Osteoarthritis

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• Causes

  • Obesity
  • Joint injury
  • Exercise
  • Polygenic inheritance
  • Alkaptonuria
  • Wilson's disease

• Effects

  • Morning stiffness
  • Narrowing of joint space
  • Osteophyte
  • Sclerosis of bone
  • Heberden node
  • Bouchard node
  • Calcified intervertebral disc
  • Bone cyst
  • Syndesmophyte
  • Chondrocalcinosis
  • Hand pain
  • Baker's cyst
  • Sterile inflammation

• Parents

  • Arthropathy
  • Arthritis

• Treatments

  • Weight loss
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  • Steroid injections
  • Arthroplasty