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Approximately 8-10 percent of American adults suffer from this disease. Not much research on rheumatic disease events, especially osteoarthritis done, so do not know the incidence of certain image of this disease in Indonesia.
Usually suffered by people over 45 years and increases with age. After the age of 65 years, more than 50 percent of the population showing various gradations of arthritis based on X-rays, although not all showed symptoms of osteoarthritis.
The possibility of osteoarthritis in women three times greater than men. Joints which have the additional burden due to physical activity, such as heavy lifting or vigorous exercise, more easily suffer.
Similarly, obesity, which tend to burden the joints, more easily suffer from this disease. Therefore, in reality fat women more susceptible to osteoarthritis. Not surprisingly, there are some women who complained of suffering from stiffness and joint pain, and even swelling in the joints, especially knee and leg joints, even after gaining weight.
Regular exercise to lose weight is recommended for all those who have aged over 45 years, particularly women. Perform all appropriate dietary guidelines nutritionist.
Sports is the best way to prevent osteoarthritis. Therefore, wrong to let the parents who suffer from this disease to stay in bed, and even forbade physical activity.
Patients with osteoarthritis it is recommended keep walking, lounging outside the house or doing various household tasks to train the muscles. All of these activities do seem simple, but very useful to train the bones of old and started to wear.
It is worth noting, do not let people stand too long. Better to sit or walk lightly without any lifting.
In addition, there are some guidelines that can be done by young people to prevent osteoarthritis in old age. Some of them are: Do not keep staying in bed, if not forced at all.
If the illness that requires lying on the bed within a few days, then the physical activity must be done so well. Immediately walk, if possible.
Many people are happy to lump him with a pillow while lying in bed. However, try not putting a pillow under your knees when lying down.
Do not be too much to stand. If the job requires to get up, try interspersed with sitting. In any event, keep your joints can move with full motion, no binding or burdensome. Keep a balance weight, to stay normal. Move always when possible.

In everyday life, often through the pain and swelling in one or more joints of the body, is difficult to perform even routine activities. Laymen call it rheumatism.
To date, more than 100 types of rheumatic diseases suffered, but only found some of the more common diseases like arthritis. And rumors in the community that obese women tend to arthritis, it is true indeed.
Osteoarthritis is a joint disease more frequently. Characterized by the destruction of the protective layer called the ends of bones, cartilage. The cartilage is closed ends of bones, as a cushion in the joints and as a protector during movement.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative process. The first of the biochemical changes of articular cartilage, which ultimately, the integrity of the cartilage of affected joints.
In this case, the thinning of articular cartilage occurred and ended. The change was slow from start to finish, it took several years before the onset of joint disease.
Many people do not know what has happened since the symptoms of the common origin is not important. The symptoms of arthritis does not dominate the course of the disease. Inflammation occurs only visible when the release of fragments of articular cartilage in the joint space.
If cartilage is damaged bone ends are exposed. The muscles and tissues around the joint becomes irritated and inflamed. These diseases cause pain and stiffness.
Arthritis can have one or more causes. Under the wear of the joints due to old age. It could also be due to an accident at the time of year. There are even some patients who have a family, tend to suffer from this disease.
The pain and stiffness
Signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis vary. Even some people in the X-ray showed a sign of osteoarthritis, not to complain. But some people are serious complaints, are not in a position of having to perform daily activities.

The most common symptom was found painful, stiff and cold in the affected joints. Sometimes the crackling sound when joints move. The joints of the body are often affected knees, hips and hands.
Symptoms appear gradually, with pain and stiffness of affected joints. In some patients, the pain the more obvious symptoms, while the other form of stiffness or anomalies (birth defects) joints.
In the case of OA of knee and hip, it’s tough going and pain. Even if the affected hand, sewing activities, writing articles and painful.
Patients with osteoarthritis often have joint stiffness), especially in the morning (morning stiffness, or after a long absence from the workplace. However, the stiffness can be relieved with gentle exercise. Joint pain, worst at night, during the morning was still bad, but it is easier and better during the day.
The bumps on the bone grows with arthritis often leads to deformities, especially in the hands and fingers. Extending a projection on the tip of the finger joints Herbede called a node, while nodes in the center of Bouchard. Although these conditions seem to be affected, but not interfere with movement of the hand.