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Knee pain due to joint space narrowing
My mother is 60 year old and she consult with orthopaedic for knee pain and he told me that knee joint space is narrowing due to this reason she facing this issue.
Doctor only give one pain killer, I need a permanent solution for this either medical treatment or physiotherapy.
Kindly suggest which is best option for future.
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The first step should be to analyze the level of pain and correlate it with MRI scan. There are advanced options available now such as Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy. Many of my patients have benefitted from a combination of PRP and physical therapy.
Surgery should always be the last option.
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See an orthopedic surgeon who uses advanced procedures
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If she is overweight, losing weight will help. Losing 1 kg weight reduces pressure on knee joints by 4 kg.
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Permanent solution is neither physiotherapy nor is medicine
It's surgery to replace the affected part of bone with international implant which will leave her pain free for atleast 25 more years
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Permanant solution among the given option is physiotheapy, but it doesn't work after the damage is done
So best option would be surgery, may be not right now, but ik few years.
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