is often a more painful experience for women than it is for men, even though the visible symptoms are the same.Reportedly, rheumatoid arthritis is almost thrice more common amongst women  and eventually impairs the life quality of female suffers more than it does that of their male counterparts

Arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritis -- a procedure performed hundreds of thousands of times a year -- does not reduce joint pain or improve knee function, according to new research.

Types of arthritis :The different forms of  arthritis include,osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) is a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, autoimmune diseases in which the body attacks itself. Septic arthritis is caused by joint infection. Gouty arthritis is caused by deposition of uric acid crystals in the joint, causing inflammation.

Symptoms:

Symptoms often develop slowly over a period of weeks or months. Fatigue and stiffness are usually early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Painful, swollen, tender, stiff joints. The same joints on both sides of the body (symmetrical) are usually affected, especially the hands, wrists, elbows, feet, ankles, knees, or neck

For most people, arthritis causes discomfort, pain and stiffness in one or more joint and causes fatigue.

Treatments for arthritis: there is no cure for arthritis (except gout). However, there are many ways of treating the symptoms of arthritis. There is also much you can do to protect your joints and keep mobile with drugs, therapies and self-management techniques.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. Normally the two bones of a joint are cushioned with a strong flexible tissue called cartilage. In osteoarthritis the cartilage deteriorates, causing pain and stiffness.

By exercise,  ease pain and joint stiffness and improve flexibility,reduce the effects of osteoporosis (thinning of the bones) by maintaining bone density.

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