According to statistics in hospitals, an osteoarthropathy happens not only in the elderly but also at all ages. The osteoarthropathy is often persistent and affects patients’ health and well-being. Especially when the weather changes as currently, the osteoarthropathy is more likely to occur. We jointly look at common diseases in the joints to know how to prevent and overcome the disease when it occurs.
Frequent osteoarthropathies
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a very common disease and usually happens in women between the ages of 35-55 years. The disease is characterized by prolonged arthritis associated with swelling, heating, redness and pain in joints, most commonly with small joints in hands, wrist joints, elbows, knees, ankles, toes of both sides. The disease causes arthral pains, clerosis, deformities that cause a difficult movement. Even if the disease progresses without being properly treated, it will lead to disability. Currently there is no medical treatment for this disease
Gout
Gout is an arthropathy caused by metabolic disorder of purine that results in elevated uric acid levels and severe arthralgia. The disease is common in men and is associated with diet, such as eating too much protein, drinking too much beer, alcohol, etc. Depending on each patient and severity, acute gout can be withdrawn after a few weeks. If there is no appropriate treatment and frequent preventive measures, gout attacks will frequently recurrent and become chronic gout. Then the treatment will face many difficulties due to complications.
Disc herniation
Disc herniation is a condition in spinal disc mucus escape normal position within fiber or put pressure on spinal nerve roots alive, causing a lumbar waist syndrome. The cause of the herniated disc may be due to hereditary or wrong posture in labor, movement and activity, natural degeneration or spinal injury.
Herniated discs cause frequent pains, numbness from waist to buttocks and legs, or pain around neck, nape spreading over shoulders, arms, etc. In addition, the disease also causes spinal pain and nerve root pain; each period lasts 1-2 weeks. The first stage may be dull but the pain is much later and more intense. Most therapies help reduce the symptoms. In severe cases, patients may be prescribed surgical intervention.
Spine degeneration
Spine degeneration is a chronic musculoskeletal pathology commonly found in older people and is associated with movement posture. The disease progresses slowly; basic damages of the disease is joint degeneration or spinal disc disease. Spine degeneration is common in people over the age of 30, in lumber spine and cervical spine. Current treatment measures for spine degeneration are primarily pain relief that do not affect the underlying cause of the disease.
Trend of using herbs in supporting the treatment of osteoarthropathy
It can be seen that the currently frequent osteoarthropathy has been treated with mainly western medicines which help to reduce symptoms without impacting the cause of disease. Moreover, these methods cause many side effects such as gastrointestinal disorders, renal dysfunction, hematopoietic disorders, etc. So a trend of using herbs in the prophylaxis and preventive treatment of osteoarthropathy is being used by physicians and patients because of their long-term safety as well as their long-lasting effects.