CHARCOT JOINT AND HOMOEOPATHY

CHARCOT JOINT




Neuropathic arthropathy (or neuropathic osteoarthropathy), also known as Charcot joint refers to progressive degeneration of a weight bearing joint, a process marked by bony destruction, bone resorption, and eventual deformity. Onset is usually insidious
SYMPTOMS
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Painless swelling of weight bearing joint, hip, knee and foot
COPMLICATIONS
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- Osteoarthritis
- Deformity of joint
- Ulceration about joint
- Painful joint
RISK FACTORS
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- Diabetes Mellitus
- Syringomyelia
- Injury
- Tabes dorsalis
- Leprosy
- Alcohalic neuropathy
- Congenital insensibility to pain
- Osteomyelitis
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT
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It depends on signs and symptoms and causes of the disease
In relation to Painless swelling of joint, we give Lycopodium or Pulsatilla according to totality of symptoms and
In relation to osteoarthritis, we treat painful joint, stiffness and deformity of joint
If there is diabetes then we control it with homeopathic medicines etc etc