Osteoarthritis
can be defined as a kind of joint disease that affects the cartilage,
which is the soft bone of our body. Usually the affected bones are
fingers, thumb, neck, lower back, knee, hips, spine, and large
weight-bearing joints, but can also harm other joints of our body.
This is the common form of arthritis affecting a large group of
people worldwide. Out of the affected old age groups, 10% are males
and 18% are females.
Symptoms
of Osteoarthritis:
Initially when you follow
some kind of exercises, you may suffer from pain and stiffness in
joints but over time these troubles become constant.
The other symptoms
involved are:
- Muscle spasms
- Tenderness
- Joint swelling
- Crankling noise in affected joints
- Filling up of fluid in associated joints
- Decreased of flexibility
- Burning sensation in associated muscles.
Causes
of Osteoarthritis:
The causes of
osteoarthritis comprises many of our day to day activities, which we
normally ignore or fail to notice. They are causes like:
- Joint injury
- Abnormal joint
- Mechanical stress in joint
- Regular increased joint motion
- Obesity
Some causes like, ageing
of joints, soft bone deterioration, roughening of soft bone and some
genetic factors also leads to hazards of osteoarthritis.
Risk
factors involved:
The threat of
osteoarthritis may arise and increase due to:
- Overweight
- Age
- Dissimilarities in the length of legs
- Usual exercise or actions that multiplies the joint stress
- Joint stresses leading to muscle loss
- Misalignment of bones
Diagnosis& Treatment:
The treatment for an
osteoarthritis problem initializes with the signs and symptoms,
physical examination, medical imaging and other tests that may
support and rule out the actual disorder. The further treatment
provided depends upon the affected joints. These treatments may
involve pain medications as well as exercises. At some extreme cases
joint replacement surgery with an artificial joint is also adopted.
Prevention
steps:
It's always better to
avoid overweight conditions and reduce increased joint stress
activities.
If you do suffer from a
problem of intense joint pain and stiffness then never be late to
consult your doctor for your joint treatment in Kerala.
Dr. Thadi Mohan,
the orthopaedic surgeon provides you the highest quality
Osteoarthritis treatment in Kerala. For more informations contact
orthopaedicsurgeryindia@gmail.com
Don’t let the pain destroy you..
