Wednesday, 11 March 2015

“Obesity can cause Osteoarthritis”

It is often assumed that the connection between lower-limb arthritis and excess body weight is merely due to the increased load these susceptible joints have to support, usually over many years, but it has been discovered that damage to the joint surface is due to a metabolic effect, caused by the release of the cytokines from adipose tissue. A direct inflammatory action in the process may lead to arthritis. According to a study when the relative risk of radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee was checked for various weight groups, age, physical activity level, and uric acid level, It was discovered that women in the heaviest quintile for weight had more than double the risk of osteoarthritis in the knee, whereas men had 1.5 times the risk.

A study conducted at St Thomas Hospital discovered that obese people developed arthritis not only in knee but in the hands as well. People developed arthritis in their carpometacarpal joints, not to forget that these are not the weight bearing joints.

This implies a metabolic cause and suggests the scope for prevention of osteoarthritis by weight loss.


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