Osteoarthritis is the most commonly occurring type of arthritis, a condition known for causing severe pain, swelling and creaking of joints.
Osteoarthritis happens when the joints lose their protective cartilage which is responsible mainly for absorbing the shock of motion acting as a cushion to the joints, which causes the joints to be ripped of their protection leading them to constant rubbing in each other which over time would cause serious damage and pain to the joints.
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| What are the Signs and Symptoms of Osteoarthritis? |
Osteoarthritis mostly affects the joints of the knee, hand, lower back, hips and neck.
It is more likely to happen for over-weighed individuals, aging individuals and upon joint injuries.
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Symptoms of Osteoarthritis:
1. Stiffness of the joints:
Joints stiffness is an early sign of osteoarthritis, the feeling you get when you have been sitting for a long time in one place or when you have just waken up, feeling your joints woody and slow, that stiffness could get better with some exercise, it is also a sign of osteoarthritis.
2. No more flexibility:
A process that happens gradually, losing your range of normal motion, not being able to reach out with your joints to the same places you used to, stiffness and pain of the joints contributes to the loss of flexibility.
3. Pain of the joints:
Osteoarthritis is accompanied with a lot of pain whether in the back, knee, neck or hips as a common symptom of the condition along side with feelings of discomfort, tenderness and swelling of the affected joint.
4. Abnormal feelings and sensations of joints:
The loss of the shock absorptive cartilage leads to a direct contact of the joints causing them to rub together losing the normal moving range leads to all kinds of abnormal feelings in the joints affected.
Other common symptoms of osteoarthritis involve swelling, sleep problems, deformed joints and muscle weakness.
