Rheumatoid Arthritis: Knee Swelling Treatment

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues. A person with RA in the knees may have significantly limited mobility.

If RA is left untreated, it could result in long-term inflammation, leading to joint degeneration.

Nearly 60% of RA patients report that if they don't seek therapy, they won't work after ten years because of their symptoms.

Signs and Symptoms of Knee Arthritis

A frequent sign of RA is tenderness, soreness, or stiffness that worsens when you stand, walk, or exercise.

A flare-up is a scientific condition for this. It can be anything from a little throbbing discomfort to sharp, acute pain.

If you have RA in your knees, you may have the following symptoms:

• Stiff, bloated, and difficult to bend and straighten joints
• Swelling and discomfort, which might be exacerbated by rest periods
• When you undertake a lot of physical exercises, your pain gets worse.
• There is a sudden sticking or locking during movement.
• Creaking, clicking, snapping or grinding sounds
• a buckling or weakening sensation in the knee

Other symptoms of RA that are more widespread include:

• tiredness or weariness
• Fever with a low level of intensity
• dry mouth, irritating eyes, and eyes that are inflamed
• a deficiency in blood cells
• Nodules or lumps form under the skin over bony regions

How Does It Cause: Risk Factors

Although there is no known cause for rheumatoid arthritis, scientists have identified several risk factors that enhance a person's chances of developing the disease, including:

• A factor of age (RA is most common in people over 60)
• Gender is a factor (new cases of RA are two or three times higher in women than in men)
• Possessing the HLA gene (human leukocyte antigen)
• Smoking
• There has never been a previous record of live births (women who have never given birth are at higher risk of having RA)
• Exposures as a baby, such as having a cigarette-smoking mother,
• Obesity

A fully functional immune system requires your body's ability to identify normal cells from abnormal cells or external threats.

Autoantibodies are proteins created when you have an autoimmune disease and wrongly damage your normal cells.

Available Treatment Options For Knee Swelling

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs) may be required to reduce pain and inflammation in the knee joints, depending on the severity of the RA.

A doctor may also prescribe corticosteroids, such as prednisone.

DMARDS (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs) are a type of RA medication that helps lower inflammation and symptoms while also reducing the progression of the disease.

Doctors routinely prescribe methotrexate, a chemotherapy medication. Other options include sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) (Azulfidine).

Treatment With Stem Cells: Regenerative Medicines

Regenerative medicine is the best treatment option, as it is a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery and transplants.

Stem cells are the most effective source of regenerative medicines, which have natural healing properties that can be used to repair, restore, and regenerate damaged or dead cells or tissues.

How It Works For Knee Arthritis

By injecting umbilical cord stem cells produced from cord blood directly into the knee cartilage, it is possible to improve a patient's quality of life by lowering disease-related symptoms and issues.

Rheumatoid Arthritis patients may see improvements in one or more disease-related symptoms such as joint pain, edema, joint weakness, fatigue, anemia, and so on.

Get Your Stem Cell Treatment From R3 Medical Institute

If you require stem cell therapy, contact a reputed stem cell therapy center in your area, such as R3 Medical Institute, Pakistan's leading stem cell therapy clinic.

This hospital has been granted a license and registration (DRAP) by the Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan, regulated by the FDA in the United States.

Check the official website to contact us for a consultation or further information.