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What are the risk factors of
osteoarthritis?
A person's risk of developing osteoarthritis increases due to age, gender,
obesity, heredity, and injury or overuse of a joint.
Age
The occurrence of osteoarthritis has been shown to increase significantly
with age. The prevalence of clinical osteoarthritis (OA) by history in men
and women age 20 and up was 4.5% and 7.3% respectively. In men and women
age 60 and older, this number climbed to 17.0% and 29.6% respectively.
Gender
It has been noticed that up to age 45, osteoarthritis is more common in
men; after age 45, the disease is more common in women.
Heredity
Some people have more at risk of developing osteoarthritis because they
are born with physical traits. These traits include laxity (double jointedness),
physical defects that prevent joints from fitting together correctly, or
a defect in the gene that produces collagen, the protein in cartilage.
Obesity
Obesity has the greatest effect on a person's risk of developing osteoarthritis
of the knee, mainly during the middle or later years of a person’s
life.
Injury or Overuse
Repeated injury or overuse of a certain joint increases the risk of developing
osteoarthritis. For example, athletes who have repeatedly sustained injuries
to their knees have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis of the
knee.
Mobic is used to relieve the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis;
this medicine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It can also
be used in other circumstances for treatment, as if determined by your doctor.
Two strengths are available for ‘Mobic’ Tablets:
The tablet containing 7.5 mg meloxicam on one side and
on the other side yellow -coloured, round -shaped, biconvex, uncoated tablets.
The tablet containing 15 mg meloxicam on one side and on
the other side yellow -coloured, oblong -shaped, biconvex, uncoated tablets. |
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