People have used light to improve their condition since time immemorial. For example, the ancestors of today’s Slavic peoples would undress almost naked and expose themselves to the rising sun when they had a number of illnesses. Professional light therapy has been actively used since the second half of the 19th century. For example, the…
Pain in osteoarthritis is probably the main symptom that the patient pays attention to. Unfortunately, over time, arthrosis pain only gets worse. Modern medicine recommends using so-called non-specific anti-inflammatory drugs (abbreviated NSAIDs) to reduce arthrosis pain. NSAIDs often have a good effect on pain. However, at the same time, NSAIDs cause many side effects, some…
Water is quite trivial for people and so much so that we do not notice it and do not realize its importance for life. A person consists of almost 65% water, that is, more than half of the body weight is simply water. It is in water that all biochemical processes occur; it is water…
It is so often and habitual that we want to shift responsibility onto someone else’s shoulders or blame another person for some problem. Not only patients, but even doctors claim that, supposedly, hypertension is some kind of inevitability, and if you get sick, then it is like a mandatory bonus to your age. And what,…
We, ordinary people, unconsciously hope that modern medicine will come up with something and somehow cope with a certain disease. Medicine has indeed coped well with some diseases, but with others, well, it cannot. Arterial hypertension (hereinafter we will simply call it “hypertension”) is currently a big problem for medicine. Medicine is developing, making great…
Pain is a frequent companion of osteoarthritis, and this pain becomes such that it greatly worsens the patient’s quality of life. Hence, at a minimum: to reduce pain, and at a maximum: to eliminate pain completely — this sometimes becomes almost the main task in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The first among the drugs that…
It would seem, why should you “torture” your legs with walking if they are already affected by osteoarthritis. Common sense suggests that, on the contrary, you should try to take care of them. And yet, there are many studies showing that moderate and regular walking improves the condition of patients with arthrosis (osteoarthritis) of the…
Pain is a frequent companion of osteoarthritis, so its reduction becomes almost the main task for the patient. Not all patients have a medical education to figure out which drug to prescribe to themselves. And yet, there is one of the few drugs that can be used for pain without fear of any side effects….
When there is pain in osteoarthritis, then in these cases non-specific anti-inflammatory drugs (hereinafter NSAIDs) are often used. But it is well known that NSAIDs relieve pain better if the pain is of an inflammatory nature. In this article, we will try to understand to what extent inflammation contributes to the occurrence of pain, as…
This article will be useful for those who are under 60, as well as for those who are over 60. Unfortunately, osteoarthritis is “getting younger” every year, so it would not be a bad idea for those who are still quite young to read the article. Every person feels the fullness of life and satisfaction…