Osteoarthritis of the shoulder joint is a disease accompanied by damage to the connective tissue of the joint. When the articular cartilage moves, it acts as a shock absorber. This work reduces the pressure on the surface of the articulating bones, which provides them with smooth soft glide next to each other.
The articular cartilage consists of connective tissue. Throughout life, from constant loads and friction during movement, muscle fibers are abraded, injured and destroyed. At a young age in humans, they are well restored, but over the years this process becomes more and more difficult due to various circulatory disorders. Cartilage tissue is gradually depleted. This leads to the formation of a disease such as osteoarthritis of the
shoulder joint.Symptoms of this disease are manifested quite clearly. There is an inflammatory process, swelling and severe pain. The disease is accompanied by a violation of the movement of the limb, with the abduction of the shoulder to the side, strong pain appears. Depending on the severity of the symptoms, osteoarthritis has several degrees, each of which is characterized by a level of depletion of the joint tissue.
Osteoarthrosis of the shoulder joint of the 1st degree is the initial stage of the disease. There is a decrease in cartilage elasticity.
Connective tissue loosened and softened. The disease is manifested by the following symptoms: swelling, pain, stiffness of movement. Of course, it is important that the disease is detected even at this stage, since the damage is still minor, which means the treatment will be very effective.
Osteoarthrosis of the shoulder joint of the 2nd degree is characterized by the formation of cracks and erosion. Cartilage is depleted and softened. There is a razvolennost surface layer. Damage has not yet affected the deep parts of the cartilage and bone. A person has all the signs of an inflammatory process.
At the third stage, cracks and erosion deepen, and sclerosis zones of the subchondral bone are formed. Pathological growths of cartilage and
bone tissue are observed
. At the fourth stage, bone exposure with a pronounced deformity is detected.
Unfortunately, to date, osteoarthritis of the shoulder joint cannot be completely cured. But pathological changes in cartilage can be stopped. The treatment of this disease is primarily aimed at reducing pain and removing the inflammatory process. If the disease is not started and is at an early stage, ordinary paracetamol tablets can help. If the disease progresses, then non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed. The most famous of them are Nimesulide, Naproxen and Diclofenac. They are aimed not only at eliminating pain, but also significantly relieve inflammation in the joint. If osteoarthritis of the shoulder joint has already affected bone tissue, and the cartilage is greatly thinned, then an intra-articular block is made. In this case, corticosteroids are injected directly into the joint.