What is arthritis?
Arthritis is an inflammation of the joint. It’s derived from the Greek words“arthron” meaning “joint” and “itis” meaning inflammation.Inflammation is your body’s natural response to fight infection. When yourbody is injured, white blood cells accumulate and gather around the area of injury. These white blood cells are designed to attack foreign substancesand bacteria. As a result of this, inflammation and swelling occurs.
What are the types of Arthritis?
There are more than 100 various types of arthritis. Right now we’ll focuson the most common type found in both pets and people.
Osteoarthritis
is also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative jointdisease.In this type of arthritis the cartilage between the joint bones wears away. Insevere cases the cartilage completely wears away allowing the two jointbones to rub against one another. Eventually, the body replaces the lostcartilage with calcium deposits and osteophytes - dense, ivory-like spurs.The result is stiffness, pain and loss of mobility that can seriously degradeone’s quality of life.
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