Osteoarthritis
- Overview
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Causes
- Complications
- Homoeopathic Treatment
- Do's and Don'ts
- Diet and Nutrition
WHAT HAPPENS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS?
Osteoarthritis or OA is a bone disease due to cartilage loss between the joints. of. It involves following process –
Quick Look
- Sharp ache or burning sensation in the joint is the hallmark of OA. Pain increases with cold temperature, high humidity, and pressure changes
- Difficulty in moving joints
- Stiffness of joints
- Crackling noise in the joints called crepitus
- Spasms and contractions in tendons of muscles
- Extra fluid fills in joints causing swelling around joints
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WHAT CAN OSTEOARTHRITIS LEAD TO?
It can lead to-
- Stiffness of joints
- Restricted joint movements
- Swollen and painful joints
- Loss of flexibility of joints
- Development of bone spurs which is extra bone formation within the joints
- This bone spurs may break & lie freely within the joints causing severe pain and restricted range of motion.
- Aches, pain and tenderness cause sleep disturbance, which will make you restless, irritable and also leads to poor work performances with disturbed family life.
HOW WELL HOMEOPATHY WORKS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS
- OSTEOARTHRITIS may severely impact your life quality. It may lead to permanent disability hence seek holistic and safest homeopathic treatment at the earliest.
- Homeopathy is very efficient in managing symptoms of OSTEOARTHRITIS. It arrests the cartilage erosion at the earliest and rescues you from OA .
- Homeopathy is natural, safe and without any side-effects , and one can enjoy complete freedom from OSTEOARTHRITIS.
- It strengthens your bones and arrest progress of disease .
- Homeopathic treatment for OSTEOARTHRITIS has more than 80 natural, side-effect free remedies in its treasury for the treatment of this condition.
Few of our amazing remedies include:
- NATRUM CARBONICA: Very good remedy in OSTEOARTHRITIS where there is easy dislocation and spraining of ankle. Ankle is so weak that it gives away, foot bends under. Associated inability to perform any mental labour.
- RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS: Effective remedy for OSTEOARTHRITIS. Muscular pain at shoulder blade margins. Especially affections of women of sedentary employment. Associated burning in small spots.
- RHODODENDRON: Wonderful remedy for osteoarthritis with acute inflammatory swelling of joints which is wandering in nature. It is severe at night and worse with rest and during stormy weather. Affections from wet, cold, windy weather. Tearing pain in all the limbs.
Osteoarthritis or OA (osteo =of the bone), ( arthr =joint), and(itis= inflammation) is also known as wear and tear disease. It is a degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease or osteoarthrosis.
Arthritis means inflammation of joint which includes features like redness, stiffness, pain and swelling. Osteoarthritis or OA is commonest form of arthritis. After age of 60 it is present in both the sex at equal rate. It can affect all age groups. It is due to mechanical abnormalities, which causes joint degradation, articular cartilage and subchondral bone damage.
It affects mostly hip, knees, but can affect any joints.
Homeopathic Treatment
and lifestyle adjustments can help you reduce or manage the signs and symptoms of Osteoarthritis.
- Joint Pain - Severe sharp and burning pain which increases with movement, temperature changes . Pain may even occur at rest.
- Tenderness - Light pressure applied on joints lead to pain
- Stiffness- First motion in the morning on waking up results in stiffness of joints. This also occurs after a period of rest like getting up from sitting position after long time.
- Crepitus - Crepitus is the grating sensation in joints which is felt or heard.
- Locking - Intense stiffness may lock the joints and may result in disability and intense pain. There is loss of flexibility.
- Effusion - There is extra fluid filled in the joint leading to swelling/effusion. OA is commonest cause of joint effusion.
- Disability - There is loss of joint flexibility. Stiffness, pain and restricted range of motion lead to disability and poor life quality.
- Bunions - Swelling of the first joint of the toe.
- Herberden's nodes - These are hard bony out growths closest to fingernails that is in the middle joints of fingers or toes..
- Bouchard's nodes - Hard, bony outgrowths or gelatinous cysts on the middle joints of fingers or toes are formed called Bouchard's nodes.
- Between Herberden's node and Bouchard's nodes the difference is Herberden's nodes are closest to finger while the latter is in middle joint of finger.
- Some people notice these physical changes before they experience any pain.
Loss of cartilage is the main cause of osteoarthritis.
- Hereditary: OA runs in families. There is strong genetic association.
- Age: OA seems to have direct relation with increased age, due to natural wear and tear experienced with age.
- Gender: Women are more prone to get OA and the risk increases after menopause.
- Mechanical- Damage from mechanical stress or injury with insufficient self repair by joints is also an important cause.
- Congenital-Birth defects like misalignments of bones cause OA in future.
- Excess body weight - It put pressure on the weight bearing joints of the body leading to their damage.
- Non coordinated movements - Loss of strength in the muscles supporting a joint and impairment of peripheral nerves leading to sudden or uncoordinated movements. This leads to pressure on joints.
- Disease condition- Certain medical diseases like Costochondritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lyme's disease, Gout, Septic Arthritis may also cause OA.
There are certain complications of Osteoarthritis in unmanaged and extreme cases. The most important complication is disability and poor life quality.
- Gout- It is an inflammatory type of arthritis which is caused by high level of urates in blood. It leads to sodium urate crystal deposit in joints. With already OA present in body and high urate levels, gout is more likely to happen.
- Chondrocalcinosis - OA promotes formation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in joint cartilage. It leads to Chondrocalcinosis. It is also called pseudogout.
- Baker's cyst - When extra fluid forms within the joint and it gets trapped in the joint as hernia and forms cyst it is known as baker’s cyst. They feel as lumps and are usually painless.
- Osteonecrosis - It is termed as bone death. It may happen after blood supply to bone is hampered. It is rare complication of OA but dangerous.
- Stress fractures - These are fine fractures within the joints resulting due to repeated injury or assault to joints.
- Others- Apart from all these there can be bleeding inside the joint. Nerve can get compressed resulting in Pinched Nerves. Also infections can result within the joints.
- Homeopathy is very proficient in managing the symptoms of OSTEOARTHRITIS and has an excellent success rate in homeopathic treatment for OSTEOARTHRITIS. Homoeopathic treatment for OSTEOARTHRITIS provides complete holistic wellbeing to the patient by boosting the immune system and assisting recovery in the safest and most natural way.
- Homeopathic treatment for OSTEOARTHRITIS is natural, safe and without any side-effects, and one can enjoy immense relief from living under constant threat of joint damage and disability. It is a patient-oriented science and medicines are prescribed on the characteristics of the individual rather than just the symptoms of the disease.
Few of our amazing remedies in Homeopathic treatment of OSTEOARTHRITIS include:
- NATRUM CARBONICA: Very good remedy in OSTEOARTHRITIS where there is easy dislocation and spraining of ankle. Ankle is so weak that it gives away, foot bends under. Associated inability to perform any mental labour.
- RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS: Effective remedy for OSTEOARTHRITIS. Muscular pain at shoulder blade margins. Especially affections of women of sedentary employment. Associated burning in small spots.
- RHODODENDRON: Wonderful remedy for osteoarthritis with acute inflammatory swelling of joints which is wandering in nature. It is severe at night and worse with rest and during stormy weather. Affections from wet, cold, windy weather. Tearing pain in all the limbs.
- Homeopathic treatment for OSTEOARTHRITIS offers a minimum of 80 remedies effective against OSTEOARTHRITIS.
STIFFNESS:KNEES
1 Adam, 3 Aesc, 1 Alco, 1 Alum, 4 AM-M, 1 Ambr, 1 Ammc, 3 Anac, 1 Ang, 3 Ant-c, 3 Apoc, 1 Arg-s, 1 Arge, 3 Ars, 1 Ars-met, 1 Ars-s-f, 4 ATRO, 1 Aur, 1 Aur-ar, 1 Aur-m, 1 Aur-s, 1 Bac, 1 Bell, 3 Berb, 1 Bor-nos, 1 Bov, 4 BRY, 1 Bufo, 1 C-di-o, 1 Calc, 1 Calc-i, 3 Calc-s, 1 Calc-sil, 3 Cann-i, 2 Caps, 1 Carb-an, 3 Carb-v, 1 Carbn-s, 1 Card-m, 4 CAUST, 3 Chel, 1 Clem, 1 Cocc, 4 COLOC, 1 Con, 1 Cycl, 1 Dig, 1 Dios, 1 Diox, 1 Dros, 1 Elaps, 3 Euph, 1 Euphr, 1 Ferr-ar, 1 Ferr-m, 1 Ferr-ma, 1 Fic-i, 1 Gins, 4 GRAPH, 1 Guai, 3 Haliae-lc, 4 HELL, 1 Hydr, 3 Hyos, 3 Ign, 1 Jug-r, 1 Kali-ar, 3 Kali-bi, 2 Kali-c, 1 Kali-chl, 1 Kali-sil, 1 Lac-ac, 1 Lac-eq, 1 Lac-h, 3 Lach, 1 Lath, 4 LED, 2 Leon, 1 Lepi, 1 Lim-b-c, 1 Lob, 4 LYC, 1 M-arct, 1 M-aust, 1 Marm-a, 1 Med, 1 Merc, 1 Merc-d, 1 Merc-s, 3 Mez, 1 Mim-p, 1 Mit, 1 Morg-g, 1 Mur-ac, 4 NAT-M, 3 Nat-s, 3 Nit-ac, 3 Nux-v, 1 Ol-an, 1 Onc-t, 1 Op, 1 Ory-c, 3 Petr, 4 PHOS, 1 Phys, 1 Phyt, 1 Pin-s, 1 Pip-m, 1 Plac, 1 Plan, 4 PLAT, 3 Plb, 1 Podo, 1 Pop-c, 3 Psor, 3 Puls, 1 Pyrog, 1 Rheum, 4 RHUS-T, 1 Salx-f, 1 Samb, 1 Sang, 1 Sars, 1 Scroph-n, 4 SEP, 4 SIL, 3 Spig, 3 Stann, 3 Staph, 1 Stel, 1 Stict, 4 STRY, 4 SULPH, 1 Sumb, 1 Syph, 1 Tarent, 1 Tax, 1 Tep, 3 Ter, 1 Thal-s, 1 Thlaspi, 1 Thuj, 1 Thymu, 1 Tito-a, 1 Trio, 1 Tub, 1 Urt-u, 1 Verat, 1 Vip, 1 Wild, 3 Zinc,
(The numbers- 1, 2 and 3- signify how strongly a remedy is indicated for the disease)
Do's
- Consume diet with sufficient vitamins, minerals to keep your bone healthy.
- Exercise is the best way to keep your bone healthy. Consult your physician or physiotherapist for exercises suitable for you.
- Maintain an ideal weight.
- Rest, Ice application, Compression and elevation are good for your knee joint.
- Stand and move around frequently after every half an hour.
Don'ts
- Avoid alcohol and smoking.
- Avoid damage due to fall to your joints. Remove all risks from your home like loose carpets, damaged furniture's. Well lit your home.
- Avoid extreme exercises like long jump, running.
- Never ignore your symptoms. Timely treatment can help prevent complications to your joint.
There is no particular diet which guarantees protection against OA. But following diet may be of help-
- Joint inflammation can be reduced by foods rich in omega-3 fatty acid, especially salmon and tuna, flaxseeds, walnuts, tofu, soybeans.
- Consume more fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Avoid canned and processed food.