Elderly bone and joint disease splon expert: abnormality should be checked immediately

Mr Yan, a 72-year-old from Chengdu, who , found himself in pain while walking in 2010 At first the family thought that the old man was older and walked too much, but after a while, even living on their own is very difficult, even need to double-twisted to move Upon examination, it was found that the old man suffered from ischemic necrosis of femoral bones After listening to the expert's advice, the elderly and their families chose femoral replacement surgery Shortly after the operation, Mr Yan's symptoms were significantly improved, and after a period of rehabilitation exercise, walking was basically back to normal.　　According to Professor Wang You, deputy director of
orthopaedics at the 9th People's Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Mr Yan's condition is not a case, and this type of bone disease is a joint pain and joint dysfunction caused by the degenerative change of joint cartilage Major pathological changes occur in cartilage joints, including wear, degeneration, destruction, and bone hyperplasia of the lower bone in the joint cartilage Osteoarthritis diseases are most common in middle-aged and elderly people, prone to weight-bearing knee, hip joint, and the incidence with age increases.　　Wang stressed that once the elderly appear joint discomfort, should immediately go to the hospital examination, receive professional diagnosis for timely treatment Early osteoarthritis is mainly drug treatment and exercise, advanced arthritis patients recommend the choice of artificial joint replacement surgery, can greatly improve the quality of life of the elderly, away from joint pain.　　Artificial joint replacement has been regarded as one of the important milestones in the development of orthopaedics in the 20th century, and is the most effective treatment for osteoarthritis It is small trauma, less bleeding, light pain, fast recovery, can solve the patient's joint pain, dysfunction, lameness and other symptoms, so that patients quickly into normal life, work, improve the quality of life of patients.　　Li Hong