Symptoms of knee cartilage wear

The main symptoms of knee cartilage wear are weak knees and joint pain, which can make it very inconvenient for patients to walk. Since the wear of knee cartilage has had a certain impact on the patient's daily life, corresponding adjustments are needed. The relevant causes and treatment methods of knee cartilage wear are introduced below to help patients recover as soon as possible.

The typical symptoms of this disease include: pain, which is particularly obvious when going up and down stairs. Joint injuries, colds, overwork, etc. can induce and aggravate the pain; swollen joints, which may be accompanied by joint noises; weak knees, the so-called "soft legs", which means it is easy to kneel down or fall for no reason when walking; locked joints, as if something has locked the joints, making it difficult to extend or flex them; in addition to difficulty in extending and flexing in daily life, there are also difficulties squatting and sitting on the toilet; joint deformities, enlarged knee joints, or bow legs, etc.

1. Possible causes of knee degenerative disease

1. Obesity increases the load on the knee joint, causing knee joint injury;

2. Trauma such as joint sprains and wear and tear can cause joint pathology and accelerate wear.

3. Improper exercise, such as climbing mountains, stairs or weight-bearing exercises, will overload the knee joints.

4. Some specific occupations, such as heavy manual laborers, have large amounts of daily exercise and often bear heavy weights, which lead to severe wear and tear of the knee joints.

2. Common treatment methods:

1. Exercise therapy: By doing some appropriate rehabilitation exercises, you can exercise the muscles of the knee joint, reduce the burden on the knee joint, and activate the muscle tissue around the knee to prevent weakening and aging.

2. Physical therapy: Promote blood circulation around the knee joint and relieve pain through massage, cold compress, hot compress and other methods.

3. Wear knee pads: they keep the knees warm and stabilize them.

4. Drug treatment. It generally includes drug injection (hyaluronic acid injection) and external medication (various anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.), which attempts to relieve and control pain by numbing the knee joint.

5. Surgery: including arthroscopic surgery, osteotomy and artificial knee replacement surgery. There are problems with post-operative infection and complications.

Warm reminder: The above content is for reference only and is not targeted at any patient or condition. Out of responsibility to the patients, we do not make any treatment recommendations without knowing the patient's detailed condition.