Osteoarthrosis Update in Diagnosis and Treatment

Osteoarthrosis (OA), a debilitating disease, commonly occurs due to degeneration of cartilages in joints. More commonly affected are the knee joints and hips.

Image of OA of Knee in MRIThe problem in treatment is late diagnosis of this condition. A new test that shows promise for the early diagnosis is Delayed Gondollium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cartilage(dGEMRIC).
In treatment, apart from weight reduction and physiotherapy; diclofenac in sustained release form and diacerin in combination have shown to potentiating effect of each other.
Besides this, application of diclofenac gel also has good pain reliving effect.

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Light Walking is better for Osteoarthrosis of Knee

Image via Wikipedia, OsteoarthrosisOsteoarthrosis, also called as osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease; and mostly age related. Osteoarthrosis of knee is very common, most of the time associated with swelling in the knee, accumulation of fluid in the joint space and difficulty in walking more marked after getting up from bed. The pain gradually eases out as activity resumes in the morning.
Obesity, heavy sports activity and brisk exercise involving the knee joints cause more wear and tear in the cartilages in the ends of bones involved in joint formation. Thinning cartilages exposes the bones and there occurs pain in the joints.
Exercises without weight bearing on the joints like swimming relax the ligaments and muscles around the joints that ease pain. Now it has been seen that light walking is better for osteoarthritic joints than vigorous walking or sports activities.
Another cause, overweight has to be addressed to offload the knee joints from the added weight.

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