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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
By JuliaArticleSub
 Your bones are found in many joints. Knee joint. Hip. And fingers in the joints and the joints in your toes.
When the bones meet, there is also cartilage, a rubbery, protective layer that ensures your joints bend without pain and without. But even cartilage can not do this enormous task alone. A thin membrane called synovium "provides fluid that lubricates the moving parts together. When the cartilage wears on the synovium becomes inflamed, the result is mostly "osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis."
In osteoarthritis, the cartilage may be weakened to the point that the bone does not rub on bone. These type of arthritis develops gradually over the life of a simple result of wear and tear on the joints over the years. Very few people escape some degree of osteoarthritis, although the severity varies widely.
As it is, in fact, if you have more than 50 years, you're likely to have at least one joint affected by osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis affects men and women and so far the most common form of arthritis, with nearly 16 million Americans on the list.
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