MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, MS - Orthopedics, Fellowship, Depuy Joint Replacement
Orthopedic Doctor, Bhubaneswar
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25 years experience
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What are the possible treatment options for Knee Arthritis?
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Some of the treatment options for Knee Arthritis include Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections where a doctor would take the blood sample and spin it inside a machine known as centrifuge to pull the blood s platelets and plasma from the body. When they get injected back into the joint, the concentrated misture contains substances that help to promote healing. Another option for treatment is through Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate. Here, the experts take cells from one s body and use them for stimulating the healing process inside the knee.
Soccer makes the problem of Knee Arthritis a possibility.
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People who are involved in sports like soccer, tennis or running for long distances, they become more prone towards developing this problem of Knee Arthritis.
What kind of illnesses also play their role in causing Knee Arthritis?
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People who suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis and all those who have metabolic disorders, through overload of iron in the body or presence of excess growth hormone are also susceptible towards developing Knee Arthritis.
Knee Arthritis Can Only Occur Among People Who Are Above a Certain Age.
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The statement is false. It is so because, although the chance of developing the problem of Osteoarthritis rises after people have attained the age of 45 but it also occurs among people who are young. Young people usually get affected by this problem, when they are involved in doing those activities that require knee exertion.
What are the possible causes behind Knee Arthritis or Osteoarthritis?
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Weight tends to increase pressure upon all the joints, particularly the knees. Each pound of weight gain adds at least 4 pounds of extra weight on ones knees. Apart from weight, age also plays its own part, as cartilage s ability to heal decreases in increase in age. As far as heredity is concerned, genetic mutations can make a person more prone towards the development of this problem.
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