Studies show that conventional treatment for joint pain can aggravate arthritis

A common injection to treat arthritis can hasten the onset of the disease. disease rather than prevent it, according to new research.

Both research were presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

FILE: Osteoarthritis of the knee.  Wear then the destruction of cartilage in various areas of the knee joint.  Frontal MRI of the knees.

FILE: Osteoarthritis of the knee. Wear then the destruction of cartilage in various areas of the knee joint. Frontal MRI of the knees.
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In the first study, researchers at the University of California San Franciscostudied patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis, the most common form of the disease, affecting more than 32 million adults in the United States.

Among the subjects, 70 received intra-articular injections and 140 did not receive them during a two-year period. Statistical analysis showed that corticosteroid injections in the knee were “significantly associated” with overall progression of osteoarthritis in the knee.

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According to the study, the group that received hyaluronic acid injections showed a slowdown in the progression of osteoarthritis, especially when the bone marrow was affected.

In the second study, researchers from Chicago Medical School Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science studied the progression of osteoarthritis in patients treated with injections of corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid.

Patients injected with corticosteroids experienced “significantly greater” progression of osteoarthritis, including medial joint space narrowing, than patients injected with hyaluronic acid.

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“The results indicate that hyaluronic acid injections should be further explored for treating symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, and steroid injections should be used with more caution,” researcher and medical student Azad Darbandi said in a statement.