
Is Osteoarthritis Of The Knee Curable?

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Hi,
Thanks for your query.
Osteoarthritis of the knee is not curable. However while it is not “curable ” it most certainly is treatable using activity modifications,medications,injections and if those interventions don’t work knee replacement surgery.
To have relief in osteoarthritis knee,you should do following-
-Start doing exercises for quadriceps muscles.You may learn this from your physiotherapist.
-Start doing warm fomentation with rubber bag over knee for at least 3 times a day.
-Take a good analgesic like advil or aleeve. -There are some dietary substances like glucosamine ,chondroitin sulfate,MSM which can be taken OTC.These substances help in repairing of damaged cartilage of knee in early stages.
-Avoid squatting movements at knee.
-In early stages exercises, medicines ,joint supplements & intra articular injections are helpful & may revert the changes but in late cases joint replacement is only option.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care.

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Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2004
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