OSTEOARTHRITIS | Cause, Symptoms, Risk factors, Diagnosis & HOMEOPATHY
Osteoarthritis is one of the most
common joint diseases which is due to infection or degenerative changes. This
joint disease mostly affects middle-age to elderly people. It is commonly
referred to as OA or as "wear and tear" of the joints, but we now
know that OA is a disease of the entire joint, involving the cartilage, joint
lining, ligaments, and bone. Approximately 80-90% of individuals older than 65
years have evidence of primary osteoarthritis
When bone surfaces become less well
protected by cartilage, bone may be exposed and damaged. As a result of
decreased movement secondary to pain, regional muscles may atrophy, and
ligaments may become more lax.
What
cause OA?
The stresses applied to the joints, especially the
weight-bearing joints like ankle, knee and hip joints play an important role in
the development of osteoarthritis.
If the cartilage breaks down and wears away, the bones rub
together. This causes pain, swelling, and stiffness.
Risk
Factors for OA
· Ag
· Obesity
(increases mechanical stress)
· Trauma
· Genetics
· Sex
hormones
· Repetitive
use (ie, jobs requiring heavy labor and bending)
· Infection
· Muscle
weakness
· Acromegaly
· Crystal
deposition
· Heritable
metabolic causes (eg, alkaptonuria, hemochromatosis, Wilson disease)
· Previous
rheumatoid arthritis (ie, burnt-out rheumatoid arthritis)
·
Underlying
orthopedic disorders (eg, congenital hip dislocation, slipped femoral capital
epiphysis)
· Hemoglobinopathies
(eg, sickle cell disease, thalassemia)
· Neuropathic
disorder leading to a Charcot joint (eg, syringomyelia, tabes dorsalis,
diabetes)
· Disorders
of bone (eg, Paget disease, avascular necrosis)
What are
the Symptoms of OA?
·
Knobby
swelling at the joint
·
Joint
pain and stiffness
·
Cracking
or grinding noise with joint movement (cripitus)
·
Decreased
function of the joint
Malalignment with a bony enlargement
(depending on the disease’s severity) may occur. Most cases of osteoarthritis
do not involve erythema or warmth over the affected joint(s); however, an
effusion may be present. Limitation of joint motion or muscle atrophy around a
more severely affected joint may occur.
Heberden nodes, which represent
palpable osteophytes in the DIP joints (Distal interphalangeal joint), are characteristic in women but not
in men. Inflammatory changes are typically absent or at least not pronounced.
Differential
Diagnoses
Ankylosing
Spondylitis
Avascular Necrosis
Imaging in
Neuropathic Arthropathy (Charcot Joint)
Lyme Disease
Prepatellar
Bursitis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Calcium
Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
Patellofemoral
Arthritis
Patellofemoral
Syndrome
How to
Diagnose OA?
Your doctor can detect OA based on
the symptoms explained above. To make it clear and differentiate, doctor may
need X-ray, CBC, RA factor, Synovial fluid biopsy, MRI, Anti CCP and CRP etc.
Management
of OA
Simple lifestyle changes can help you
to reduce your OA symptoms. Weight loss and exercise are useful in OA. Excess
weight puts stress on your knee joints and hips and low back.
Homeopathy
for OA
There are many homeopathic remedies
which will deal with Osteoarthritis. The complete picture of your mental,
physical and emotional states will be needed for right remedial diagnosis. A
qualified homeopath can help you to prescribe a correct remedy for your OA. Do
not take medicines without a doctor’s advice.
Most commonly used
homeopathic remedies are,
Bryonia Alb
Calc Carb
Rhus tox
Ledum pal
Guaiacum
Lithium carb
Kali carb
Ferrum pic
Lycopodium
Oxalic acid.
Contitutionally Phos, Ars alb, Nat mur, Ignatia, Carcinosin, Sepia, Sil etc
can come up.
Do not prescribe yourself, Consult a classical homeopath.
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Source:-
http://emedicine.medscape.com/
www.sophisticatededge.com
www.hpathy.com
www.rheumatology.org
www.homeopathyworldcommunity.com
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoarthritis.
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