How to treat knee joint narrowing

There are actually many reasons for the narrow space of the knee joint. The most common one may be caused by bone hyperplasia. Therefore, patients should pay attention to the correct diagnosis. If it is osteoarthritis, you should pay attention to eating more calcium-rich foods such as seaweed, shrimp skin, kelp, etc., and try to avoid doing exercises that put too much weight on the joints. When pain occurs, pay attention to the correct auxiliary drug treatment.

1. Overview

Joint space narrowing can occur for many reasons. Most of the time, it should be due to narrowing of the knee joint space, which may be due to bone hyperplasia or the early stage of inflammation which also causes symptoms of narrowing of the joint space. The specific cause still needs to refer to other examinations and other clinical manifestations. Whether it is serious or not depends on the underlying disease.

2. Diagnosis of osteoarthritis;

1. First of all, you need to improve your lifestyle and eat more calcium-rich foods such as seaweed, dried shrimps, and kelp. Secondly, avoid joint weight-bearing exercises, such as skipping rope and sprinting. It is suitable for jogging, swimming, cycling, etc.;

2. Osteoarthritis cannot be cured. When you feel pain, you can take acetaminophen, celecoxib and other drugs orally to relieve the pain. If the pain is severe, you can take tramadol. Do not use indomethacin or aspirin.

3. You can use diacerein or glucosamine to prevent the disease from progressing;

4. Joint cavity treatment: Sodium hyaluronate once a week has a certain effect on relieving symptoms and repairing cartilage;

5. External medications such as Voltaren ointment or plaster are acceptable;

6. If the pain is obvious, crutches should be used to prevent the patient from bearing any weight.

7. It is recommended to do infrared therapy for the knee joint. Once a day.

8. Symptomatic oral medication: Glucosamine Hydrochloride Capsules.

9. Use triamcinolone acetonide injection + lidocaine injection for knee joint closure treatment.

10. When conservative treatment is ineffective, knee arthroscopy is recommended.