I-osteoarthritis iyinkinga evamile futhi ama-x-ray alula angaqinisekisa ukuxilongwa. Njengoba kuyisifo esingelapheki, kufanele sifunde ukuphila nobuhlungu (bheka ishidi lethu le-Arthritis, uhlolojikelele).

Ngincoma ngokuqinile umkhuba ojwayelekile wokuzivocavoca ohambisana nesimo sakho kanye nokuzuza noma ukugcinwa kwesisindo esifanele, ikakhulukazi ezimweni ze-osteoarthritis yamadolo.

Uma imithi idingeka, nikeza i-acetaminophen ukuhlolwa okuqinile ngaphambi kokuthatha imithi elwa nokuvuvukala (ama-NSAID) njalo, okungase kukubangele imiphumela emibi kakhulu. Ukusebenzisa ama-topical gels, ikakhulukazi endaweni yamadolo ngaphambi kokuzivocavoca, kungasiza.

Okokugcina, ezigulini ezinokukhubazeka okuphawulekayo kokusebenza, ukuhlinzwa kwe-hip noma idolo kungathuthukisa kakhulu izinga lempilo, ngisho nasezigulini esezikhulile kakhulu.

UDkt Jacques Allard MD FCMFC