PRP means platelet-rich plasma, and the PRP process means taking your blood and concentrating the healing and growth factors to collect the rich platelets from the plasma and prepare them as a jelly, which is then inserted into the affected part.
Difference between Where PRP will work and where PRP will not work?
Where PRP will work:
- Low-grade osteoarthritis
- Rotatory Cuff
- Sprot injuries
- ligament tear
Where PRP will not work:
- complete degenerate osteoarthritis
- Active injury
What precautions should be taken while using PRP injections?
- If any patient is using aspirin, Clopidogrel, or an anti-platelet drug, then they need to stop taking PRP for 5 days.
- While taking PRP Avoid smoking before one week and after one month of PRP.
- While taking PRP Avoid alcohol before 3 days and after one month of PRP.
- To maintain the sugar level of the body.
What precautions should be taken after taking PRP injections?
- Don’t bathe with hot water, and especially don’t pour hot water on an affected part for up to one week.
- Don’t put too much strain on the affected part.
- Maintain good sleep.
- Maintain a balanced diet.
- Avoid steroids before 3 days and after one month of the procedure.
- If the patient has rheumatoid arthritis, then don’t use the methotrexate drug for one month after the procedure.
If the patient feels any pain after taking the PRP injection on the affected part, like the knee joint, yeah, don’t worry about the pain; it is good for the growth factor, and healing factors help fill the gaps in joints.
Now a days, Quack doctors are giving PRP injections; they don’t know what the actual procedure is for giving PRP injections.
It’s better to prefer a qualified doctor.