How Long Do I Need To Suffer Pain and Invalidity?
Orthopedics and Rheumatology - Juniper Publishers Editorial Osteoarthritis in hips, knees and other major large joints is a progressive and chronic debilitating disease characterized by pain and limitation of movements. Worldwide this disease is on the increase due to people living longer and more active lives. When first symptoms appear, doctors will offer palliative treatments to kill pain, which will help for awhile, and in many cases patients develop health complications due to taking anti-inflammatory or pain killers. In many countries of the third world and even in the developed world, patients have to suffer pain and limitations for months or years, waiting while their joints are destroyed and in need of the old, dreaded, expensive and not free from severe complications joint prosthesis surgery. By the time patients are operated, their muscles have weakened and lost strength needing prolonged rehabilitation for their limbs to f