Osteoarthritis
The most common name for Osteoarthritis is “Arthritis”. Millions of people are diagnosed with it all over the world. It starts when the protective cartilage that is located on the end of the bones starts to wear down and it causes it to rub on the muscle. Even though it can damage any part of the body that is bones or joints it mainly happens on the hands, knees , hips and spine. Some background information for Osteoarthritis is “subdivided by the cause into either idiopathic or secondary forms.” Idiopathic osteoarthritis can either be localized or generalized . When it is localized it is mainly affected in the hands,feet,knee, hip or the spine. Generalized form mainly affects three or more joint sites in the body. There is also a secondary
osteoarthritis where the damage happens because of outer factors like trauma, congenital disease , or other disorders that affect the bone and joints. Some symptoms that occur in the disease osteoarthritis are pain from doing movement, the bones may feel a bit tinder when you have slight pressure on them, Stiffness that may occur when there is minimum movement and also loss of flexibility. The prognosis for osteoarthritis is that it is an incurable disease that if you don’t exercise than it will progress and will continue to be painful and intolerable.
Osteoarthritis can be treated in many ways depending on how severe it is. Sometimes the deceased has to limit the activities that they do and it will help them with the pain. “Other treatments are steroid injections and viscosupplementation which is a lubricating injection and is more expensive than a steroid injection.” Even though these methods may help they are a bit controversial of how will they work. “If the arthritis is too severe than the patient might need a partial or total knee replacement.”
Osteoarthritis is a very painful disease and can cause a sedentary lifestyle for those who are diagnosed with it which mainly means that they can’t really have any physical activity because it would make the disease worse . By having a sedentary lifestyle it will affect the human body by affecting other systems in the body in a negative way because the lack of exercise.
osteoarthritis where the damage happens because of outer factors like trauma, congenital disease , or other disorders that affect the bone and joints. Some symptoms that occur in the disease osteoarthritis are pain from doing movement, the bones may feel a bit tinder when you have slight pressure on them, Stiffness that may occur when there is minimum movement and also loss of flexibility. The prognosis for osteoarthritis is that it is an incurable disease that if you don’t exercise than it will progress and will continue to be painful and intolerable.
Osteoarthritis can be treated in many ways depending on how severe it is. Sometimes the deceased has to limit the activities that they do and it will help them with the pain. “Other treatments are steroid injections and viscosupplementation which is a lubricating injection and is more expensive than a steroid injection.” Even though these methods may help they are a bit controversial of how will they work. “If the arthritis is too severe than the patient might need a partial or total knee replacement.”
Osteoarthritis is a very painful disease and can cause a sedentary lifestyle for those who are diagnosed with it which mainly means that they can’t really have any physical activity because it would make the disease worse . By having a sedentary lifestyle it will affect the human body by affecting other systems in the body in a negative way because the lack of exercise.