subject: Prescribed Exercises & Healthy Diet Controls Arthritis [print this page] Arthritis is mainly related to joints, though it may also affect your muscles, bones, and ligaments.Arthritis disturbs the musculoskeletal system, specially the joints. It is the main cause of disability among people over fifty-five years of age in developed countries.Arthritis is not a single disease - it is a term that covers over 100 medical disorders. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and generally affects aging patients. Some forms of arthritis can affect people at a very early age too.
Common Symptoms of Arthritiscan be concluded as follows:
In order to make anopinion, there are several symptoms to consider that can be found with different types of arthritis.
Stubborn joint pain
Pain or tenderness in joints, find difficulty in simple movement or daily physical activity, for eg. Picking up an object from the floor, activities that require hand or fingers movement such as sewing or typing, walking, bending, some times straight lying on bed becomes difficult etc.
Inflammation specified by joint swelling, stiffness, redness or heat sensation in body
Joint defect (for example, toes or fingers may become stiff and distorted)
Lacking flexibility in a joint
Inexplicable weight loss
Extreme fatigue, lack of energy
Non-specific fever
Crepitus, a symptom defined as crackling sound when moving the joints. Arthritis can cause gas (air) enters the joints and resulting a cracking sound.
Some of the risk factors that cause Arthritis include:
Heredities
exactly how much heredity causes Arthritis is not well understood. However, some genetic variations contribute to the cause of arthritis.
Age
Cartilage becomes harder with age and has less of a capacity to repair itself. So as people grow older they are more likely to develop arthritis.
Weight
excess body weight can lead to arthritis. Especially the hips and knees can be damaged quickly in heavier patients.
Former Injury
Joint damage can cause irregularities in the function to maintain normal joint surface. Previous major injuries can causeArthritis. For eg. An injury leading to arthritis is a Tibial plateaufracture, where the broken area of bone enters the cartilage of the knee joint.
Some Occupational Risks
Workers in some specific occupations seem to have a higher risk of developing arthritis than other jobs. These are high demand jobs labors works for heavy construction.
Some High-Level Sports
some sports participation can lead to joint injury and later Arthritis.
Long term Sickness or some Infections
People who experience joint infections (septic joint), multiple episodes of gout, or other medical conditions, can develop arthritis of the joint.
Arthritis medicine is only way that can keep the disease in control and stop the progress of disease in the body. Apart from traditional medicines, one should take healthy diet and do some regular exercises. For treatment, you can use natural home remedies as well as herbal treatment along with prescribed arthritis medication.
