Uma udokotela wakho esolisa i-arthritis, uzoyala i-x-ray noma ezinye izifundo ze-imaging zokujoyina kwakho okubuhlungu. Ama-X-ray azobonisa uma kukhona ubufakazi bokulahleka kwe- cartilage . I-X ray ayitholi i-cartilage yasekuqaleni, kodwa-futhi akukhona ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuhlanganiswa okuqondile phakathi kobunzima bomonakalo obonakalayo kuma-x-ray kanye nobukhulu bezimpawu .
X-ray Tshela Indaba
I-X-ray ingabonisa i-osteoarthritis emnene ngenkathi ungase ube nezibonakaliso ezinzima.
I-reverse nayo iqinisile - i-x-ray ingabonisa izinguquko ezikhomba ku- osteoarthritis ephakeme ngenkathi ungase ubhekene nezincane uma kukhona, izimpawu. Nakuba i-cartilage yasekuqaleni ingabonakali nge-imagination magnetic resonance (MRIs), ngokuvamile i-x-ray iyalwe ekuqaleni ukusiza ukuxilonga i-osteoarthritis .
Isikhala Esihlangene Isikhala
Uma umonakalo ohlangene ovela ku-x-ray unzima, ungatshelwa ukuthi "uyithambo-on-bone." I-Bone-on-bone iyigama le-layman elibhekisela ekuqedeni isikhala sokuhlanganyela esincane, okuwumphumela wokulahlekelwa kwe-cartilage.
Njengoba i-cartilage ihlahloka, kukhona ukunciphisa kancane phakathi kwemikhawulo yethambo eyenza ukujoyina. Isikhala phakathi kwemikhawulo yethambo sinciphisa futhi umkhawulo wethambo usondelana komunye nomunye. Uma kungekho-cartilage engasekho, ama-bone agijimelane. Igama elithi bone-on-bone libhekisela emikhawulweni yamathambo exubana ngomunye nomunye.
Isifo se-Cartilage
I-osteoarthritis ngokuyinhloko ibhekwa njengesifo se-cartilage. Njengoba ugqoke uqeda, inendima esebenza njengendlela yokumangalisa nokugcoba (ukuvikela ukuphela kwamathambo nokuvumela ukunyakaza okungahambisani nokushaywa umoya) kuthinteka. I-cartilage enempilo isebenza ngokuvumelana namathambo, imisipha, ama-tendon, ligaments, nezinye izakhiwo zokusekela ukugcina umsebenzi ohlangene nokuhamba.
Uma ihlangene isesiteji esiphambili se-osteoarthritis futhi seyi-bone-on-bone, ububanzi bezinyathelo bungalinganiselwe futhi ngokuvamile bubuhlungu kakhulu.
Umthombo:
Konke Nge-Osteoarthritis. UNancy E. Lane, MD noDaniel J. Wallace., MD, Oxford University Press, 2002