Because a few bone spurs can cause symptoms, they need treatment. As a result, various drugs and physiotherapy products have sprung up. But can bone spurs be completely eliminated? The answer is: impossible. There is a simple reason. According to the determination, bone spurs are the same as human bones. If bone spurs can be eliminated, so will human bones.
At present, the more effective method to treat symptomatic spur is small needle knife therapy. It can cure bone spurs by correcting the mechanical balance of human bones, and it is an ideal treatment for the majority of patients with bone spurs at present.
In real life, some patients with osteoarthritis will take or smear drugs such as "bone spur dissolving drugs" and "bone spur softening drugs" in order to eliminate bone spurs. Some patients did temporarily relieve their symptoms after taking the medicine. But on the X-ray, the bone spur is still there, or it seems that the bone spur has become smaller. In fact, this is just an illusion. The relief of symptoms is due to the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of drugs and the improvement of local blood circulation. The reduction of bone spur is related to the change of X-ray projection angle and filming conditions, but the bone spur itself has not changed. For this explanation, patients are still puzzled and often ask doctors: Is there any medicine to soften or dissolve bone spurs? To answer this question, we must first find out what a spur is.
Bone spurs are called hyperosteogeny and osteophyte. In medicine, it refers to the increase of trabecular bone and bone density at the edge of vertebra or joint, articular surface and osteophyte. Because its proliferative shape is sometimes like lips or bird's beak, it is also called labial process or osteophyte. Bone spurs mainly appear in joints with heavy load, such as the edge of hip, knee and spinal joint. What people call knee spur is medically called knee osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis patients usually have joint pain and limited activity, but the severity of their symptoms is not necessarily proportional to the size and number of bone spurs. Some patients have no bone spur, but the symptoms are more serious than those with bone spur; Some patients have very serious bone spurs, but there are no symptoms.
At present, there are many drugs to treat osteoarthritis, but none of them can dissolve or eliminate bone spurs. Spur is a kind of compensatory bone grown from normal bones, which has no difference in hardness with human bones, and its microstructure is similar to that of normal bones with the same composition without any lesions. Knowing this knowledge, the myth that drugs can eliminate bone spurs will not be poked and broken. Imagine that if a drug can dissolve or eliminate bone spurs, it can also dissolve or eliminate normal bone tissue. Isn't it "the city gate is on fire and the fish in the pool are affected"?
So, how to treat osteoarthritis? If the patient has no joint pain, numbness and other symptoms, no special treatment is needed, but at ordinary times, he should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, participate in physical exercise appropriately, improve the metabolism of nerves, muscles and joints, delay the aging process and prevent the joints from being stiff and inflexible. If the patient has symptoms, it is necessary to avoid or reduce the local fatigue of the focus and carry out appropriate treatment.
There are two main western medicines for treating osteoarthritis. One is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The mechanism of action of these drugs is basically similar, all of which are anti-inflammatory, detumescence and analgesic. Because of the different chemical structure of each drug, their functions in the body are slightly different. The other is a drug that changes the condition. These preparations contain some basic components of articular cartilage and are still in the stage of exploration and research.
Traditional Chinese medicine is very characteristic in treating osteoarthritis. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the physiological function of middle-aged and elderly people decreases, and the deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood leads to malnutrition of bones and muscles. Over time, osteoarthritis is prone to occur. Generally speaking, there are three kinds of Chinese medicine treatments for osteoarthritis: tonifying kidney, softening liver and strengthening spleen. Doctors will implement different treatment schemes according to the specific conditions of patients. In addition, acupuncture, massage and other methods also have a certain effect on relieving the symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Under the current medical level, there is no medicine or method to remove the generated spur except surgery, so patients should not go too far.