| Among various diseases and disorders affecting joints, | | | | or fractured generally cartilage bones are developed |
| arthritis is the most common cause of chronic joint pain | | | | to fill up the injured gap. The cartilage is built by the |
| irrespective of the age of the sufferer. There are | | | | cartilage building cells of the bones called the |
| around hundred types of arthritis of which osteoarthritis | | | | chondrocytes which utilizes the substance called |
| and rheumatoid arthritis are the most common ones. If | | | | Proteoglycan . Proteoglycan is actually a |
| the affected joints are left untreated the pain in the | | | | mucopolysaccharide building block of cartilage. When |
| joints can become quite complex and gradually the | | | | the disease called osteoarthritis affects the joints of a |
| pain can spread to other adjacent joints as well. The | | | | person the Proteoglycan becomes limited and |
| joint pain is normally accompanied by swollenness, | | | | complete degeneration of the cartilage lining along the |
| inflammation and feeling of warmth in the affected | | | | bones of the joints take place. As the cartilage building |
| joint area. | | | | stops bones are developed to repair the fractured gap |
| Chronic joint pain is always associated with old age as | | | | and cause immovability and stiffness of joints along |
| the bones become weak due to years of wear and | | | | with unbearable pain.o The rheumatoid arthritis is |
| tear. The aged body also loses the capacity of building | | | | actually an autoimmune disease which can cause |
| keratin or the complex protein which is responsible for | | | | severe pain in the joints. The disease is caused when |
| developing strong bones. Even though individuals of | | | | the synovial membranes surrounding the joints as a |
| above the age of 50 are likely to be affected by joint | | | | protecting cover attack the lymphocytes and plasma |
| diseases, the youths of the present generation are | | | | cells of the immune system. The membranes become |
| also vulnerable to the joint disorders due to the nature | | | | thickened and produce substances like prostaglandins |
| of lifestyle they maintain. The type of work they | | | | that erode the bones of the joints. |
| perform for their sustenance and leisure they enjoy | | | | Recent researches have revealed that vitamin C is |
| for entertainment are sedentary in form. Degeneration | | | | very useful in controlling the bone damaging process |
| of bones, damage of the cartilage and stiffening of | | | | called osteoarthritis. Chronic joint pain ailments can also |
| joints are the inevitable consequence of inactivity. | | | | successfully be cured by consuming anti-oxidants in |
| The following are the two common diseases that inflict | | | | the form of vitamins A, C and E. |
| chronic joint pain ailments.o When the joint gets injured | | | | |