Treatment for Arthritis: therapy, supplement, medication Posted: 03-22-07 05:25am
What treatments , medications, or
nutritional supplements can effectively
help me manage arthritis in my knees? Do
you know of exercises, or of therapies
that help arthritis?
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Arthritis Answer A2528 Posted: 04-05-07 03:54am
The type of treatments , medications, or
nutritional supplements that will work
effectively to help manage arthritis
depend upon what kind of arthritis of the
knees (gonarthritis) you are experiencing.
If arthritis is due to gonarthrosis, or a
degenerative disorder of the knees, the
condition usually progresses to complete
immobility. The only cure in such cases is
a knee replacement. Anti-inflammatory
drugs and painkillers can be given to
relieve the pain. Supplements that include
cartilage building elements such as
chondroitin sulphate and hialuronic acid
can be used for the regeneration of the
joint’s cartilage. These supplements
can be taken orally or injected directly
into the knee joints.
Arthritis can be also due to autoimmune
inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis is an
example of joint inflammation due to an
autoimmune condition. In such cases,
doctors recommend anti-inflammatory drugs
(corticosteroids, NSAID), painkillers and
immuno-modulators (metotrexate,
cyclosporine etc). In cases of autoimmune
arthritis, drugs can slow down the
progression of the disease. A knee
replacement remains as a final solution,
again.
Bacterial infection is a rare cause of
arthritis. Antibiotics are given for
bacterial arthritis.
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