Chondromalacia patella belongs to degenerative lesions, generally cannot be cured, but it can be treated by general treatment, physical therapy, medication, surgery and other methods to alleviate clinical symptoms and improve the prognosis.
1. General treatment: It is recommended to brake and rest the knee joint during the pain period, reduce weight bearing and long time walking in daily life, avoid climbing stairs and mountains, and wear patellofemoral joint support to protect the knee joint, which can help to alleviate the clinical symptoms.
2. Physiotherapy: you can choose microwave, far infrared rays, hot compresses and other physiotherapy modalities to promote local blood circulation, reduce inflammatory reactions and relieve pain symptoms.
3. Medication: Oral administration of non-steroidal drugs such as celecoxib and ibuprofen, as well as nutritive cartilage drugs such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate can be prescribed by the doctor, and drugs such as triamcinolone acetonide and sodium hyaluronate can be used for localized closure treatment to reduce friction in the joints.
4. Surgery: used for chondromalacia patella which is ineffective in conservative treatment and with serious symptoms, surgery includes arthroscopic surgery, local patellectomy, artificial joint replacement and so on.
It is recommended that patients with chondromalacia patella should go to the hospital in time, and under the guidance of the doctor to carry out standardized treatment as early as possible in order to reduce the adverse effects of the disease.