31/07/2025
Osteoarthritis
đĻĩ āĻ
âāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻ
âāĻāϰā§āĻĨā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋ?
āĻ āĻāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āύāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋâāϏāύā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϧāĻŋ, āϝâāϤ knee r āϏāύā§āϧāĻŋ-āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ (cartilage) āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻā§ąāĻžāĻāĻšā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻžā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž, āĻĢā§āϞāĻž, āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻĨā§āϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤
Knee āĻ
âāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻ
âāĻāϰā§āĻĨā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāϞā§āϤāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϧāĻā§āϝ⧰ āϞāĻā§ āϞāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž (āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāύ, āĻāϞāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϤ)
āϏāύā§āϧāĻŋ â stiffness, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻž-āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻĒāĻžāĻāϤ
Snapping sound (āĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻāĻžā§°) āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āώāĻŖā§ā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§ą
āϏāύā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž (inflammation),
āĻĒā§āĻļā§āϤ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ âlockâ āĻŦāĻž âgive wayâ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĨ¤
đ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āϤāĻĨāĻž ā§°āĻŋāϏā§āĻ āĻĢā§āĻā§āĻā§°āϏāĻŽā§āĻš:
āĻŦā§āϏ: āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ā§āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžā§ āĻŦā§āϏāϤ āϞāĻā§ āϞāĻā§ āĨ¤
āĻŦāĻžāϧ āĻāĻāĻāύā§âāĻāĻāύ: āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻļā§°ā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻāύ knee t āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻžāϤ: āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāϤ / āĻ
āϏā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ / āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒâāĻā§āώā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ: āϝāĻĨā§āώā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻž manual labor āĻā§āĻŦāύ⧠āĻāĻ ā§ā§° cartilage āĻā§āώ⧠āϤā§āĻŦāϰāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°: āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻ
âāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻ
âāĻāϰā§āĻĨā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻļāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧā§ āĨ¤
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đŠē āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻā§°āĻŖ (Diagnosis)
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻļāĻžā§°āĻŋā§°ā§āĻ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻž (pain localization, range-of-motion, crepitus, swelling)
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖāĻāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻā§°ā§ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ
X-ray (joint-space narrowing, osteophytes, cartilage loss)
āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§āĻāύ āĻšāϞ⧠MRI (soft tissue damage) āĻŦāĻž blood test āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° arthritis ā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĨ¤
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āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž (Management & Treatment)
âĸ lifestyle āĻā§°ā§ Non-surgical :
āĻāĻāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ (10% āĻāĻāύ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻā§°ā§)
āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ-āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āĻžāĻŽ: āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻž, āϏāĻžāĻāϤā§ā§°, āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ, āĻĒā§āĻļā§ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϤ⧠āϏāĻšāĻžā§āĻ āĨ¤
Physical / occupational therapy â puderâstrengthen, flexibility, TENS, braces/heel wedges āĨ¤
Medications:
Injections: Corticosteroid injection (short-term relief), Hyaluronic acid injection (viscosupplementation), PRP/genicular nerve block
âĸ Surgical options :
Osteotomy: āĻāĻ ā§ā§° āĻ
āĻā§āώāύ āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻ
āĻāĻļāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĨ¤
Partial āĻŦāĻž Total Knee Replacement â āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻ
āĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ āĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ (Prevention)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻļā§ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§āĻāϰāĻŖ: āύāĻŋā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻž
āĻāĻāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ
āĻĻā§āύāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§° āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ â āĻāĻ ā§ā§° āĻ
āϤāĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŽā§ā§ąāĻž
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻ āϏāĻā§āϤāύāϤāĻž: ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§° conditionâāϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āϤāĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋā§°ā§āϧāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ˛ā§ą āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§ āĨ¤