How to treat femoral osteoarthritis

The treatment of femoral head arthritis generally needs to be graded according to the condition, with general treatment and drug treatment in the early stage and surgery in the late stage. 1. General treatment: mainly applicable to the early stage of femoral head arthritis, generally rest in the hip joint or reduce the amount of weight-bearing activities in the hip joint, which can reduce the damage stimulation of femoral head arthritis and delay the onset of arthritis. 2. Drug therapy: for femoral head osteoarthritis, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib capsules, etoricoxib tablets to improve the aseptic inflammatory response of the femoral head; if the femoral head of rheumatoid arthritis, it is necessary to orally improve the symptoms of rheumatism, such as leflunomide tablets and other drug therapy. The main purpose is to improve the symptoms of femoral head arthritis. 3. Surgery: When femoral head arthritis develops to the advanced stage, resulting in impaired hip joint movement or even deformity, surgical treatment is needed, such as total hip arthroplasty and femoral head arthroplasty. For the treatment of femoral head arthritis, generally need to be decided according to the specific conditions of the disease, drug treatment also need to be taken under the guidance of the doctor.