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Posted: Friday, October 15, 2004
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Patient – joint – rheumatism – arthrosis - gout? Prevention is the best way! As different and various these disease pictures are, so similarly express themselves their symptoms: tormenting pain in the joints. NEWS A gentle joint replacement! Already younger humans have problems with the hip joints. A new operation method over crowns the damaged joint. Sport is soon again possible.
Often there is minimum bad positions of the leg joints, predominance or a genetic assessment, which cause a hip arthrosis. The joint is then stressed substantially more and accordingly worn out. Some patients need middle in the 30ths and many in the 40ths an artificial joint replacement.
That was until recently a time consuming operation, in which an prosthesis from metal or plastic was implanted.
Problem: The replacement holds only 15 to 20 years, afterwards the joint must be exchanged. In the meantime the bone extended however, to which the prosthesis is set, the second implant must than be therefore larger as the first one. That’s the reason enough to develop ways first operation as possible to postpone. In the orthopaedic hospitals Berlin, Dresden, Cologne and Magdeburg one works since short with a method, which preserves the joint and so that around many years delays the first implantation. Andreas Machner, upper physician of the orthopaedic University of Magdeburg: The worn out upper head of the hip is milled off and over crowned as it were, comparably with a teeth prosthetic? Already after few days one can move the hip again and after few weeks beginning with sports again. Above all young patients are to profit from this new operation method.
Source: News service science e. V. Ointment is subject to pain tablets
Anti-inflammatory and pain-satisfying ointments helps against joint inflammations - however only two weeks long. After 14 days ointments or lotions with active substances do not help such as Ibuprofen better than placebo preparations. British researchers found that out around Weiga Zhang of the Nottingham University. In a Meta study the researchers analysed the data of 13 examinations, which compared the effect pain and anti-inflammatory ointments or tablets with ineffective illusory preparations. The scientists found out that ointments or lotions were in principle less effective than pain tablets with similar active substances. They led besides more frequently to side effects such as itching or excursion. Oral pain-satisfying against it worked also still after two weeks reliably and is suitable therefore as long-term therapy. The researchers demand now to change the treatment guidelines for joint inflammations used active substances are suitable possibly only for acute pain, approximately after a “sport injury", Dr. Weiya Zhang.
Source: BBC on-line one Cold or warmth against rheumatism
In the acute phase soothed cold weather of rheumatism. If it faded away, warmth provides for better joint functions. Apart from the medicament us treatment the Physiotherapy has its firm place with rheumatism and arthrosis. “Special attention is thereby on joint protection and function receipt", says Peter Donhauser of the residents of Munich health centre for physical medicine. While an acute rheumatism thrust cold worked satisfactorily. Ice packings, cold quark and water compresses soothe the pain. At the same time the low temperatures brake the inflammation. If the acute situating is fading away, warmth stands on the program. It promotes the structure and healing process.
Source: Medical practice
Reisen with rheumatism
Nobody must be without longterm journeys, because it has rheumatism. Correctly planned, a journey knows even the complaints to soothe. Journeys indicates movements, time lag and climatic conversion. Those are changes, which can load rheumatism sufferer strongly. But the suitable destination and some preparations can make a cure from the vacation nearly. For rheumatism sufferer a vacation country with dry, warm climate is suitable particularly well. The optimal transportation systems is the railway (or big jets). In the train you can rise again and again and go around somewhat. The large luggage have to be pre-send to your vacation place. Of course rheumatism sufferer should carry all medicines forward, which must take them regularly, on supply. Rheumatism passport, Cortisone document of identification (if one must take this active substance) and a medical dictionary in the language of the vacation country to belong in the hand baggage. A certificate of the physician over the necessity to take these medicines saves possible difficulties at the customs duty.
Source: Medical practice A service of http://www.b2mall.de
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