AboutRusty Ford Expertise I can answer questions about most types of arthritis and the drugs and procedures used to treat them.
Experience I manage the one of largest arthritis websites on the internet http://arthritis-symptom.com/ I have been involved with publishing artritis research for 15 years and aswering questions related to almost any type of arthitis.
Organizations Arthritis-Symptom.com
Arthritis Foundation
Expert: Rusty Ford Date: 5/30/2008 Subject: spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee
Question Do you have any expertise on the above subject? I am a 54 year old woman
who suffered a broken tibia and fibula with a dislocation on Feb 2,08. I am
still recooperating from this when I suffered from knee pain and effusion 6
weeks ago. After an MRI my bone doctor diagnosed me with osteonecrosis of
the knee with a possible fracture. I am to be non weight bearing for 4-6
weeks then a possible knee replacement . What are your thoughts and is
there any way to get more blood supply to my knee?
Answer Randa,
I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis of Osteonecrosis of the Knee.
Unfortunately there are nothing you can really do to increase the blood flow to the knee. There are nonsurgical treatments available for Osteonnecrosis in the very early stages. Unfortunately these are only designed to put off the inevitable.
There are some promising research being done of drugs to treat this. They are best when treated it in the early stages. Again for the most part with these drugs you are slowing down the process. I am leaveing a link to a webpage that explains treatment options well. Near the bottom of the page is a section on "Non-Surgical Osteonecrosis Treatments - Pharmaceutical Options". This has a good explanation of drugs being studied for the treatment of Osteonecrosis.
