Primary arthrosis of foot: treatment and prevention

Arthrosis of the foot is a joint disease, the cause of which is wear and exchange degenerative changes during the menopause. This disease is not considered inflammatory, as, for example, arthritis or chronic polyarthritis, and with it there are no pathological changes of the joint fluid.

Arthrosis of the foot can be primary and secondary. The diagnosis of primary arthrosis is established for an unclear cause of the disease. According to doctors, it occurs as a result of age-related changes. With the obvious cause of arthrosis (trauma, vascular disorders), the doctor immediately diagnoses - "secondary arthrosis".

Acute pain in walking, or continuous chronic pain, a sense of discomfort, an exhausting restriction of freedom of movement in the joint - the symptoms with which arthrosis of the foot is manifested. Treatment of primary arthrosis in the official medicine is carried out in a complex way by restoring blood circulation in the tissues of the affected joints. Improving blood microcirculation is facilitated by aspirin, nicotinic acid, troxevasin.

Serious traffic restrictions, negatively affecting the quality of life, are the consequences that arthrosis of the foot causes. Treatment of this serious illness should be trusted only by a professional doctor. Otherwise, in the absence of adequate therapy, arthrosis is able to move to a number of located joints.

For some time, the pain can be reduced with the help of complete rest, joint relief, thermal procedures and salicylates, which is usually prescribed for the diagnosis of foot arthrosis. Treatment with hydrocortisone medications injected into the joint is another commonly used method, after which there is a continuous improvement in the course of the disease. Restore the metabolism and regenerate articular cartilages will help anti-arthritis drugs (mukartrin, rumalon).

In the early stage of primary arthrosis, physiological procedures are used: ultrasound, radon bath, mud therapy. Therapeutic gymnastics with arthrosis is also quite effective.

In addition to the above methods, which can overcome primary arthrosis of the foot, treatment with folk remedies also gives a positive effect, but not immediately, but in 2-4 weeks. Here are a few folk remedies to relieve the condition of joint arthrosis:

· The chalk bar is ground into dust. Add a small amount of curdled milk. Formed gruel is applied to the joint, covered with a film, a bandage is applied from above. This compress should be placed overnight for two weeks.

· Oat flakes boil 5 minutes in 0.5 liters of water and cool. Use the mixture daily as a compress on the joint.

· Take olive oil (1 tablespoon) and ¼ teaspoon of garlic juice. Drink before breakfast to relieve pain.

· Mix in equal parts glycerin, flower honey, iodine and alcohol. Rub the affected foot towards the heart. Helps with pain.

· Juice of cabbage moisten the woolen cloth and pribintovat to the joint. Eliminates pain.

However, with a prolonged course of primary arthrosis, pain can be finally eliminated only in an operative way, creating joint stiffness. Thus, the unpleasant symptoms accompanying the arthrosis of the foot are significantly reduced. Treatment, for example, performed promptly by the method of compression arthrodesis, leads to the most rapid and good effect. At later stages of arthrosis laser therapy is not bad.

Preventive measures preventing primary arthrosis of the foot:

• Wearing shoes according to the size of the foot.
• Corresponding to age motor activity for maintenance of normal blood supply of joints and their support in a functional state.
• Support optimal weight with diet.