Osteoarthritis is a disease that affects everyone, and its symptoms tend to get worse with age.
Degeneration of the cartilage that covers our bones leads to osteoarthritis. It’s cartilage that keeps our bones from rubbing against each other, but as time goes on, cartilage starts to break down. This is what causes the pain you feel when your bones rub against each other.
Dr Vinay K. Aggarwal, an expert in reconstructing hips and knees at NYU Langone’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery, talked about osteoarthritis and what we know about it. This is what’s going on in their bodies, according to Dr Aggarwal, who said that patients would say things like, “I know I have arthritis everywhere.”
Hips are often the first joints to develop osteoarthritis, which can cause pain in the hips and groins. It can also happen in your knee joints, which can lead to pain in the front, back, and sides of your knees.
We can’t change some of the things that can cause osteoarthritis or make it worse, like our genes or the way we age. We can, however, change some things, like how much we eat, exercise, and drugs we use, like smoking.
Patients with Osteoarthritis can take anti-inflammatory drugs to ease the pain of their condition. Osteoarthritis has no cure or medicine that can help stop or slow its development, but this can help with the pain and symptoms.
In very bad situations, surgery is a possibility. There are two main types of surgery for osteoarthritis: minimally invasive surgery and joint replacement. Which choice is best for you will depend on the type of osteoarthritis you have and how bad it is.
