During osteoarthritis, a major alteration can be observed in structures and shapes of the joints due to continuous rubbing of bones, along with presence of osteophytes (small dumps of bone) on joint edges (Moskowitz, pp. However, osteoarthritis causes breakage in exterior layer of cartilage that enables bones to thump each other during the movement that causes pain, and swelling in extreme cases. In specific, cartilage plays a major role in strengthening bone formation and joints by absorption of energy during physical movement of the body.
Mostly, cartilage affects during osteoarthritis that is responsible for covering ends of human bones essential for the formation of joints, and damage of cartilage subsequently affects the joints. Clinically, it is termed osteoarthritis however, few experts refer it as a degenerative joint syndrome (Moskowitz, pp.
However, studies noted that irresistible trauma in some individuals enforces osteoarthritis to stop compensation that results in deterioration of joint tissues, and consequently, join failure in the human body.Īs earlier mentioned, osteoarthritis is one of the most common causes of pain and depression, and the most widespread type of arthritis around the globe. Such process reimburses the trauma by restructuring joints. During human life, joints experience different traumas that require repairing through osteoarthritis that effectively carry out the repair process in a gradual manner. Now, the paper will attempt to identify definitions, various risk factors, causes, and symptoms associated with the disease, and will then, endeavor to recognize and discuss some of the diagnoses and treatments available for Osteoarthritis.Ĭlinically, all tissues in human joints go through a repair process metabolically that result in loss of cartilages during reconstruction of adjoining bones, and osteoarthritis is the process responsible for repairing of the joint tissues (Murtagh, pp. 2-3, 2003) stated that although arthritis is a syndrome for aged people however, studies indicated that individuals younger than sixty-five years are major sufferers of osteoarthritis. In Canada, osteoarthritis is one of the most common diseases in the country that has resulted in damage of spine, as well as knee and hip joints especially. According to the World Health Organization, this disease has affected more than ten percent of world’s older population (Lohmander, pp. One of the major causes of such myth is huge number of patients of osteoarthritis in older world population. However, experts recognized that ageing factor is not the major cause of osteoarthritis and it is only a myth related to this clinical syndrome. In addition, such clinical syndrome is one of the diseases that often do not accompany any significant symptoms, and thus, prevention is one of the most effective treatments of osteoarthritis.Īs ageing is one of the major causes of osteoporosis, a number of individuals have continued to believe that it is the case with osteoarthritis as well. Moreover, studies specified that osteoarthritis usually affects hips, knees, shoulders, and hand joints in the human body that limit structural movements of patients (Murtagh, pp. In other words, joint pains during this clinical syndrome bring depression, stress, and trauma for the patients, and thus, clinical experts consider osteoarthritis as one of the major sources of pain and limited functionality around the globe after osteoporosis, arthritis, etc. One of the major consequences of osteoarthritis is the limitation in functioning of various body parts that result in the reduction of quality standards of life.
In specific, this paper will focus on one of such bone-related diseases that have affected millions of individuals around the globe: Osteoarthritis. Such a huge number of affected people have inclined researchers and experts to carry out studies to identify factors causing such diseases in the human body. Studies have indicated that more than nine million people are suffering from abovementioned bone-related illnesses in the United Kingdom alone, while the United States is not behind with eleven million sufferers (Lohmander, pp. Some of such diseases are osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, etc. However, it is observed that a number of individuals, particularly older people and women confront bone-related diseases during their adulthood and old age due to a number of risk factors associated with diseases. In human body, bone formation plays a significant role in proper functioning of other parts of the human body.
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