Arthritis (Arthrose) or OA (Osteoarthritis) disease is very common is that in all the geographical regions can be seen. To this disease, swelling of the joints and the bones and inflammation joint bone, can be said.

arthritis is a disease damage as a progressive in the cartilage of the joints, but despite the name, this it, an inflammatory disease (not unlike rheumatism, articular) because the inflammation in this disease is a complication secondary.

in osteoarthritis analysis of the articular cartilage and involvement of the bone, cartilaginous, we that causes inflammation of the surrounding tissue. This complication may be any of the joints involved makes, but the most common joints involved are the joints of the hands, the feet, the knee. the hip and spine. This is a very common condition and is at 25%, business, general practitioners and 80% radiography people over 65 years can be seen (of course, only 70% of their mark).