Symptoms, features of the treatment of arthrosis of the hip joint

Arthrosis of the hip joint, or in other words, coxarthrosis, is a serious pathology in this area of the skeletal system, characterized by destruction of the articular layer of cartilage, further damage to other components: adjacent muscles, bursa, pelvic bones.

Damaging arthrosis is very dangerous because it not only causes thinning of cartilage, but also bone growth, which threatens with irreversible consequences.

Actively, arthrosis contributes to the development of vascular sclerosis of the articular head with the growth of a large number of cysts. The consequence of this disease is severe deformity, dysfunction of one or both hip joints. Coxarthrosis of the joints manifests itself not only in connection with age-related changes in the skeletal system, but also in children with hip dyslasia, dysplasia.

Arthrosis of the hip joint: symptoms

Signs of damage to the pelvic bones appear differently in each patient, but among the most common are the following:

• The main place among them is occupied by the pain syndrome, from which patients suffer not only after physical exercise, but also at rest. The painful sensation is localized in the thighs, groin, up to the knees. Pain is not always static, as the disease progresses, they change the place of localization, intensity, duration;
• Restriction of motor activity of the musculoskeletal system causes stiffness of human movement, lameness, sometimes shortening of the limbs due to spasm of the gluteal muscles;
• The acute stage is characterized by the inability to bring the affected leg to the body or bring it to a supine position. While performing the movement, the hearing of the joints is heard.

There are three degrees of development of coxarthrosis. If in the first stage of the pathology of painful sensations pass after a short rest, then they become stronger. The threatened hip joint does not move, and the muscles of the thighs, buttocks, and lower legs are difficult to cope with their function because of atrophic changes in them.

The main cause of lesions

1. The risk of developing arthrosis is often found in groups of people who already have metabolic disorders, genetic features in the structure of the skeletal system, and weakness of cartilage tissue.
2. But often the appearance of this pathology is preceded by several diseases associated with malnutrition, blood supply to the femoral head, for example, Peters disease. It manifests itself mainly in boys during childhood.
3. Congenital hip dislocation also leads to the development of articular pathology in the pelvis.
4. Injuries in the form of fractures, dislocations provoke the development of hip joint disease.
5. Inflammatory processes in the bones, such as arthritis of various etiologies, contribute to joint tissue damage.
6. And living an inactive lifestyle, hormonal disorders in the body, doing heavy sports only provoke the development of arthritis changes in the hip joint.

Treatment of arthrosis by therapeutic methods

If pathology is advanced, the possibility of surgery. But in the first stage of development, deformed arthrosis is cured by conservative methods in the hospital or at home.

Co-treatment with medications

Several main types of drugs are used to treat this disease:

• Non -steroidal drugs are often produced in the form of tablets, capsules, and gels. They are anti-inflammatory agents, effective analgesics to relieve swelling, reduce pain, and stop pathological processes in tissues. Tablets, capsules, medicine taken with food, the first forty milligrams, then two days later reduced to twenty. The gel is applied three times a day, rubbed in with a massage motion. With caution, the drugs are prescribed to elderly patients with heart failure, pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. While using it, you should not drink alcohol, drive a car;
• The agent, which is a chondroprotective agent, restores metabolic processes, cartilage tissue function of the hip joint, and reduces pain. They took one and a half grams of medication daily for six weeks. Thanks to such drugs, after three months can feel an improvement in the condition of the hip joint;
• To relax smooth muscles, relieve spasms of small vessels, drugs that improve the properties of the blood, increase resistance to hypoxia, help. Take two tablets once a day with meals;
• Muscle relaxation aims to normalize blood circulation, relieve muscle pain. It is prescribed one tablet three times a day. This drug is contraindicated for people with serious liver pathology;
• Corticosteroids are used only for very severe forms of the disease, when other medications do not provide relief. Some of these drugs have strong anti-inflammatory effects. Often, the drug solution is injected intramuscularly, starting from one hundred milliliters, every six hours. It is successfully used for administration using ultrasound equipment (phonophoresis, electrophoresis).

Treatment with warming ointments for articular pathology is rarely used, as it is relatively difficult for external agents to penetrate the lesion through the layers of fat, skin, and muscle.

We treat coxarthrosis at home

Time -tested traditional medicine recipes should also be used in the treatment of coxarthrosis.

1. After passing the pulp of three lemons, 250 grams of celery root, 120 grams of garlic through a meat grinder, a mixture is obtained, which, after being put in a three -liter jar, is poured with boiling water. The infusion is taken half an hour before breakfast, half a glass daily.
2. A glass of calamus and astragalus is boiled in five liters of water for five minutes. After inserting the drug, add the solution to a warm water bath. After undergoing a medical procedure, it is good to do gymnastics to develop the movement of the pelvic joints.
3. Aspic, cooked from beef hoof without salt, is very useful for diseases of the joints. It should be eaten two hundred grams half an hour before meals.
4. Bath with the addition of Jerusalem artichokes, pine branches, sea salt, honey will alleviate the patient's condition. And iodine fat and lard will strengthen its effect. Also, after a bath, a compress of radish mixed with honey, which is rubbed on the sore area, will help.

Of course, treatment with folk remedies will only weaken some of the symptoms of the disease, will not completely eliminate them, but if combined with other methods, it will be effective.

Medical procedures can help with pelvic arthrosis

Procedures prescribed by specialists for the successful treatment of coxarthrosis have a beneficial local effect on the tissues of the affected areas of the human skeletal system:

• Acting with low temperatures in painful pelvic bone areas, cryotherapy stimulates blood flow to them, metabolic processes in tissues. Partial immersion of the body in an environment with liquid nitrogen, where the temperature ranges from minus one hundred and ten to minus one hundred and sixty, will help relieve the symptoms of unpleasant arthritic pain, restore motor function;
• Irradiation with infrared light is used for painful sensations in muscle tissue, nerve endings. Before the phototherapy procedure, it is necessary to lubricate the affected area with gel, then for thirty minutes they act with the help of special tools on the sore spot. To avoid allergic reactions, testing must be performed before the session, and then the appropriate radiation dose is selected;
• Traction, or traction, of the hip joint is a way of stretching the joints to prevent abrasion and increase the gap between them. This procedure is performed either by the specialist himself or using a traction unit. In the supine position, while correcting the chest, spine of the patient's shoulder, the load is suspended from the lower back on a special belt. The weight of the load depends on one's weight, height, age, severity of illness. After such an operation, it is recommended to give the patient a long rest.

Physical therapy, massage must be prescribed to reverse the arthrosis of the hip joint, as this will help improve blood circulation, relieve muscle tension, and pain.

Prevention of recurrent articular pathology

Successful treatment of any skeletal system disease must be consolidated so that the disease does not recur.

1. To develop the hip joint, daily gymnastics, thigh and back massage will help. Swimming exercises have a positive effect on the condition of the pelvis, hips.
2. Prevention of joint pathology is incomplete without a balanced diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, grains, seafood, chicken, turkey.
3. Traditional medicine recipes will also strengthen muscles and bones, so the use of compresses, trays based on medicinal ingredients is mandatory.

And most importantly, do not overload the joints, muscles with work, walk, jog. And when the first symptoms of pain appear, you should immediately see a doctor.

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