1) Avascular necrosis, or ischemic bone necrosis, is the death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply. It can be caused by alcoholism, steroid use, trauma, radiation exposure, and other factors. 2) Symptoms usually appear between ages 30-50 and commonly affect the hips, knees, shoulders, and ankles. Pain and joint destruction occur as the bone tissue breaks down faster than the body can repair it. 3) Treatment depends on the severity and location but may include total joint replacement, core decompression surgery, or transplanted bone grafts to improve blood flow. Homeopathy can provide palliative relief but has limited ability to repair anatomical changes

1. Effective treatment & remedies for Necrosis of joints
Definition
Avascular necrosis of bone or ischemic bone necrosis (AVN) There is cellular
death (necrosis) of bone due to interruption of the blood supply. There is bone
collapses. If avascular necrosis involves the bones of a joint, it often leads to
destruction of the joint articular surfaces.
Causes
Risk factors:
Alcoholism Excessive steroid use Post trauma Caisson disease (decompression
sickness) Vascular compression Hypertension, vasculitis Arterial embolism and
thrombosis Damage from radiation Sickle cell anaemia Gaucher's Disease Deep
diving Idiopathic (no cause is found) Rheumatoid arthritis Lupus Repeated
exposure to high pressures (as experienced by commercial and military divers)
Cell death and repair The hematopoietic cells ( present in bone marrow which
produces all cells in the blood like RBC,WBC etc.) are most sensitive to anoxia
and are the first to die after reduction or removal of the blood supply, usually
within 12 hours. Then bone cells (osteocytes, osteoclasts, osteoblasts etc.) die
within 12-48 hours, and that bone marrow fat cells die within 5 days.
Symptoms of Avascular necrosis of bone or ischemic bone necrosis
Avascular necrosis usually affects people between 30 and 50 years of age While it
can affect any bone, and half of cases show multiple sites of damage, avascular
necrosis primarily affects the joints at the shoulder, knee, and hip. Commonly
affects the ends (epiphysis) of long bones such as the femur (the bone extending
from the knee joint to the hip joint). Other common sites are Humerus (the bone of
the upper arm). Knees Shoulders Ankles Jaw
Homeopathic treatment for Avascular necrosis of bone or ischemic bone
necrosis
Avascular necrosis is especially common in the hip joint. Total hip replacement is
the treatment plan mostly.
A new, more promising treatment is hip resurfacing or metal on metal (MOM)
resurfacing.
Other treatments include core decompression, where internal bone pressure is
relieved by drilling a hole into the bone, and a living bone chip and an electrical

2. device to stimulate new vascular growth are implanted; and the free vascular
fibular graft (FVFG), in which a portion of the fibula, along with its blood supply,
is removed and transplanted into the femoral head.
Prognosis
The amount of disability that results from avascular necrosis depends on what part
of the bone is affected
Normally, bone continuously breaks down and rebuilds old bone is reabsorbed and
replaced with new bone. The process keeps the skeleton strong and helps it to
maintain a balance of minerals.
In the course of avascular necrosis, however, the healing process is usually
ineffective and the bone tissues break down faster than the body can repair them. If
left untreated, the disease progresses, the bone collapses, and the joint surface
breaks down, leading to pain and arthritis.
Homeopathic treatment:
As per the underlying diagnosis of the condition, homeopathy offers the line of
management. Usually if there are anatomical changes, there is only palliative help
from homeopathy side.
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