Early prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis Early on, you should aim to keep healthy people healthy and prevent the disease from occurring. 1, in the diet, should eat vitamin-rich foods, such as green vegetables, leeks, spinach, persimmon peppers, citrus, grapefruit, kiwi, sour dates, etc. contains more vitamin C, milk, egg yolk, animal liver, sea fish, etc. contains more vitamin D, vegetable oil, cereals, nuts, meat, etc. contains more vitamin E. 2, three meals to eight full, can control weight, reduce joint load. 3, appropriate exercise also helps to reduce weight. Before exercise should do preparatory activities, middle-aged and elderly people should master the correct method of exercise, according to the physical condition to do the right amount of activity, it is best not to do strenuous exercise to prevent excessive strain on the joints. 4. Use some joint cartilage repair agents appropriately. Mid-term prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis The focus of mid-term prevention is to detect patients early and stop the progress of the disease. 1, the early symptoms of osteoarthritis is localized pain in the joint, and has the characteristics of activity pain aggravated, rest alleviated, can be accompanied by the feeling of weak legs want to fall, and sometimes there is the phenomenon of strangulation, with the development of the disease, the pain is gradually aggravated and persistent, joint movement is limited, and finally deformation occurs. 2, joint trauma such as meniscus, fork ligament injury, wrong exercise methods, etc., can cause traumatic osteoarthritis. Therefore, in the event of trauma, you should promptly go to the hospital for examination and treatment to prevent further injury. 3, causing osteoarthritis and some other diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, synovitis, etc., so the original disease should be treated as soon as possible to prevent serious damage to the joint. Late prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis 1. Late prevention should stop joint dysfunction, reduce patient pain and give appropriate clinical treatment. 2, women over 50 years of age can prevent the occurrence of osteoarthritis by applying the right amount of estrogen. 3, usually strengthen the muscle strength, quadriceps exercise can help maintain the stability of the knee joint. 4, severe osteoarthritis to completely cure the method that is the ultimate method is joint replacement.