
Gels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(2), P. 136 - 136
Published: Feb. 15, 2025
As a chronic systemic autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) not only damages joints and other organs or systems throughout the body but also torments patients' physical mental health for long time, seriously affecting their quality of life. According to incomplete statistics at present, global prevalence RA is approximately 0.5-1%, number patients increasing year by year. Currently, drug therapies are usually adopted treatment RA, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), disease-modifying antirheumatic (DMARDs), glucocorticoids/steroids, so on. However, traditional therapy has problems half-lives, cycles requiring frequent administration, lack specificity, possible adverse reactions (such gastrointestinal side effects, skin stratum corneum barrier damage, toxicity), which greatly restrict RA. In order improve limitations drug, physical, surgical treatments large related studies on have been carried out. Among them, hydrogels widely used in research due excellent biocompatibility, mechanical properties, general adaptability. For example, can be injected into synovial cavity fluid reduce wear between joints, lubricate avoid surface degradation. This article reviews applications under different functions situation carriers through delivery routes confirms outstanding potential great significance.
Language: Английский