Symptoms during early stage of Knee Arthritis and treatment - Dr. Deepak Inamdar

Patients with early stage of Knee Arthritis come to me at the age of 35 to 40 years, they are mainly youngsters who are gone to the gym or to a trek and they come with knee pain. There are another group of youngsters who come with rheumatoid arthritis, a little bit younger may be 30 to 35 years. These patients often come with pain on the inner aspect of the knee, swelling on the knee, a little bit of stiffness. So these are the main symptoms of Knee Arthritis. The main treatment for this early Arthritis is, it can be depicted by the mnemonic RICE meaning rest, ice, compression and elevation. Rest means stop the patient from doing those activities for 2 to 3 weeks Which gives them comfort. Ice the part or knee for around 10 to 15 minutes duration, 3 to 5 times a day with the help of gel packs, give some sort of compression as in crape compression and some amount of elevation this along with some amount of anti inflammatory medication and Physiotherapy should help the patient get back to his normal activities. One should know that this early Arthritis is quite common among youngsters. It is seen between 35 to 40 years because that's the age when the degeneration of the knee starts or setting it. So after a trek, a hill climb or a marathon these sort of pains are quite common there is nothing to get worried about this phenomenon.