Osteoarthritis Health Feed

Osteoarthritis may affect any joint of your body. And knee arthritis is one of the most common versions of arthritis. It can cause immense inconvenience and braces can help mitigate many of these bothers.

When Do Braces become a Necessity?

The cartilage at the knee joint cushions the knee and protects the knee from the shock waves of walking, running and other movements by absorbing them. But in some people, the cartilage begins to wear out slowly and when this happens, the un...more

For knee pain you should counslt to physiotherpist.
Avoid knee bending use knee brace during standing job
diet paln and exercise for wt reduction.

Osteoarthritis is referred to as a degenerative condition where the protecting cartilage of a particular body joint (which helps in smooth movement) slowly wears away with time. Osteoarthritis occurs mainly in joints of the hand, neck, hips, spine and knees. As time passes, osteoarthritis might result in severe and unbearable pain along with increased stiffness in the affected parts of the body. The affected body joints might also lose flexibility, which might result in a particularly unpleasant...more

1. For your dq's, you can get operated and tendons can be released instantly. It's a short procedure, not so costly and very effective.
2. For your forefinger pain, I think carpal tunnel syndrome could be the cause. Get your never conduction velocity and electromyography of that upper limb done.
3. Also get yourself checked for diabetes and thyroid, uric acid, rheumatoid arthritis
4. Osteoarthritis is not common in young individuals except post trauma.

Are you experiencing a swollen and painful joint and are looking for an effective way to treat it? You can choose homeopathic treatment, which is considered to be ideal for joint pain and inflammation, as it does not have any side effects. When a joint swell up, gets inflamed or damaged due to an injury, joint pain is experienced. Aging and several medical conditions such as gout, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, general injuries, and sprains are common causes of joint inflammation and pain...more

Maintaining weight loss requires long term change and patience. If it doesn't seem possible for you, then you're interested in fad and unhealthy diets.
If you lose some weight every month, eventually you'll get rid of all your excess weight. Great progress! that's what you want.
Ps: long term change is only hard in the beginning, especially the first couple of weeks. Once you develop new habits it becomes easier every week.
Remember, it's about starting and it's the hardest part.

What is osteoarthritis?

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease affecting millions of people throughout the world. Osteoarthritis can affect any joint but it most commonly affects the weight bearing joints- hands, knees, hips, spine. In every joint there is a protective cartilage which prevents the two bones in the joints from coming in contact with each other. In osteoarthritis the protective cartilage wears down with age and exposes the bones in joint to each other causing rub...more

What is cervical spondylosis (cervical osteoarthritis)?

Cervical spondylosis is also known as osteoarthritis of cervical spine (neck). This is age related wear and tear of the discs, bones and joints of the neck. As the discs dehydrate and shrink with age, bony spicules start to appear along the edges of bones. Also the discs of cervical spine gradually break down and start losing fluid causing stiffness. Thus signs of osteoarthritis start to appear.

Risk factors:

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Popping or cracking noises could just be gas bubbles bursting within the fluid surrounding the joint, or the sound of ligaments and tendons stretching and releasing. A soft snapping or clicking sound is also sometimes caused by a tight muscle or tendon moving over a bony structure.

Dear Lybrate user,
ice therapy is good and effective in injury, inflammations on joint also. An it is done as take ice cubes in washcloth and then apply on affected part but not more than 20 mins and do not repeat for next day as this may constrict blood vessels and blood flow may get interrupt. So, hot fomentation/therapy is good because it heals the arthritis condition as it is stimulates the blood flow and also reduce the swelling with pain. But for permanent treatment of oa you should st...more