| Degenerative arthritis, how does it affect your body? It | | | | condition. |
| is a serious condition that causes the person to be in a | | | | Usually the cause of secondary osteoarthritis can be |
| lot of pain. This disease affects millions of people that | | | | determined because it was due to wear and tear on |
| are located all over the globe. Many people know it | | | | the body. Most of the time, the person with this |
| better as osteoarthritis and when this condition | | | | condition has used the affected area repeatedly over |
| worsens it is referred to as degenerative arthritis. This | | | | several years. For example, there are a lot of jobs |
| condition is the most common form of arthritis and it | | | | that require a person to perform the same task over |
| affects different joints in the body. Most commonly it | | | | and over for many years. When this happens the |
| affects the spine, knees, hips, fingers and toes and it | | | | cartilage between the joints they are using is being |
| can be in more than one joint at a time. The joints | | | | worn down and over a few years degenerative |
| have a substance made of protein between them to | | | | arthritis can set in. This is why it would be best if you |
| prevent them from rubbing together called cartilage. | | | | can avoid using joints repeatedly if you can. |
| Degenerative arthritis breaks down causing the | | | | It is important to know as much about degenerative |
| cartilage to deteriorate leaving the bones exposed. | | | | arthritis and your body as you can. Even though there |
| Degenerative arthritis causes spurs or new bone to | | | | is not a single thing you can do to prevent this getting |
| develop where the cartilage use to be. These spurs | | | | this disease when you get older, you can reduce your |
| can be extremely painful and hard to live with. As a | | | | risks. Being overweight can cause damage to your |
| person gets older they are more likely to get this | | | | spine, hips and knees. Therefore, maintaining a healthy |
| disease because the protein that makes up the | | | | weight can help to eliminate extra strain on the body in |
| cartilage begins to break down and the quantity of | | | | these areas and reduce the odds of having this |
| water will increase. Doctors will refer to degenerative | | | | disease in these joints. It is important that everyone do |
| arthritis as either primary or secondary. Primary just | | | | all they can to prolong or eliminate this disease from |
| seems to happen with age and no one really knows | | | | their future to avoid a lot of unnecessary suffering. |
| why so it really isn't a lot that you can do about the | | | | |