging technique:
Medicine prepared with pork fat is very useful and healing for arthrosis of the knee joint. Apply a therapeutic compress as follows:
But since this can cause discomfort to the patient, it is possible to apply the compress at night every day. In the morning, remove the bandage, rinse the knee, and in the evening apply the fat again to the knee and go to bed.
Salt is a unique substance that contains useful elements. With the help of such a compress you can cure a bruise, wound, arthritis, gout, rheumatism. A saline solution can quickly relieve inflammation, get rid of a purulent process, cleanse the skin, and alleviate the condition of the knee joint.
How is salt healing remedy prepared?
This warming bandage activates blood circulation, helps relax muscle spasms, and fills the joint with microelements. Can relieve pain and eliminate inflammation.
For arthrosis, oatmeal is an effective and inexpensive remedy.
It is advisable to perform the procedure every day before going to bed, the treatment period is 5-12 days. But it is important that the oatmeal is fresh, that is, you will need to cook it every day in the morning.
In the video below you can watch various traditional methods of treating a sore knee joint and apply them at home if necessary.
Arthrosis is the destruction of cartilage and other joint structures due to degenerative changes due to age, increased stress, poor circulation and nutrition of joint tissue.
Arthritis is a disease of inflammatory nature. It can occur as a result of local factors (for example, infection directly into the joint), or be a consequence of other diseases (reactive arthritis due to allergies).
Arthrosis-arthritis is a combination of degenerative processes in the joint and its inflammation.
Knee arthritis most often has the following symptoms:
Sometimes there is a phenomenon called morning stiffness, when movements in the knee are difficult at first, and then, after the patient “diverges,” they become normal. Most often, the phenomenon of morning stiffness is also observed in rheumatoid arthritis.
Periarthritis in its clinical course generally resembles arthritis of the knee, but differs in that in this case it is not the joint itself that is inflamed, but the surrounding tissues, for example, muscle tendons and ligaments. It is also characterized by pain and slight swelling, but there are no changes on the radiograph in the joint itself (sometimes you can see foci of calcification in the area of the tendons attached to the medial condyle of the tibia).
Pain during periarthritis occurs during active movements, gradually decreasing or disappearing completely (for example, when walking, the first steps will be the most painful), intensifies when climbing stairs or in a sitting position.
Gouty arthritis of the knee joint is manifested by periodic pain, it is short-term and sudden, sometimes accompanied by itching, fever, and burning in the knee area. Subsequently, with gout, tophi appear - deposits of uric acid salts, which at times break out. Outside of exacerbation, the skin in the joint area becomes rough and begins to peel off. The mobility of the knee is gradually impaired due to the destruction of bone tissue and the formation of arthrosis.
Arthritis of the knee joint in children also has its own characteristics: the knee mainly hurts in the morning, and during the day the child complains of practically nothing. More often it occurs after a cold or acute respiratory viral infection. It must be remembered that children can also develop juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with characteristic lesions of the articular surfaces and persistent joint deformation.
First, you should see a specialist (pediatrician, therapist, rheumatologist), since it is the doctor who can determine the nature of the disease and understand the causes of its occurrence. For an accurate diagnosis, you may need to undergo an in-depth examination, including:
After this, the doctor will prescribe a comprehensive treatment for knee arthritis, which is based on the following principles:
Surgical treatment is carried out mainly for arthrosis-arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, when there is a need to replace the knee joint with an endoprosthesis. In recent years, such prostheses have been made from especially durable materials and can serve for 10 years or more.
During an exacerbation, you need to see a doctor and avoid putting stress on the inflamed knee. In order for the condition to improve as quickly as possible, you should take all medications recommended by your doctor at home, and do therapeutic exercises as your condition improves. You should also reconsider your lifestyle and give up everything that worsens recovery:
You should also reconsider your diet and normalize your body weight, reducing the number of calories consumed due to fatty and refined foods. On the doctor’s recommendation, you can take medicinal baths at home (the doctor will tell you which substance to use) or make warm compresses on the knee.
Folk remedies should be used only after consultation with a doctor and should not replace drug therapy. The following traditional medicines help relieve pain and inflammation to some extent:
Knee pain may also be due to a form of arthritis
The first step to treating knee pain is getting a proper diagnosis. Your knee may become painful due to ligaments, tendons, muscle problems, or changes in the bone. Knee pain can also be a consequence of one of the hundred forms of arthritis.
To help your doctor diagnose the cause of your knee pain, it is important to pay attention to the symptoms. What symptoms indicate knee arthritis?
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons says that if knee pain is due to arthritis, it will likely come on gradually and then gradually get worse. This is different from an injury where acute knee pain gets better over time. With osteoarthritis, knee pain may be worsened by activities such as climbing stairs, rising from a chair, or other activities that require you to bend your leg and place your entire body weight on your knee. With rheumatoid arthritis, knee pain may be worse in the morning or worsen after periods of inactivity. Rheumatoid arthritis is also characterized by periods of flares and remissions. Osteoarthritis may cause pain on only one side of the body, while rheumatoid arthritis typically affects both knees equally.
With osteoarthritis, you may find that your knee becomes stiff and difficult to move. Loss of flexibility in the knee joint can be a consequence of a sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise. Rheumatoid arthritis can cause swelling and inflammation in the joints. Your knee may become red and warm to the touch, and you may develop a low-grade fever. In rheumatoid arthritis, the joint may become deformed as the disease progresses. With both forms of arthritis, you may find that your knees are affected by the weather.
According to the Arthritis Foundation, both rheumatoid arthritis and arthrosis can cause sensations such as stiffness or crunching in the knee. Your knee may become unstable and you may experience stiffness and pain in the knee joint. Arthritis may even cause you to limp if you try to relieve pressure on your knee.
Knee pain can be caused by many reasons. You may have damage to the tendons, ligaments, and muscles surrounding your knee joint. Knee pain can also be associated with a form of arthritis. The only way to find out the cause of knee pain is to see a doctor for a correct diagnosis. Tests will help determine the cause of your knee pain.
First, your doctor will look at your symptoms: What kind of pain are you experiencing? What makes pain better and what makes it worse? The doctor may look for signs of stiffness, swelling, and redness, which may indicate arthritis. If you have pain in one knee, you may suspect osteoarthritis; pain in two knees most likely indicates rheumatoid arthritis. Knee arthritis pain tends to get worse after periods of inactivity and improves with movement. This may differ from ligament or tendon injuries that worsen with movement. Additionally, arthritis can cause generalized pain, while damage to a tendon or ligament can result in very localized pain.
X-rays will be taken to help identify bone changes that indicate arthritis. Osteoarthritis, one of the most common forms, occurs due to wear and tear of the cartilage tissue in the knee. When this happens, the bones rub against each other, which can lead to the development of a bone spur. X-ray is the most informative test to confirm the diagnosis of osteoarthritis. It may show a narrowing of the space between bones (indicating that the cartilage is thinning) as well as changes in the bone tissue (like a spur). If your doctor doesn't see changes on the X-ray, he or she may order an MRI test, which shows injury to the surrounding soft tissue and can help rule out arthritis as the cause of your knee pain.
Blood tests are needed. If you are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, additional blood test results will be needed to determine whether your knee pain is related to arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the joint capsule. A blood test can show active inflammation and other factors that are present in this disease (See article: Rheumatoid factor ). In rheumatoid arthritis, a blood test will likely show a low red blood cell count, a high white blood cell count, and an elevated platelet count. Additionally, your doctor may take a fluid test from your knee, which can help confirm a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
If you suffer from pain in one or both knees due to arthritis, you should know that there are ways to relieve the pain. There are many forms of arthritis that affect each person differently. So you may even need to try a combination of techniques and approaches to relieve your knee pain and stay active.
Never ignore knee pain! Without adequate treatment for injury, inflammation and pain in the joint can develop into a more severe condition. The sooner you start treatment, the better your chances of a quick recovery. Consult your doctor for a correct diagnosis. Only identifying the exact cause of your knee pain will help you find the right approach to managing your symptoms. Remember that knee arthritis is not a death sentence! There are methods that can help relieve knee pain and medications that your doctor prescribes to treat knee arthritis.