As the saying goes, “people get old before their legs get old”, and the earliest problems with the legs are in the knees. Many middle-aged and elderly people suffer from knee pain, their former flexible and athletic posture no longer exists, they can’t walk far, they can’t climb stairs and slopes, and the simple squatting and standing they used to do is now very difficult.
The knee joint is the largest and most complex joint in the human body and the largest load-bearing joint in the human body. Of all the joints in the body, the knee joint has the heaviest task and is relatively poorly nourished, so knee pain is more common in people of all ages. Studies have found that our knee joints only have about 15 years of “good life”, and the rest of the time they are in pain for different reasons.
What are the diseases associated with the knee joint?
1. People who bounce vigorously for a long time can easily damage the knee joint
The main conditions are meniscal damage, synovitis, cruciate ligament damage, cartilage damage, etc. People whose knees are often stimulated by cold are prone to chronic knee disease, chronic synovitis, pigmented villous nodular synovitis, etc.
2, the most important is knee arthritis
(1) Osteoarthritis (osteoarthritis)
It is common to see such patients in hospitals, squatting, getting up usually with one hand on the knee, one hand propped up on the table, or even need to be assisted by others to stand up, and very painful, which is usually patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
According to statistics, the incidence of osteoarthritis of the knee is increasing year by year. 60% of people over the age of 50 suffer from this disease, and about 80% of people over the age of 70 suffer from this disease. Previously, osteoarthritis of the knee was thought to be a disease specific to the elderly, but clinical evidence suggests that secondary osteoarthritis often occurs in younger people as well. This disease is predominantly painful in the early stages and painful plus dysfunctional in the later stages. However, if this disease is taken seriously, early exercise and prevention can slow down or even halt its development and reduce pain.
(2) Rheumatoid arthritis
(3) Gouty arthritis
(4) Traumatic, septic arthritis
Take a test of your knee joint
Knee osteoarthritis starts with no symptoms, but you should go to the hospital for an examination if you experience any of the following.
1. Pain or increased pain when squatting, turning, bouncing, going up and down stairs, standing up after sitting for a long time, but not or not obvious at other times.
2. Knee stiffness in the morning, reduced after a little activity.
3.Knee joint flexion and extension will hear the “click, click, click” sound and ball friction.
4. Knee pain is worse after cold.
5.Joint deformation, can’t get up from squatting, can’t get up from squatting.
How to prevent knee arthritis
1, control weight loss
Obesity is an important reason for the occurrence of this disease, so middle-aged and elderly people should control their weight to prevent obesity. Once the standard weight is exceeded, then there is no doubt that weight loss is most important. Weight loss can prevent or reduce the damage to the joints and reduce the pressure on the diseased joints, which helps in the treatment of the disease.
2.Avoid prolonged standing and long distance walking
Prolonged standing and walking will increase the stress on the joints and accelerate joint degeneration.
3, timely and proper treatment of joint trauma, infection, metabolic abnormalities, osteoporosis and other primary diseases.
4.Calcium supplementation
It should be based on dietary supplementation, pay attention to the balance of nutrition, eat more dairy products (such as fresh milk, yogurt, cheese), soy products (such as soy milk, soy flour, tofu, bean curd, etc.), vegetables (such as golden needle cabbage, carrots, cabbage, small rape) and seafood such as seaweed, kelp, fish, shrimp. At the same time, you should see more sunlight and take vitamin D supplements to promote calcium absorption. If necessary, the appropriate amount of calcium supplements, such as calcium gluconate, calcium giant can be clinically used inexpensive calcium supplements. However, care should be taken to ensure that calcium supplements are taken under medical supervision. Vitamin D is the carrier for calcium ions to be absorbed by the bone marrow. Calcium edge tablets are added with vitamin D to multiply the body’s absorption of calcium ions.
5, adhere to the appropriate amount of physical exercise
Regular exercise can help protect the joints and prevent osteoarthrosis by strengthening the support of muscles, tendons and ligaments.
6, pay attention to joint warmth
Joint warmth is also important for the prevention of osteoarthrosis. Cold joints often induce the occurrence of this disease.
No matter what the disease, once our body appears any symptoms of discomfort, experts recommend that we should go to the regular hospital for treatment in a timely manner, do not ignore the condition.