Young arthritis patients are effective in BMAC treatment
Jan 06, 2025
Choi Myung-gyu (pseudonym, male) in his 40s usually likes soccer. I play soccer every weekend, so I sometimes go to soccer matches after work and play games on weekdays. Choi's legs were strong and he was confident in joint health, perhaps because he played soccer for decades from his 20s.
But last summer, I woke up after playing soccer and my knees were very swollen. When I woke up and tried to walk, my knees were stiff, and I felt pain. Feeling unusual, he visited a clinic near the company and took an X-ray, but he prescribed only a few minutes of anti-inflammatory drugs, saying there was no major problem. Taking the drug seemed to improve a little, but the pain did not improve easily, and knee swelling was slow to recover.
Then, as the pain became so severe that it was difficult to climb up and down the stairs, Choi visited another clinic. This time, he was diagnosed with arthritis, drew water and injected cartilage in his knee. However, soon after, my knees hurt again, and the swelling that had subsided occurred again, so I recently visited the author. X-rays showed stage 2 arthritis in both knees, and the left knee was very swollen.
If the knee joint is filled with water or the pain does not improve despite several conservative treatments, it is better to know the exact cause and treat it first. To do that, it is helpful to take an MRI. This is because you can find out various information at a glance, such as how old the articular cartilage is, whether the meniscus cartilage is torn, whether there is any damage to the ligament, or whether there is a lump in the knee.
In the case of Choi, because he played a lot of soccer, there was a local cartilage defect in the femur (thigh bone). I wondered if the cartilage was damaged while running around a lot. As a result, it was estimated that cartilage crumbs went around, causing inflammatory reactions and causing pain and swelling.
In outpatient treatment, I often meet patients who are as broken as those who are elderly in their knees even though they are relatively young like Choi. Young patients, such as those who have exercised violently for a long time, those who have worked physically for a long time, and those who are suffering from aftereffects from trauma when they are very young, sometimes develop arthritis early for various reasons. Young arthritis patients sometimes endure well because they have relatively large muscle mass and are strong, but there are many cases where they feel a lot of discomfort in their daily lives.
Knee cartilage is unfortunately a tissue that does not regenerate well on its own. There are no blood vessels or nerves that go directly to the cartilage, so it is often not easy to feel pain even if there is damage in the early stages. In addition, it is common to miss the timing of treatment while neglecting pain because one is young.
Autologous bone marrow aspiration concentrate intraarticular injection therapy (BMAC) can help ease pain and improve knee function in young arthritis patients who have come early. Treatment recognized as a new medical technology by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in July last year is also called autologous bone marrow aspiration concentrate injection, autologous bone marrow concentrate injection, and autologous bone marrow cell injection. This treatment extracts a bone marrow aspiration concentrate containing a large amount of cells from one's own bone marrow and injects it into the patient's knee joint cavity.
Choi, who visited the hospital three months after autologous myeloid cell injection, was satisfied that his pain improved and his knee was no longer filled with water. Above all, he liked it because he said he started playing soccer again, which he liked so much. However, soccer is an exercise that puts a lot of pressure on the knee, so I finished the treatment by asking him to take it easy.
Arthritis that comes with age is difficult for anyone to avoid. There is no exception to being young. For young arthritis patients like Choi, there is another treatment option of autologous myeloid cell injection, so instead of passing it over, we recommend that you actively receive accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Help = Kim Tae-hyun, Director of Healthcare at Himchan Hospital (Orthopedic surgeon)
But last summer, I woke up after playing soccer and my knees were very swollen. When I woke up and tried to walk, my knees were stiff, and I felt pain. Feeling unusual, he visited a clinic near the company and took an X-ray, but he prescribed only a few minutes of anti-inflammatory drugs, saying there was no major problem. Taking the drug seemed to improve a little, but the pain did not improve easily, and knee swelling was slow to recover.
Then, as the pain became so severe that it was difficult to climb up and down the stairs, Choi visited another clinic. This time, he was diagnosed with arthritis, drew water and injected cartilage in his knee. However, soon after, my knees hurt again, and the swelling that had subsided occurred again, so I recently visited the author. X-rays showed stage 2 arthritis in both knees, and the left knee was very swollen.
If the knee joint is filled with water or the pain does not improve despite several conservative treatments, it is better to know the exact cause and treat it first. To do that, it is helpful to take an MRI. This is because you can find out various information at a glance, such as how old the articular cartilage is, whether the meniscus cartilage is torn, whether there is any damage to the ligament, or whether there is a lump in the knee.
In the case of Choi, because he played a lot of soccer, there was a local cartilage defect in the femur (thigh bone). I wondered if the cartilage was damaged while running around a lot. As a result, it was estimated that cartilage crumbs went around, causing inflammatory reactions and causing pain and swelling.
In outpatient treatment, I often meet patients who are as broken as those who are elderly in their knees even though they are relatively young like Choi. Young patients, such as those who have exercised violently for a long time, those who have worked physically for a long time, and those who are suffering from aftereffects from trauma when they are very young, sometimes develop arthritis early for various reasons. Young arthritis patients sometimes endure well because they have relatively large muscle mass and are strong, but there are many cases where they feel a lot of discomfort in their daily lives.
Knee cartilage is unfortunately a tissue that does not regenerate well on its own. There are no blood vessels or nerves that go directly to the cartilage, so it is often not easy to feel pain even if there is damage in the early stages. In addition, it is common to miss the timing of treatment while neglecting pain because one is young.
Autologous bone marrow aspiration concentrate intraarticular injection therapy (BMAC) can help ease pain and improve knee function in young arthritis patients who have come early. Treatment recognized as a new medical technology by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in July last year is also called autologous bone marrow aspiration concentrate injection, autologous bone marrow concentrate injection, and autologous bone marrow cell injection. This treatment extracts a bone marrow aspiration concentrate containing a large amount of cells from one's own bone marrow and injects it into the patient's knee joint cavity.
Choi, who visited the hospital three months after autologous myeloid cell injection, was satisfied that his pain improved and his knee was no longer filled with water. Above all, he liked it because he said he started playing soccer again, which he liked so much. However, soccer is an exercise that puts a lot of pressure on the knee, so I finished the treatment by asking him to take it easy.
Arthritis that comes with age is difficult for anyone to avoid. There is no exception to being young. For young arthritis patients like Choi, there is another treatment option of autologous myeloid cell injection, so instead of passing it over, we recommend that you actively receive accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Help = Kim Tae-hyun, Director of Healthcare at Himchan Hospital (Orthopedic surgeon)
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