What Is Osteoarthritis Knee (OA)


What Is Osteoarthritis Knee?

Osteoarthritis Knee (OA) is an inflammation of the knee joint caused by a decreased function (macular) cartilage of the joints. Cartilage serves as cushioning the joints to prevent excessive friction on the joints when driven. Degeneration of the cartilage of the joints can cause pain when joints are moved. OA is not contagious and does not affect other joints or organs of the body.

What Are The Causes Of Osteoarthritis Knee (OA)?

Osteoarthritis Knee (OA) occurs naturally in people of advanced age. OA can also be caused by the following:
 
  • Descent, some people inherit a gene damage is responsible for the formation of the cartilage.
  • Obesity, people with obesity have a higher risk for OA of the knee affected, pelvis and spine.         
  • Maintain ideal body weight or lose weight can help prevent OA more quickly occur.
  • Wounds, injuries that occur on the joint area can cause the onset of OA. -Excessive Loading on the joint.
  • Other diseases, such as rheumatic, excessive growth hormone.
What are the signs and symptoms Osteoarthritis Knee (OA) ?
  • Pain in the joints, especially when driven.
  • Pain after the joints are overused or not long after it is moved.
  • Feels stiffness after rest
  • Swelling in the joints, sometimes feels the heat.

Signs and symptoms can be different between one person with other people. In some people the pain is great, could appear on some of the other feels stiff and painful.

How do I know if I am exposed to OA or Other Joint Disease?

OA recognition of signs and symptoms. visit a doctor to be examined further. Examination of Osteoarthritis Knee (OA) does not require blood tests, except in certain circumstances, such as knowing the causes of secondary OA. It is likely the doctor will refer to the radiology lab to do x-rays on joints that are problematic to enforce a diagnosis.

What should I do when I have Know OA?

The doctor will give instructions about therapies that can be done. OA will not completely healed. OA therapy is done to reduce the pain when joints move so people with OA is able to do the job with a comfortable daily.

Exercise
Practice moving the joints affected by OA will not aggravate OA if done slowly and no strained joints. Physical exercise can reduce the pain of OA and prevents the joints become stiff. Physical training is also done to strengthen the muscles around the joints to support the motion of the joints, as well as reducing weight. To reduce pain and inflammation due to exercise, be given the hot compresses on the joints before exercise, and a cold compress after a workout.


Maintain ideal body weight
Reducing weight is one of the ways to reduce the stress on the joints. Ideal body weight can help reduce the pain in the joints and slow down the severity of Osteoarthritis Knee (OA)


Treatment
In some patients with moderate to severe pain, usually given medicine pain relief, such as Acetaminophen or other drugs. When the pain did not diminish with exercise or weight reduction, can be considered to do injection hyaluronat (joint lubricating components) in the joints by doctors or surgery.


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