What are the treatments for knee osteochondritis?

Knee cartilage inflammation is a relatively common knee joint disease, which is generally more common in young people. Knee cartilage inflammation can easily cause redness, swelling and pain in the knee area, which will affect normal life and walking ability, and may also easily lead to some other complications, which have a great impact on physical health. There are many ways to treat knee cartilage inflammation. It can be effectively treated with acupuncture therapy or physical therapy. If the symptoms of the disease are severe, it can be treated with surgery. You should pay attention to maintaining your body and avoid standing for long periods of time or strenuous exercise.

Chondritis of the knee

Knee osteochondritis, also known as patellar chondromalacia, is one of the main causes of knee pain in young and middle-aged people. It is related to joint strain, overload activity, cold and moisture, etc. An MRI can be done to clarify the situation.

Treatment of osteochondritis of the knee

The treatment of this disease mainly includes physical therapy, acupuncture, external application of plasters, injection of lubricants, micro-acupuncture, etc., which can relieve pain. Severe cases require surgical treatment. Pay attention to avoid cold knee joints, avoid squatting, standing, walking for a long time, strenuous exercise, etc.

Chondritis

Precautions

1. When the weather turns cold, the first thing to do is to avoid catching a cold.

2. Open windows frequently to ventilate, keep the indoor air fresh, participate in more physical activities, and enhance your own resistance.

3. Keep warm and prevent cold.

4. Do not take off your clothes immediately when you sweat to avoid catching a cold.

5. Wear soft, dry clothes and avoid moisture.

6. People who often catch colds can get a flu shot if necessary.

7. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and avoid overwork.

8. When working, pay attention to improving protection awareness, lift heavy objects with correct posture, do not use excessive force, and beware of damage to the sternal and costal cartilage and ligaments.

Western medicine treatment

Drug treatment mainly relies on various hormone drugs to achieve analgesic effects, but they can only temporarily relieve pain symptoms and have little significance for disease treatment, let alone a complete cure for costochondritis. Moreover, long-term use of hormone drugs will produce many side effects on the human body, further affecting the body's immunity and making the disease more difficult to cure.

Patient diet

1. What foods are good for the body when suffering from costochondritis?

(1) Eat more vegetables and fruits.

(2) Eat more foods that enhance the immune system: soft-shelled turtle, tortoise, sea turtle, sandworm, herring, shark, water snake, shrimp, white snake, crucian carp, mulberry, fig, lychee, walnut, trichosanthes, purslane, fermented black beans, olives, almonds, and loofah.

(3) Eat more high-quality protein foods, such as milk, eggs, fish, poultry, etc.

2. What foods should not be eaten for costochondritis?

(1) Avoid spicy, cold, greasy and indigestible foods. Such as chili peppers, cigarettes, strong alcohol, raw food, cold dishes and foods containing large amounts of animal fat.

(2) Foods that can aggravate a disease or induce an attack of a disease are commonly referred to as "irritants", such as hairtail, eel, clam, sea cucumber, crab, shrimp, dog meat, mutton, rooster pepper, leek, etc.

(3) If one’s constitution is yang-deficient, or one’s illness is yin-related or cold-related, one should avoid eating cold, nourishing, or bone-based foods, such as raw or cold fruits and greasy foods. If the patient has a Yin deficiency constitution, often with symptoms of deficiency heat, or the disease is a Yang syndrome or a heat syndrome, the patient with uveitis should avoid spicy, warm, and Yang-enhancing foods. Such as chili, fennel, cinnamon, dog meat, mutton, and fried, stewed, and deep-fried dried fruits.