Many people may think that all seniors must face deterioration from various parts of their bodies, especially osteoarthritis, which often has problems that affect daily life. But did you know that nowadays osteoarthritis is no longer limited to the elderly? Because of our behaviors and activities, osteoarthritis occurs faster at the age of only 45 years. Today, เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา will explain to you more about the factors that cause people’s knees to deteriorate faster, along with recommendations on how to take care of yourself to have good knee health for your age.

What is osteoarthritis?

Knee Osteoarthritis is a condition caused by the deterioration of the knee cartilage. Normally, it helps promote smooth knee movement without obstruction and is a part that supports the body’s weight. This condition causes the knee cartilage and synovial membrane to become inflamed, causing less fluid in the knee joint, causing pain, swelling, and making the joint stiff and unable to move like before. If left untreated for a long time, the knee will become deformed, significantly affecting daily life.

What causes osteoarthritis?

Osteoarthritis can be divided into two types of causes as follows:

1. Primary Knee Osteoarthritis

It is a condition of knee degeneration that occurs with age and is caused by natural factors of each individual, such as:

• As we age , the cartilage on the knee joint, muscles and various nerves deteriorate with age. Starting from the age of 40 and up, we will start to experience frequent knee pain. When we reach the age of 60 and up, we have a high chance of developing osteoarthritis.
• Gender , especially women, are more likely to have this condition than men because during menopause, women lack the hormone estrogen, which helps prevent knee degeneration. When this hormone is lacking, the knees will deteriorate quickly.
• Being overweight directly affects the degeneration of the knee cartilage because it has to withstand more impact than normal. In addition, excessive body fat causes bone and cartilage cells to deteriorate faster.

Factors in knee usage, such as standing for long periods, going up and down stairs frequently, lifting heavy objects, kneeling, sitting cross-legged, etc., all of these activities cause the knee to be used in an abnormal way, which can lead to knee degeneration in the future.

2. Secondary knee osteoarthritis

It is caused by other factors besides yourself, such as certain diseases such as gout, arthritis, and knee joint diseases. Another factor is an accident that causes severe impact, causing premature knee degeneration.

Initial symptoms of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis symptoms can manifest in a variety of ways. You can observe and recognize the symptoms yourself. Symptoms are as follows:

• There is a loud crackling sound when in use.
• I have intermittent knee pain.
• Stiff, tight and stiff knee joints
• There is swelling and tenderness when pressed.
• Knee deformity and bowlegged knees

Stages of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis can be divided into four stages as follows:

• Phase 1 can still be used normally.
• Stage 2: Heavy work cannot be done, such as lifting heavy objects or traveling long distances.
• Stage 3: Unable to perform some daily activities
• Stage 4: Unable to walk and must receive assistance

People at risk of osteoarthritis

• Older people, usually found in people aged 40 years and above.
• Being overweight (obesity or being overweight)
• Heavy and prolonged use of the knee joint
• Have you had an accident involving your knee?
• Other types of arthritis occur, such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, etc.
• Weak leg muscles