Elderly people with knee pain are considered to be related to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, synovitis, gout and so on, which can be treated with medication, physical therapy or surgery.
1. Osteoarthritis: It is necessary to reduce the weight of joints, avoid squatting, take oral nutritional cartilage drugs such as glucosamine sulfate capsules or joint injection of sodium vitrate, and if the joints are obviously deformed, affecting the joint activities, it is necessary to carry out artificial knee joint replacement.
2. Rheumatoid arthritis: anti-rheumatic drugs can be applied, such as povidone or celecoxib capsules, and ultrasonic physiotherapy or moxibustion treatment can be taken.
3. Synovitis: oral synovitis particles, the application of ultrasonic physiotherapy to promote the absorption of fluid, if conservative ineffective synovectomy.
4. Gout: reduce purine food intake, oral febuxostat or allopurinol.
Elderly knee pain need to go to the hospital to find out the cause of the disease, for the cause of the treatment. Specific medication should be under the guidance of a doctor.