Avascular necrosis (AVN)
we are going to discuss Avascular Necrosis (AVN)
Introduction
Avascular neurosis is a disease in which blood circulation loose and completely blocked in the
bone and joints mostly in the femoral head. Bone tissue dies because no proper nutrition
supply in the bone. The femoral head slowly changes its shape and later this collapse. It
mostly occurs in 30 to 50 yrs. Old people. It mostly occurs in males as compared to females. It’s
different stages and these stages depend on severity. Early stages can be cured by
physiotherapy treatment.
The hip joint is most affected as compared to other joints such as the shoulder joint, knee joint,
elbow and wrist joint.
Causes
- AVN is occur due to trauma
- Intake of alcohol and smoking
- Intake of steroids drugs for a long time
- It occurs due to fracture
- Intake of anti-cancerous drugs
- It occurs in bone infections
- Dislocation of hip joint
- Organ transplantation especially kidney
- Radiotherapy treatment such as cancerous patients can weaken the bone
- Another reason blood clots, damage the arteries and this reason blood does not flow into bone
- Autoimmune diseases such as lupus
- Due to sickle cell anemia, normal blood amount is not present.
Symptoms
- Hip joint pain
- Muscle tightness in the hip joint
- pain in the groin area
- some times pain radiates from the hip joint to the knee joint
- Pain increase in weight bearing, load in the femur bone
- Loss of joint range of motion
- Felling of numbness and tingling sensation in the affected leg
- low back pain and poor posture occur
Diagnosis:-
- Perform some special tests to check the bone functionality
- The early stage of AVN is not clear by x-ray
- Through MRI report clear the stages of AVN
- Check the AVN by CT scan
- Doctors recommended a bone scan
Treatment
- Medicine through treatment AVN
- Surgery – Stages 3 and 4 need surgery
- Physiotherapy treatment – Stages first and second can be cured by physiotherapy treatment
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