Knee Calcification Symptoms and Treatments
By: Doç. Dr. Ata
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Knee Calcification Symptoms and Treatments
Genetic or autoimmune deformities, infections and inflammations, decrease in the muscle mass and hypercalcaemia can result in the knee calcifications. Usually, it emerges on 50 years and older and women. This illness may show diverse symptoms dependent on the calcification level.
The knee calcification Symptoms
- Small swellings around the joint
- Difficulties with walking and coming up and down a ladder
- An irritating sound occuring when the joint is twisted or moved
- Knee aches increase after the activity or walking
- Limitation of the movement dependent on the calcification.
Knee Calcification Treatment
There is not an ultimate treatment fort he calcification. However, several treatments can be used to decrease the symptoms of the illness. Relieving the patient’s pains with nonsurgical methods and decelerating the calcification can be tried. The patient’s losing weight regularly and following the ohysical treatments can be counted as the nonsurgical methods fort he treatment. The knee prosthesis surgery is one of the most effective treatment in the calcification. The knee prosthesis surgery can be done if the patient’s aches go up and tha patient can nat to daily activities easily.