Arthritis is a combination of more than 100 different kinds of diseases and conditions, and the word arthritis means “ Joint inflammation”. The pain and inflammation due to arthritis decreases the movement of joints that are affected. It limits all the everyday activities such as running, walking, bathing and dressing etc. Shoulder fingers, and knee are the main parts of the body that can be affected by arthritis.
The most common types of arthritis forms are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Osteoarthritis(OA)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most dangerous type which affected the autoimmune system of the body, and mostly affecting women. RA is 2 or 3 times more common in women than men, and it usually strikes between the ages of twenty and fifty. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may differ from person to person, but it has some common symptoms, they are :
- Joint tenderness
- Swelling in joints
- Pain in the joint that lasting up to or more than 1 hour.
- An occasional fever
- Fatigue and general sense of not feeling well
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is another type of common arthritis which affects the cartilage. Cartilage is the part of bone which covers the bone ends and helping joints to rotate without colliding each other. If osteoarthritis affects the joints, the cartilage become weaker and the after effect will be the collision of joints each other. Then swelling and pain arise and it limits the overall performance of the whole body movement. It mainly affects the main body parts like fingers, shoulder, hip and knee.
Knee and Shoulder India, the orthopedic clinic located in Chennai offers affordable arthritis treatment in Chennai. We are specialized in orthopedic mainly focusing in knee and shoulder surgeries and also focusing in complex surgeries.
Email : kneeandshoulderindia@gmail.com
