Who gets Total Hip Replacement Baltimore MD?

The total hip replacement Baltimore MD is a safe and effective way for those whose natural joints are not functioning well to recover a better quality of life.  Ongoing pain and stiffness from a hip impacted by a disease like osteoarthritis can limit an individual's ability to do most activities, even resulting in them being confined to a wheelchair or bed at some point.  It is really hard to imagine how badly bone diseases can hurt until it has been experienced or closely observed.

Who are Hip Replacement Surgery Patients?

While the older individual who has suffered for a long time with osteoarthritis may be the "typical" patient for a total hip replacement surgery Baltimore MD, there are many types of individuals who receive this procedure today.

• Some people suffer incredible hip pain as a result of rheumatoid arthritis, which is a systemic disease rather than a more natural process of aging (like osteoarthritis).  Rheumatoid arthritis attacks the synovial tissue of the joint, causing it to swell and occlude joint function.  Replacing a specific joint will solve the problem in that part of the body.  It will not cure the disease of rheumatoid arthritis.  Other joints in the body may continue to be painful.  Systemic issues like fever and fatigue will persist also.
• Avascular necrosis is a cause of hip joint issues that results from bone tissue in that area not receiving an adequate blood supply.  It can be the result of a disease or an injury.  When the bone tissue does not get enough blood, it dies and ceases to function as intended.
• Tumors can form anywhere in the body at any time.  The hip joint is no exception.  Even benign tumors can lead to bone malformation that will impact the function of the hip joint.  Malignant tumors need to be removed as soon as possible for obvious reasons.  An artificial hip joint can preserve function when tumors form on bone tissue in that area.
• Younger and younger people are becoming candidates for hip replacement surgery.  It was once thought that only older, less active, individuals would do well with artificial hip joints.  Improvements in materials technologies have now made the replacement joints suitable for pretty much anyone.