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When a patient is suffering from arthritis his musculoskeletal system is affected; the joints become very painful and stiff, there is a lot of swelling at the joints and the joint cartilage gets damaged. Each bone is covered with a living tissue that covers the ends of the bones and guards them from rubbing against each other; this tissue is known as the Cartilage. Cartilage functions like the other organs in the human body and is made up of living cells called Chondrocytes. The chondrocytes die, they are replaced with new ones and the life cycle goes on.

However, over an extended period of time, the inflammation can kill more of the cartilage cells than the body is able to replace. This happens when the body is not healthy and suffers from malnutrition, injury can also be another cause. The damage that can be caused by this particular condition may also cause instability, joint pain, interruption of your daily activities and deformities. The traditional treatment to arthritis demands change of one’s lifestyle besides physical therapy and medication. Joint replacement surgery is a last resort after health care providers have tried other less intrusive interventions to relieve the discomfort.

There are two main categories that arthritis can be grouped into, these categories are based on the ‘generalized’ or ‘localized’ areas of the joints or body that have been affected and then they branch off into sub-categories. When the soft tissues that cover the bones or the joints are damaged it is considered as a localized condition and is also known as bursitis or tendonitis. One of the other sub-categories of localized conditions is known to affect maybe one or two joints, like the hip or knee. A generalized condition is a condition where the muscles and the soft tissues get damaged, in this condition there is no swelling or any kind of inflammation on the joints. In this condition there is no evident kind of damage caused to the joints and is known as Fibromyalgia; this kind of arthritis is widespread among people.

Another sub-category involves inflammation affecting the entire body. Rheumatoid arthritis is an example of a condition under this category, as well as gout, and psoriatic arthritis. Vasculities (affects all the organs), polymyositis (affects muscles) and erythematosus (affects kidney, skin and other organs) are the other conditions that belong to the generalized category.

An individual is capable of having more than just one arthritis type and it includes over one hundred different medical conditions that are known to affect roughly forty six million adults and three hundred thousand children within the United States. This condition can start as early as infancy, while it is most common among adults over 60, primarily in the form of osteoarthritis. The number of sufferers is on the increase at the same pace as the population of America.

S. and costs over 124 billion dollars a year in medical care and indirect expenses. Individuals can help prevent osteoarthritis by following a few simple steps: Maintaining appropriate weight and consuming fresh fruits and vegetables as a good source of vitamins c and d. Also by making sure they are getting enough calcium (adults: 1000-1500mg per day), regular exercise and to avoid injuries brought about by sports activities.