Common symptoms of osteoarthritis of hip, knees and hands

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Common symptoms of osteoarthritis of hip, knees
and hands
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Here are some commonly noticed symptoms of
osteoarthritis

• increased pain and stiffness when no moment for a
  while
• joint tenderness
• swelling - joints appearing slightly larger than
  usual
• constant grating or crackling sound or sensation
  in your joints during slightest moment
• prolonged pain and limited range of movement due
  joints pain
• weakness and loss of muscle bulk

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Osteoarthritis of the hip

• Osteoarthritis in your hip joints often causes
  difficulty in doing activities such as putting on
  or removing your shoes or get in out of a car
  or bed, etc.

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The following are the symptoms of hip
osteoarthritis,

• Joint stiffness that occurs as you are getting
  out of bed
• A sound or feeling ("crunching") of bone rubbing
  against bone
• Pain, swelling, or tenderness in the hip joint
• Joint inflexibility after you sit for a long time
• Inability to move the hip to carry out daily
  routine activities

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Osteoarthritis of the knee

• While ageing is among the top factors causing
  osteoarthritis of the knee, however young people
  can get it too.

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Common symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee are

• Pain and stiffness in knee joints
• Creaking, crunching, grinding sensation when
  you move the joint
• Hard or Soft swellings
• Knee muscles become weak or the joint structure
  is less stable
• Knee movement is not normal or as it would be
• Knees becoming bent and bowed
• Muscles around your knee joint look thin or
  wasted.

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Osteoarthritis of the hand

• Symptoms of Osteoarthritis of the hands may
  differ from person to person. Many a times it
  depends upon a specific joint affected.

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Common symptoms of osteoarthritis of the hand are,

• Joints pain and stiffness
• the base of your thumb
• the joints closest to your fingertips
• the middle joints of your fingers
• grinding, grating feeling or a crunchy sound when
  joints move

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• Fingers become stiff, painful- and swollen
• Development of bumps on your finger joints
• Your fingers may bend sideways slightly at your
  affected joints
• Development of painful cysts (fluid-filled lumps)
  on the backs of your fingers
• A bump at the base of your thumb where it joins
  your wrist

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