Signs of Osteoarthritis of hand, knee, hip, feet, spine

The most common site of osteoarthritis and its symptoms, signs include as follow:

1. hand: interphalangeal joint is the most common location for osteoarthritis, distal interphalangeal joint in particular. Pain and tenderness not significantly affect the joint activities are also very few. Characteristic change in the finger joints in the back of the lateral, there hyperplasia and the formation of bone nodules hardware, shoulder means at the remote Heberden nodules as the nodules are located on the proximal shoulder refers to as the Bouchard nodules. Nodule development of this very slow. Only a small number of patients will eventually appear far buckling or joint deformity outer ramp.

2. knee: Knee pain is common signs in patients with osteoarthritis. The early symptoms of pain up and down stairs, especially when the case down, showing alternating unilateral or bilateral, is the emergence of joint swelling, and more due to hypertrophy caused by osteoarthritis, joint effusion can be. Synovial hypertrophy occur are very rare. In severe cases, there varus knee.

3. the hip: the performance for the greater trochanter, lateral hip and groin pain, etc., can be radiation to the knee. Hip internal rotation and extension of activity limitation.

4. feet: the first metatarsophalangeal joint is a common site of lesions appear. Enough to wear tight shoes and is the cause of repeated trauma. Symptoms are local pain, bony hypertrophy and hallux valgus.

5. spine: vertebral body, intervertebral disc, facet joint bone lesions of the back caused by neck and lumbar vertebral body lesions. Localized pain, stiffness. Vertebral body due to a small number of serious lip edge and bone hyperplasia Ao local nerve root compression, spinal cord or in part arising from a variety of radioactive blood vessels or nervous system symptoms of pain.