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Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis

Kedengarannya seperti sesuatu dari waktu pertengahan. Mempergunakan lintah untuk mengobati setiap penyakit dan kondisi dikenal untuk melayani. Tetapi sewaktu ternyata lintah sebetulnya sangat sangat kuat untuk memperlakukan jenis luas penyakit termasuk lutut osteoarthritis.

Lutut osteoarthritis adalah sendi makin parah penyakit yang menghasilkan kemacetan tulang rawan di antara sendi di lutut. Ini memimpin untuk menyakitkan, kehilangan tingkat nada kerusakan gerakan dan tulang. Kelihatannya ada beberapa asal lutut osteoarthritis memasukkan kelainan bersama, ulang luka, atau berat kelebihan. Tidak ada obat untuk osteoarthritis oleh sebab itu fokus di atas pengobatan untuk rasa sakit dan penurunan kerusakan yang diteruskan ke sendi.

Osteoarthritis Lutut

Dan ini ialah di mana lintah masuk. Lintah menyembunyikan morfin, pembunuh rasa sakit ampuh. Lintah juga menyembunyikan obat pencegah penggumpalan yang memperbaiki darah mengalir ke daerah di mana lintah terapan dan kontra-menghasut. Karena radang bertanggung jawab atas gejala osteoarthritis, peneliti percaya bahwa lintah mungkin mengurangi rasa sakit di pasien dengan osteoarthritis.

Administrasi Makanan dan Obat AS (FDA) menggolongkan lintah sebagai alat kedokteran dan sudah menyetujui mereka untuk mikro-pembedahan. FDA juga dilibatkan di peraturan angkutan dan penjualan lintah. Di Jerman sudah ada 70.000 perlakuan yang diperkirakan setahun di balik yang terakhir sedikit tahun dengan empat ke lima dipakai untuk masing-masing perlakuan. Kebanyakan perlakuan ini sudah diarahkan kepada penurunan rasa sakit di lutut osteoarthritis.

Several studies have been conducted regarding the use of leeches for treating knee osteoarthritis.

One study, reported in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, focused on 16 patients with an average age 68. These patients had experienced persistent knee pain for more than six months. None had suffered any knee injuries and all had x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis. These patients were already treating their knee osteoarthritis with physical therapy, relaxation, diet and exercise.

In this study, part of the group was provided traditional treatment and the rest were treated with leeches. Four leeches were applied to the knee for 80 minutes. Pain levels were measured three days before and 28 day after the treatment. The results were rapid. Treatment with leeches resulted in pain relief after three days and continued through the 28 day test period. The patients who received traditional treatment did not experience relief. There were no side effects noted from the leeches and the patients reported that the initial leech bite was mildly painful.

A larger study was conducted involving 51 patients age 40 and above with knee osteoarthritis with high pain. Four to six leeches were applied to the affected knee and were allowed to remain until they detached themselves, which took about 70 minutes. Then the patients rested the knee for 12 hours. Researchers then measured the patients’ pain, stiffness and range of motion after 3, 7, 28, and 91 days.

The results were similar to the smaller study. The patients receiving leech therapy reported less pain, less stiffness, better function, and fewer total osteoarthritis symptoms through the full 91 days that the researchers followed them.

These studies give hope for alternative treatments of knee osteoarthritis for reducing pain and increasing mobility. In order to properly validate these studies additional research needs to be conducted over a longer period of time. But it appears that leeches do provide relief to knee osteoarthritis sufferers.

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