Although not visible, the joints need to be treated. If the condition is not good joints, flexibility throughout the body movement can be disrupted, even cause damage to joint cartilage.
Like the door hinges, joints become a liaison body between one bone and another bone, allowing bone can be driven with a flexible and supple.
Because an important function, the joints had never rested from his job. Not only that, the limb joints is constantly under pressure. More and more activities, more weight is also the task of the joint.
When we walk, the pressure on the joints reach two times the body weight when climbing stairs and rising up to three times. Pressure experienced by the joints even reach five times the body weight when we went downstairs.
According to dr. Aris Wirabudi, Sp.PD, KEMD, under normal conditions, the joint has a smooth surface. Pressures that received the joints will cause small tears or cracks."Naturally this tear will be repaired by the body. The younger the age, the sooner this happens the repair process," he said.
However, along with age, the body's ability to correct the tear had been reduced, but every time the body kept moving. Consequently tear in the joints is getting bigger and faster means damaged joints.
"If robekannya too big, over time will wear out the joint fluid, bone sticking together and hurt when moved. This condition is called also with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis, a type of arthritis," says the disease in the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital, Jakarta, this.
Acceleration of joint damage, according to Aris, caused by various factors, namely age, weight, diet, and activities.
People with weight gain or obesity is ekstragemuk vulnerable groups experiencing osteoarthritis (OA). "Because of obesity, the muscles are not strong buffer weight-bearing joints thus more susceptible to a small tear on the joints," he said.
The disease arthritis is usually experienced by the elderly. However, if the joints are not treated, they are not too old can suffer. In the United States, OA affects 6-12 percent of the adult population and one third are over 65 years of age.
"Right now the trend is more and more young people are exposed to OA, especially if obesity and joints pressed on," said dr. Hadad Mansour, medical marketing PT.Fonterra Brands Indonesia, in the seminar "Health care of Bones and Joints" in Jakarta, some time ago.
Osteoarthritis has a major symptom of pain, swelling, joint difficult to move (rigid), and lost flexibility around the area of pain. OA can occur in all parts of the body that are joint. However, the part most often affected are the knees, hands, feet, spine, and pelvis.
Prevention
Osteoarthritis is not a trivial disease. This disease can cause chronic disability, increase visits to the hospital, and high cost. Unfortunately, according to dr. Aris, there is no medicine that can cure this disease.
"Treatment is provided physiotherapy to restore movement and function of anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce pain. Another therapy is surgery to replace the diseased area," he said.
To maintain joint function, there are several ways you can do. The first is exercise for blood circulation and prevent stiffness. The more we move, the more lenturlah our joints. Do exercise that strengthens the muscles of the body buffer.
However, Aris reminded that sports do not overdo it. "The use of a single part that excessive joint can cause injury. For example in tennis or golf player for wearing one part hands constantly," he said.
Even if you do not have time to exercise, always do stretching on the sidelines of the activity to prevent stiffness.
Another factor that is not less important, according to Hadad, is nutrition. "Like bones need calcium and vitamin D, glucosamine joints also need to prevent damage to cartilage tissue and overcome the symptoms of arthritis," he said.
Glucosamine is a compound builder for joint cartilage that acts as a cushion at the ends of the bones and prevent bone from cracking as they moved.
This substance is found naturally in the body, but the body's ability glucosamine synthesis is reduced with age. Thus, glucosamine could be added from outside the body.
To note, glucosamine is not a cure arthritis. "If there were complaints of pain, should be treated with anti-inflammatory drug. The function of glucosamine is for prevention," said Aris reminded.
Sources : Kompas
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