You will not find any single
treatment option for varied rheumatic ailments, although you might come across
drugs and therapies, which can control the condition. Normally the flow of
traditional Arthritis
Treatment starts with diagnosis of the kind of arthritis, followed by
administration of drugs to control pain or inflammation, then physical
therapies like physiotherapy and hydrotherapy are administered, and if these
are not able to bring relief to the patient, then surgery is the last option.
There are however, a number of
side effects of the current techniques. For instance, injury to the articular
cartilage is a very significant apprehension in orthopedic surgical procedures.
Thanks to our scientists and researchers, now mesenchymal Stem Cell therapy
has been developed to tackle with the complications as well as side effects
associated with the present Arthritis Treatment option, especially
surgery.
Researchers are constantly
studying the nature of stem cells to develop Stem Cell therapy that not just control
the complications but can cure the root cause of such ailments. Mesenchymal
stem cells feature both multi-potentiality and proliferative ability such as
potential for differentiation.
Animal studies that have
conducted of late has demonstrated positive outcome when mesenchymal stem cells
were injected into the area affected with cartilage deficiency. Although a
number of studies are being carried out around the world to develop Stem
Cell therapy for Arthritis Treatment, but it still requires several
clinical trials for assessing the usefulness of Stem Cell therapy using
mesenchymal stem cells.
Many experts believe that
injections of stem cells can impede the degenerative process and can even
regenerate the injured cartilage. Earlier, majority of the studies conducted on
Stem Cell therapy for Arthritis Treatment
focused on repairing the primary area of cartilage damage, but in the last few
years, researchers are also studying the possibility to cure the entire joint.
This can be done either by
growing sufficient cartilage, which can rematerialize the whole joint or by
utilizing stem cells that can put off the degeneration process. The safety of
these therapies are still to be confirmed, but the constant efforts that people
are putting in this field will soon provide safe as well as effective stem cell
based Arthritis Treatment option.
