Conservative treatment for osteophytes

  The patient is now diagnosed with osteophytes in the knee joint. The patient is nearly 70 years old, and one right leg is in the middle to late stage of hyperplasia, while the left leg is in the early stage. The patient’s right leg is in the middle stage of hyperplasia, and the left leg is in the early stage. Please ask the doctor if there is a better medicine or method. Thank you PLA 304 Hospital Orthopedics Zhang Yadong: “Osteomalacia” itself is not a disease, is a phenomenon of ageing, functional degeneration, can occur in the spine and all joints of the limbs. Only “osteophytes” with pain and other symptoms require treatment, and the treatment methods for “osteophytes” differ for different degrees or different parts of the body, but almost all of the treatments are not aimed at eliminating “osteophytes”. However, almost all treatments are not aimed at eliminating “osteophytes” because almost all symptoms are not caused by “osteophytes”, but by the simultaneous appearance of “osteophytes” – Functional degeneration or aging and wear of the bone and cartilage. Osteomalacia in the knee joint is generally diagnosed as “osteoarthritis” if it is accompanied by pain and other symptoms. Treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee can be based on rest, exercise of the quadriceps, physical therapy, oral medications (such as glucosamine sulfate, glucosamine hydrochloride, celecoxib, etc.), intra-articular injections (such as sodium hyaluronate, betamethasone, etc.), arthroscopic surgery, unicondylar joint replacement or total knee replacement, etc. (there are also orthopedic surgeries for specific conditions).    Each of these methods has its own indications, advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it is necessary to use multiple treatments together. Therefore, it is best to visit a hospital that you trust so that the specialist can choose the appropriate treatment for your condition. If it is not convenient to go to the hospital, I can only recommend that you start with the simple and safe methods (basically in the order I listed above) and try them until they work. Thank you for your attention!