Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, also called degenerative osteoarthritis, is a chronic joint inflammation that degeneration of articular cartilage as the core, involving the bone and synovium, joint capsule and other structures. Osteoarthritis is a sterile, chronic, sexually assaulted joints, especially weight-bearing joints diseases. Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and other chronic orthopedic pain caused no significant damage and more, and longer duration, usually more than 3 months. And other difference is that pain, chronic orthopedic pain is often recurrent, when the extent of light weight, and thus the need for analgesic drugs with good safety. Normally, we would choose the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, antidepressants, hormones and agents such as some plants.

Osteoarthritis can be divided into two type include primary and secondary:

1) Primary osteoarthritis is used to check all current methods of investigation of the bone can not cause arthritis, osteoarthritis is usually referred to this type.

2) secondary osteoarthritis is the cause or other basis of disease-induced lesions, such as trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, neurological and endocrine diseases. This type of lesions of osteoarthritis more limited, not associated with "Heberden nodules." Repeated strain of the crowd so that the joints suffering from osteoarthritis is high-risk groups.