| Arthritis is a condition where there is inflammation of | | | | 1. While exercising there will be intense pain and |
| the joints. There are various causes of arthritis and | | | | accompanied with an uneasy feeling. |
| there are also various types of arthritis. This disease | | | | 2. If there is stiffness in one or more joints during |
| occurs generally after the age of 40 years. | | | | morning then that typically drops after 15 to 30 minutes |
| One might suspect that he/she has got arthritis with | | | | of movement and this is taken as an early sign. |
| the signs and symptoms of arthritis that are as | | | | 3. An Evaluation of the troubled joint for the range of |
| enumerated below: | | | | motion. Does the joint creak or cause pain when one |
| 1. The occurrence of constant joint pain. | | | | bends it to its normal limits? This indicates arthritis. |
| 2. There will be tenderness or pain in a joint which gets | | | | 4. Whether the skin is pulled or stretched tight over a |
| provoked due to activity or movement. These | | | | joint due to swelling? Whether the stretch to sever or |
| movements are while walking, then getting up from a | | | | not? These symptoms thus get indicated due to joint |
| chair, while writing, typing or holding an object, throwing | | | | swelling and also due to either osteoarthritis or |
| a ball or turning a key. | | | | rheumatoid arthritis. |
| 3. Any occurrence of inflammation that is indicated by | | | | 5. Temperature of the swollen joints to be checked. |
| the swelling of joints or stiffness, redness, and/or | | | | For instance it is necessary to check and test the right |
| warmth. | | | | knee joint by placing one hand on the right knee and |
| 4. Deformity in joints that causes sever pain. | | | | one on the left knee, and then feel for the temperature |
| 5. There is loss of range of activity or elasticity or | | | | variation between the two. The hot joints can be a |
| flexibility in a joint. | | | | sign of rheumatoid arthritis, gout or joint infection and |
| 6. There will be an unexplained loss of weight. | | | | the cold ones are bone-hard joints are right to be a |
| 7. Extreme tiredness, energy loss and thereby the | | | | sign of osteoarthritis. |
| feeling of weakness or a feeling of depression | | | | 6. Whether the joint pain is connected with fever or |
| 8. Occurrence of fever without any specific reason or | | | | visible swelling is to be checked. These are the signs |
| cause. | | | | of rheumatoid arthritis or joint infection. |
| 9. Bones will develop tenderness. | | | | 7. Attention to be paid if the joints have a rough |
| Apart from the above mentioned symptoms, there are | | | | sensation, such that they seem to split and make noise |
| some regular signs that indicate the occurrence of | | | | when moving. In osteoarthritis, irritated cartilage and |
| Arthritis. | | | | bones rub together, making a grating sound. |