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Suggest Alternative Treatment For Knee Arthritis

hi, my mother is about 51 yrs old and She has been suffering from knee artheritis since 2012 Now a days, she is taking some medicines and an ointment called Dynapar prescribed by Doctors but the condition is getting worst of both knee and itz totally damage she can t walk easily ...she has very irritate ..itz too pain in my mom knee ..doctor suggest Knee replacement She is afraid of surgery . Keeping this in view, may we request to prescribe an ointment or medcine....and give me ur opinion about Knee replacement is it successful or not
Mon, 12 Oct 2015
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I have gone through your query. When the joint space is narrowed extremely and arthritis is in late stage then better option is knee replacement. The prosthesis used for this can last for 25 to 30 years. It has good out come and improved standard of life. You can try applying capsaicin cream locally, using osteoarthritis arthritis knee brace, and pain medications for relief from the condition. Injection of corticosteroids or viscosity agents like hyaluronic acid can be considered also. If all these not helping then knee replacement is the good option.
Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
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Suggest Alternative Treatment For Knee Arthritis

Hi Thank you for asking HCM. I have gone through your query. When the joint space is narrowed extremely and arthritis is in late stage then better option is knee replacement. The prosthesis used for this can last for 25 to 30 years. It has good out come and improved standard of life. You can try applying capsaicin cream locally, using osteoarthritis arthritis knee brace, and pain medications for relief from the condition. Injection of corticosteroids or viscosity agents like hyaluronic acid can be considered also. If all these not helping then knee replacement is the good option. Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear. Thanks.