Osteoarthritis

Causes

• Primary: Denovo disease exact cause is not known.
• Secondary: Trauma, infection, deformity. There is wear of cartilage leads to rubbing of bone ends & leads to formation of bony growths called osteophytes. This limit is motion.

Risk Factors

• Advancing age
• Extra weight/obesity injury to joint heredity.

Symptoms

• They are gradually progressive joint pain, stiffness, reduced joint mobility crackling/grinding feeling in joint.
• Diagnosis physical examination & X-ray.

Treatment

• Lifestyle modification:
  • Exercise
  • Weight loss
  • Heat therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Medications
  • Using adaptive equipments like stick.

Surgical

• High tibial osteotomy.
• Arthroscopy.
• Joint replacement.