Bursitis - an inflammatory disease that affects the mucous bags, located mainly in the joints. Most often, it affects the joints of the shoulders, elbows, and hips.

Symptoms

Bursitis can cause the following symptoms:

• Joint pain;
• Joint stiffness;
• Increased pain due to pressure or during movement;
• Swelling and redness in the affected joint.

If the pain is very severe, and / or if it persists for two weeks or more, as well as severe swelling and fever should contact your doctor without delay.

Causes

The most common causes of bursitis is repetitive motion or posture, which causes irritation of the mucous bags around the joint. For example, bursitis can develop with prolonged sitting, especially on hard surfaces, as well as people who often have to lift something heavy.

Since the mucous bags on knees or elbows are directly under the skin, they are most susceptible to damage, which can lead to infection or septic bursitis.

Risk factors

Bursitis can develop in anyone, but some factors increase the risk:

• Age. Bursitis most often occurs in the elderly.
• Profession or hobby. If the work or hobbies require a human repetitive movements, which are accompanied by pressure on certain mucous bags, increases the risk of developing bursitis. Busy potentially contribute to the development of bursitis include painting, gardening, and playing musical instruments.
• The presence of other diseases. Certain systemic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis - a variety of forms and complications Gout Gout - the "disease of kings"   and diabetes increase the risk of developing bursitis.

Diagnostics

To diagnose bursitis, it is enough to study the history and physical examination. If necessary, it can also be used:

Methods of medical imaging. X-rays can not accurately confirm the presence of the patient bursitis, but it can help rule out other causes of discomfort. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are used when an accurate diagnosis can not be put through other methods.

Laboratory tests. Blood and / or fluid from the inflamed mucous bags will accurately determine the cause of inflammation and pain.

Treatment

In most cases, patients with bursitis, recommended rest, use cold compresses and pain medication. If this does not help, can be assigned to the following treatments:

• Medication. If inflammation of the mucous bags caused by a bacterial infection, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future? .
• Physical therapy helps relieve pain and reduce the likelihood of relapse.
• Injections of corticosteroids in the lining of the bag can significantly alleviate. This therapy gives fast results and many patients enough only one injection.
• Surgery. In the most severe cases, it may be necessary to drain or, very rarely, removing diseased mucous bag.

Prevention

While not all types of bursitis can be prevented, you can take steps to reduce the risk of recurrence or make them less intense.

• If the work you often kneel, use special pads or knee pads to reduce pressure on the joints.
• To lift anything heavy, sit down on your knees and slowly stand up with the goods. Otherwise the mucous bags hip joints have to excessive pressure.
• During travels with a backpack on the possible use suitcases on wheels.
• Take breaks at work and alternate types of activity.
• Walk as much as possible. Try not to sit in one position for too long; stand up and walk. If possible, use the stairs instead of elevators and escalators.
• Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases the load on the joints.
• Exercise. Strong muscles help protect the joints of patients. Before workouts and physically hard work do not forget how to warm up to better protect joints from damage.

In the present saturated lifestyle it is very important to take care of their health. Sometimes people deliberately ignore health problems, but in most cases are due to certain circumstances or a lack of vital substances in the body.

Due to the natural characteristics of the organism in women much more often diagnosed with the disease of bone and tissue structures. One of the most common problems today is arthritis Arthritis - a variety of forms and complications . The appearance of arthritis can cause genetic factors or biological nature, as well as hormonal disruptions in the body. Unfortunately, many women have excessive completeness and overweight can be identified as another, the fourth factor of the disease.

Women are often diagnosed with osteoarthritis as a form of arthritis, which often affects males. Women make up 60% of the total number of patients suffering from this disease, and men often reveal it to 55 years, but after the 55-minute osteoarthritis occurs mainly in women.

Men and women affected by illness joint structure looks different. In most men arthritis affects hips, whereas in women more susceptible to disease hands and knees.

What are the main causes of arthritis of the knee?

Biological factors

The body and the body of a woman by nature intended for procreation, so the tendon on the bottom of the body of women have a more flexible structure than similar tendon in men. By virtue of natural causes in women joints more and more often on the move, and there is nothing surprising in the fact that the unstable position of the joints provoke more frequent injuries and damage.

Anatomically, the female pelvis is wider than your knees, joints so they are not as direct as that of men.

In general, women's bodies are more prone to joint injuries, which later provoked the appearance of osteoarthritis in women. For example, in women, the risk of playing football to make a knee injury several times higher than that of male football players.

Genetics

The genetic characteristics of the female body are another cause of arthritis. If the mother is suffering from this disease, most likely in time the disease is diagnosed and her daughter. Numerous studies have shown that appearance osteortrita definitely has a genetic underpinnings.

Hormonal

Cartilage, which is located between the joints, is some kind of cushion between the bones. It alleviates pain and ensures the proper movement of the joints. Hormonal especially, of course, affect the condition of cartilage and bone structure of the female body. The hormone estrogen prevents inflammation in the cartilage, and the inflammation itself often provokes the appearance of osteoarthritis. However, in cases lowering estrogen Estrogen - the key to bone health   in the body, for example, menopause or after caesarean section, lost cartilage protective barrier, and the risk of osteoarthritis increases significantly. This can occur during the passage of hormone replacement therapy.

Sexual maturation

Women who have sexual maturation Puberty child - stages of a complex path   come in a pretty early age, mothers with many children and women receiving hormone replacement therapy significantly more at risk of knee replacement or hip in the future.

Pregnancy and childbirth

Waiting for child labors and another factor provoking the development of osteoarthritis. Research has proven that just during pregnancy and childbirth the risk of the first signs of the disease increases significantly.

Hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives

Contraceptive drugs themselves can not be classified as a risk factor for osteoarthritis, but the consequence of courses of hormone replacement therapy, according to experts, can become operative knee replacement. In 58% of cases the cause of joint replacement is just the passage of the aforementioned therapeutic courses.

Completeness and overweight

Over the fullness of a very negative impact on the health of the woman. If excessive weight load on the joints significantly increased, which leads to faster erase cartilage appear pain in the knee joints and eventually developing osteoarthritis.

A predisposition to osteoarthritis in women is quite natural in a sense is the price assigned to the nature of the right to be a woman. However, osteoarthritis can be controlled, there are many techniques to facilitate the patient's condition, and in certain cases to avoid the appearance of the disease at all.