PRP Injection And The Cases It Helped

By Margaret Peterson


The world of medication has been improving from day to day and is aiming to allow people live a longer lives without having to deal with so many physical pain. There is a popular treatment that though is still not a hundred percent considered to be effective, still being commonly used for illnesses such as arthritis. It is called Platelet rich plasma injection where a patient is getting a shot directly to the area that hurts. There were so many prp injection success stories that made other patients curious about how this certain procedure treats diseases.

There was this woman who was said to suffer from Osteoarthritis, her joints were degenerating as time pass by. Also, the woman aged over sixty making it harder for the body to recover very fast from the illness. In addition, the pain that the patient feels on the parts that are affected were infuriating and sometime is unbearable.

In the beginning, steroids injection was the means of medication of the particular patient. However, there comes a time where it felt like the therapy is not doing its purpose anymore. The pain kept on coming and affecting her from doing all the things she wants to do. It was getting harder to take care of the grand kids as well as doing the house hold chores.

Right there, the patient have taken into consideration the suggestion of the physician to try the PRP procedure instead and have it a go. Initial shots were done on either hands or knees have been doing the positive results and all were noticeable every treatment. After several appointments and shot, the pain from the Osteoarthritis was eased.

It was easier to bend the fingers and the numbness was gone which was very pleasing. The woman then went on to do her hobby which is pottery without any problems at all. This may only be one of the success stories out of probably thousands out there but it definitely only proved how one shot can help someone a lot.

The procedure of PRP is done initial by drawing out blood from the patients. It is stored in a safe tube and spun for quite some time on a centrifuge. This breaks out the components of blood into three different kinds. The red blood cells, platelet rich and platelet poor plasma.

But for the medication, the exact component that is going to be injected back to the area that is affected is only platelet rich plasma. Doctors believes that it heals the body modulate the inflammatory response. An additional information this experts provided, there were no single risk that comes along when trying treatments like this.

A patient that went through the shot are allowed to resume the usual daily activities right after every procedure. The recovery and rehabilitation are very quick than that of a surgery. This was also proven that this kind of procedures are not highly invasive so this is pretty much safe.

As a matter of fact, patient that have tried it did not feel any pain at all. There are few discomforts on the treated parts of ones body but those are just minimal. Aside from its safety profile, it also is known to not cost that much compared to other treatments that are being promoted in the medical science.




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