How to Treat Knee Spur Pain in the Elderly

Elderly people with knee spur pain can be treated through general treatment, medication, surgery and other ways. 1. General treatment: patients diagnosed with knee spurs need to avoid strenuous exercise in daily life, and obese people need to lose weight to reduce the pressure on the knee to avoid aggravating the condition. 2. Drug therapy: early bone spurs usually have no obvious symptoms, when the pain symptoms, you can use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as ibuprofen extended-release capsules, in order to achieve anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect. Sodium vitrate can also be injected into the joint cavity, which can play a role in increasing lubrication and reducing friction. 3. Surgery: As the disease progresses, patients may experience deformation of the knee joint and severe pain, which will seriously affect their daily life. If the symptoms cannot be relieved by medication and the disease cannot be treated, surgical treatment such as artificial joint replacement can be carried out under the guidance of the doctor. When bone spurs cause obvious discomfort, it is necessary to consult a doctor as soon as possible to avoid delaying the treatment of the disease.