| Osteoarthritis is the most widely type of arthritis people | | | | weight bearing can develop this easily as you get |
| suffer from. This happens to be a non-inflammatory | | | | older. |
| form of arthritis. When cartilage in the joint begins to | | | | How does Osteoarthritis differ from rheumatoid |
| wear out then osteoarthritis can happen. This can | | | | arthritis? |
| involve any of the joints in the body and we will look at | | | | - Osteoarthritis happens in the joints and is |
| some of the symptoms of osteoarthritis. | | | | non-inflammatory whereas rheumatoid arthritis is |
| The symptoms of osteoarthritis are: | | | | inflammatory and can affect the tissues too. |
| - Pain is one of the main symptoms of the problem. | | | | What causes osteoarthritis? |
| The joint being injured in some way is the main cause | | | | - Injury to the joint such as what happens in knee |
| of the pain and can also cause stiffness. The knees | | | | injuries can cause osteoarthritis. Inactivity can be |
| get hurt by over straining them or falling on them. | | | | another cause because the muscles that are around |
| - Inactivity can make stiffness much worse. If people | | | | the joints can weaken. This lessens the support they |
| are too sore to exercise they need to walk slowly or | | | | can give the joint. This causes the joint to get over |
| stretch on a daily basis to make the stiffness better. | | | | stressed and the cartilage can be damaged. |
| - Another of the symptoms of osteoarthritis is of bone | | | | - The body being overweight can put stress on the |
| growth or spurs, as they are called, that occur on the | | | | joints, which in turn brings on the symptoms of |
| ends of the bone. This happens as the cartilage | | | | osteoarthritis. The weight bearing type joints suffer the |
| continues to degrade. Spurs can cause not only | | | | most. The last thing that can cause osteoarthritis is |
| swelling but also a knobby appearance of the area | | | | heredity. People can inherit the tendency for |
| affected. Irritation can happen in the synovial | | | | osteoarthritis. Also if people are born with bowlegs, |
| membrane and can cause fluid to collect. | | | | double jointed, or hip dislocation they can get it too. |
| Where does osteoarthritis occur? | | | | There are plenty of treatments available today for |
| - Osteoarthritis occurs in the joints. It can occur in the | | | | people that show symptoms of osteoarthritis. There is |
| knee, spine, hip, feet, hands, and also the smaller joints | | | | no need to just suffer with it. Go find some relief for |
| as in toes and fingers. The knees, hips, and feet being | | | | the pain today. |