Regenerative Disease: A Degenerative Disease

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint disorder; knee is the joint that most frequently affected.1 During 1988 to 1994, among US adults, the prevalence of knee OA was 37.4%, and the prevalence was greater among women than men (42.1% vs 31.2%).2 Knee OA will impair lower extremity function, and influencing the quality of life. The most common complaints from the patients with knee OA are the pain, daily functional decline, joint deformity, and gait deviation3,4. Symptomatic OA knee patients have shown that significantly less knee angular velocity and knee range of motion during gait. The normal joint load line can be altered with possible varus angulation of the knee, eventually affecting

Osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, is most prevalent in older patients. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative bone disease due to the gradual loss of cartilage. A primary type of osteoarthritis is hip arthritis where it is caused by joint injury, increasing age, and being overweight (“Hip Osteoarthritis,” n.d.). However, osteoarthritis can also be caused by immature joints, inherited defects in cartilage, and extra stress on a patient’s joints (Hip Osteoarthritis,” n.d.). As a result, hip arthritis becomes a huge detriment in patient’s social, emotional, physical lifestyles. In order to treat hip arthritis, doctors choose from a variety of non-drug treatments, medications, and surgeries. Uniquely, I was inspired to research about the treatments of hip arthritis because my very own brother was pronounced with hip arthritis a few years back. Therefore, his determination to battle this disease encouraged me to investigate about the treatment of hip arthritis.

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative arthritis, a condition in which joint cartilage breaks down. New tissue, which grows at the ends of bones, now has no cartilage cap to control it. Instead, this new bone forms into strange lips and spurs that grind and grate and get in the way of movement of the joint. Osteoarthritis is common in older people after years of wear-and-tear that thin the cartilage and the bones. Osteoarthritis can also result from diseases in which there is softening of the bone, like Paget's disease in which the long bones of the body curve like a bow, or osteoporosis with its bowing of the shoulder called "dowager's hump," or the breakdown of other bones. Other forms of arthritis can also cause a secondary osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting millions of people worldwide. It occurs when the protective cartilage on the ends of your bones wears down over time. Most people don't know they have it because the aches, tenderness, stiffness dont feel like arthritis until x-rays prove it. Just like regular arthritis, it affects the skeletal system. This is because it causes the bones to wear and then become stiff.Primary osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis not resulting from injury or disease, is mostly a result of natural aging of the joint. With aging, the water content of the cartilage increases, and the protein makeup of cartilage degenerates. Eventually, cartilage begins to degenerate by flaking or forming tiny crevasses.Secondary

Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, is an endemic condition that affects 20 million people in the United States alone. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis and is defined as a gradual process of destruction and degeneration or wearing away of the joint cartilage which typically occurs in the older individual age 50 and over (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/330487-overview#a0101). . Although this diease is well known for its association with the natural aging process, it is also prevalent in athletes. Specifically, osteoarthritis of the knee has been said to be the most commonly affected area as a majpr weight bearing joint and is a growing epidemic in relation to sports injuries in the young adult. http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/ostearthritis-of-the-knee-degenerative-arthritis-of-the-knee. According to, (Vincent), among upper and lower reported extremity sites, the most common region for osteoarthritis to manifest is p’in the medial compartment of the knee. The risk of knee osteoarthritis from knee joint injury is high; approximately 50% of individuals with an ACL or meniscus tear develop knee osteoarthritis [10-15]. A long-term prospective study indicated a relative risk for knee osteoarthritis of approximately 5 for any previous injury of the knee [13]. As cited in, _____, Thelin and colleagues determined that injury of the knee joint was associated with all knee OA in a

Stem Cell Research: Should we continue to allow scientists to create new embryonic stem cell lines?

　　　　ARMA poses many advantages on the topic of regenerative medicine but like all technology it comes with its own positive and negative consequences. Although nanobots and stem cells make an amazing pair they can present harmful effects, but the benefits definitely outweigh the negative consequences. This technology can cause some harm and damage when it enters the body.

In most cases, including James’s case, osteoarthritis occurs subtly and progressively, as it is an aging phenomenon with no obvious initiating cause.1 It is then referred to as idiopathic or primary osteoarthritis. The disease is primarily oligoarticular in these cases, which means that it only affects a few joints, but it can be generalized.

According to Goodman and Fuller (2009) Osteoarthritis is divided into 2 classifications: Primary and secondary. Primary OA is a disorder of unknown cause which in the cascade of joint degeneration it is believed to be a related defect in the articular cartilage. Secondary OA has a known cause, which may be trauma, infection, hemarthrosis, osteonecrosis, or some condition Primary Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the world and often affects the knee and hip joints (Rubak, Svendsen, Soballe, & Frost, 2013). For patients with primary hip OA, pain and disability are the most important indications for total hip replacement (THR) (Rubake et al., 2013, p.486) Primary symptoms of OA include joint pain, stiffness, and limitation of movement. Disease progression is usually slow but can

Jane Brody [2017] argues that there are million of Americans outliving their joints which are why millions of people have surgery to replace worn out joints but the numbers are going to grow in coming decades as people get older. Joint replacements are good when a person has lost mobility because humans need to move in order to do exercise and be healthy. Surgery can get rid of the joint pain but most patients in a study did not get a joint replacement. However, the numbers of patients of getting joint replacements are increasing rapidly. In a study, it showed people who had surgery recover equally well and typically experience less complication only if they go home directly from the hospital. Also, people who get outpatient rehabilitation

The articular cartilage is another structure that is commonly injured. Osteoarthritis is a chronic condition characterized by the breakdown of the joint’s articular cartilage. This breakdown in cartilage affects the lubrication proses within the knee and results in direct contact between the bone, causing stiffness, pain, and loss of kineticism. It additionally reduces the shock absorbing capacity of the knee, leading to micro fractures of the subchondral bone. Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent joint disorder associated with major disabilities, affecting more than 27million Americans. The risk of developing this disease increase with age and is estimated that by 2030,20% of Americans(about 2milion people), will be at a high risk for this

2010). Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that often results in pain and forcing one to

Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions. The philosophy of Osteopathy is that the structure of the body governs its function, so if a body's structure is impaired, then so is its function. From an Osteopathic perspective, the well-being of an individual

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Back pain. Neck Pain. Loss of height. Stooped posture. Bone loss. What do they all have in common? Osteoporosis. Most people do not think much about their bones or their skeleton for the most part when they injure something/bone. In fact, most of them are probably not aware of the fact that as we continue to age, it is not just our immune system or body functions that decreases with age but also our bones. In our youth, bones may seem strong, healthy and rock hard, but in reality they are not. The bones in the human body are living tissues that are made up of protein, collagen and mineral that are essential for the human body to function properly. Without all the factors that make up the bones in our body, we would not be able to withstand certain amount of pressure without breaking. Starting from around the age of 20, the bones in our body begin to weaken. If one does not provide the bones in the body with the proper nutrients and care needed, it can lead to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease in the bones that happens when the person loses too much bone or the bone production is too little. This can result from weakening bones and can be easily broken by minor falls or even bumping into furniture. Society needs to understand the importance behind being educated about osteoporosis and how it can possibly affect them as well as the ways to prevent themselves from getting the disease.