Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that destroys cartilage and affects neighboring tissues and organs: capsule, synovial membrane, periarticular muscles, bones, etc.
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of diseases with arthrosis of the knee joint or otherwise - gonarthrosis. About twenty percent of the world's inhabitants are affected by this disease.
The disease is accompanied by pain when walking, a crunch in the joint, decreased mobility, in advanced cases, arthrosis leads to complete immobility.
For any painful manifestations in the joints, you must contact a specialist. Doctors using computed tomography, X-ray or MRI will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe treatment that will help improve the quality of life and avoid disability.
Very often, along with drug treatment, medical bile is recommended for arthrosis of the knee joint .
Arthrosis: causes and consequences
The causes of arthrosis are various:
- Primary arthrosis of the knee joint arises as a result of permanent microtraumas for a long time. Older persons are affected, especially women suffer from gonarthrosis. It is assumed that the disease occurs due to metabolic disorders. At risk are people with overweight, as well as people engaged in heavy physical labor with a high load on their legs.
- The secondary form of gonarthrosis is the result of severe injuries (fractures, dislocations, sprains, etc.) and complications after inflammation of the joint (arthritis). At risk are athletes.
Gonarthrosis is sometimes called salt deposition. With arthrosis, calcium salts accumulate in the tissues. They do not cause pain, the disease is associated with a pathological violation of the supply of blood to the bones and tissues of the joint. Gradually, changes occur: the cartilage tissue becomes thin, the cartilage coarsens and hardens, and bone growths form.
At first, the disease almost does not bother the patient, pains appear sporadically, knees hurt tolerably. This stage of the disease can occur for a long time. Then, problems arise when walking, a crunch in the knees, constant pain. In the following stages of the disease, difficulty in joint mobility is observed.
How to treat knee arthrosis
Gonarthrosis treatment methods are primarily aimed at:
- to stop the pain
- slowing down the pathological process in cartilage,
- restoration of damaged areas of the joint and periarticular muscles,
- increased mobility of the damaged joint.
Of course, any disease is easier to prevent than to treat. Arthrosis is no exception.
If the doctor has diagnosed gonarthrosis, it is necessary to start a number of measures to slow down the disease and eliminate painful symptoms. As a rule, the following methods of treatment are used:
- massage, physiotherapy exercises, manual therapy;
- the use of traditional drugs (tablets, injection capsules, etc.);
- the use of folk and medicines externally (compresses, rubbing, hoods, etc.);
- the use of folk remedies for oral administration;
- change in diet, lifestyle in order to reduce weight and reduce stress on the damaged joint;
- surgery to replace the joint with an endoprosthesis.
Arthrosis: treatment with compresses
A special place in the treatment of arthrosis is the use of compresses. They facilitate the patient’s condition during an exacerbation of the disease and are used for prevention in remission.
Compresses are more effective than medicinal ointments, gels, creams that are applied to the skin of a damaged joint. Compresses are made on the basis of solutions of drugs, they are applied for a longer period, their active substances penetrate deeper under the skin of the sore spot. As a rule, Bischofite, Dimexide and medical bile are used for arthrosis of the knee joint as the basis for compresses.
A special place among these drugs is medical bile: an affordable and inexpensive natural product sold in any pharmacy.
Medical bile: what is it
Bile is a liquid substance produced by the liver of animals and humans that accumulates in the gall bladder and helps break down fats and absorb fatty acids and vitamins.
Back in the Middle Ages, people used animal bile to treat a variety of diseases. The medicinal properties of this product are recognized as modern medicine; dosage forms are created on the basis of it; it is preserved for further external use.
Medical bile is a brown-green preservative with a specific smell. Composition of this medicine:
- canned bile obtained from cattle or pigs;
- a solution of furatsilina in 70% alcohol;
- formalin;
- perfume;
- ethanol.
Medical bile is sold in pharmacies in vials of different capacities (from 50 milliliters to 250 milliliters).
Who is shown medical bile
External use of medical bile contributes to:
- removal of inflammation in the tissues of the musculoskeletal system,
- It has an absorbable and analgesic effect for injuries and injuries.
Doctors recommend the use of medical bile for arthrosis of the knee joint, arthritis of chronic etymology, heel spur. This drug is effective for acute radiculitis, spondylitis, tendovaginitis.
According to the opinions of doctors and patients, medical bile for tissue damage due to injuries (sprains, dislocations, bruises) has established itself as the most effective external agent for removing and resolving edema.
The use of medical bile (for arthrosis, injuries, calcaneal spur, etc.) requires compliance with the rule:
- the skin on which the healing solution is applied should be without external damage (rashes, cuts, pustules and inflammation).
Compresses from medical bile
How is medical bile used? Compress for arthrosis of the knee joint according to the classical scheme is set as follows:
- vigorously shake the vial with bile before use;
- Fold gauze for compress in six layers, moisten with bile and put on a sore knee;
- on top - a layer of cotton wool, cover everything with compress paper;
- fix with a bandage.
Attention: for a compress it is impossible to use synthetic fabrics, polyethylene, etc.
The bandage should be left on the knee for a day, then replaced with a fresh one. It is necessary to ensure that the compress remains moist, for this it (without removing) is moistened with water. Set courses: from six to thirty days. Repeat treatment on the recommendation of a doctor after one or two months.
Alternative recipes for the treatment of medical bile
Medical bile with arthrosis (according to patients' reviews) very well helps in compresses according to the following recipes.
Recipe for use:
- camphor alcohol - 4 bubbles,
- bile - 1 vial (250 milliliters),
- hot pepper (fresh or dried) - 10 pods.
Add camphor alcohol, crushed pepper to the bile. Leave to insist for 14 days in a cool dark place. Then strain the mixture. Store the vial in a dark, cool place. Use for compress. Keep the bandage for no more than twenty minutes.
Another recipe for the use of compress in the treatment of arthrosis with medical bile is a mixture of the following components:
- medical bile - 25 ml,
- ammonia - 25 ml,
- glycerin - 25 ml
- ant alcohol - 25 ml,
- iodine - 25 drops.
Mix all the ingredients well, use for compresses. Keep the bandage for no more than 30 minutes.
Also, medical bile with arthrosis of the knee joint, reviews of which are only positive, is used in the following mixture.
In equal parts take:
- Bee Honey,
- bile,
- glycerol,
- ammonia (10 percent),
- medical alcohol (5 percent).
The mixture is infused in a dark, cool place for ten days. Before use, heat the resulting solution, moisten a bandage made of linen, put on a sore spot. Compress can be left overnight.
Conclusion
Osteoarthritis of the knee joint is a serious disease, it requires different methods of treatment, which must be carried out under the supervision of a doctor.
However, according to patients and doctors, in order to reduce inflammation, improve joint blood supply, eliminate pain, and restore motor ability, it is necessary to use not only internal medications, physiotherapy, physiotherapy exercises, but also compresses, medical dressings based on medical bile.
Be healthy!