Joints and Cartilage

Healthy Cartilage – Protecting Joints | Preventing Cartilage Aging and Degradation

Osteoarthritis: Cartilage degeneration related to aging and injury, with the end result being the destruction of the protective cartilage on the joint bones (known as articular cartilage). Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative arthritis, is a painful and increasingly debilitating disease. Eventually, the cartilage is on the end on the bones is completely loss, a result of damage and inflammatory degeneration, with bone rubbing against bone. Swelling, inflammation and pain are common. The joint pain can render a person unable to perform basic tasks involving movement, including simple walking. Under extreme conditions, treatment may involve joint replacement surgery.
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Rheumatoid arthritis: Is a chronic systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease, which targets synovial joints. Synovial joints are the most common and movable joints in the body. The pathological path of rheumatoid arthritis leads to the destruction of articular cartilage and rigidity of the joint and may affect other areas of the body. Unlike osteoarthritis, which occurs primarily at more advanced ages, rheumatoid arthritis can strike at almost any age.
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Gout - a form of Inflammatory Arthritis: Caused by high levels of uric acid (hyperurecemia) and is characterized by the occurence of acute inflammatory arthritis, which is a red, tender and painful swelling of the joint. Dietary yellow flavonoids, especially luteolin and apigenin, appear to display activity of lowering uric acid levels and having a positive effect on gout symptoms. (19, 20)

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