Symptoms of degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee

Knee degenerative osteoarthrosis is a common bone disease in the knee joint of the elderly. With the age of the symptoms, the degeneration of each joint occurs, especially in the knee joint weight-bearing joint, which is more likely to degenerate early and can show the following clinical symptoms: First, pain, especially when walking up and down stairs, long distances and catching cold. Second, joint deformity, due to degenerative osteoarthrosis, lateral space pressure imbalance, so showing varus or valgus deformity, can show local joint swelling, can accompany knee synovitis and show a small amount of effusion. Knee degenerative osteoarthritis in X-ray film can be manifested as osteophyte, bone spur, joint deformation, joint space narrowing. Early treatment of degenerative osteoarthritis can be oral analgesic drugs and cartilage nutrition drugs, if necessary, severe stage also need arthroscopic surgery, as well as joint replacement surgery.