L-iktar forma komuni ta' artrite hi "ostoearthritis". Din il-marda hi kkawzata minn telf ta' "cartilage" fl-artikulazzjonijiet ta' bejn l-ghadam (per ezempju l-irkoppa) biex tirrizulta fl-ghadam ihokk mal-ghadam. Insibuha b'iktar frekwenza f'etajiet avvanzati.L-artrite tista' ma tikkawza l-ebda sintomu, u tigi misjuba meta jittiehed X-ray ghal xi raguni ohra. Meta l-artrite tikkawza sintomi dawn ikunu jikkonsistu principalment f'ugiegh u ebusija specjalment lejn l-ahhar tal-gurnata. It-temp kiesah u umdu igieghel is-sintomi jinhassu iktar. L-artrite taffetwa l-iktar l-irkoppa, il-genb, l-idejn u d-dahar.
M'hemmx ghalfejn isiru hafna testijiet ghal din il-marda, semplici X-ray tal-parti nvoluta jkun bizzejjed biex juri telf ta' spazju fl-artikulazzjoni (ara stampa hawn taht), u xi kultant anke depositi ta' ghadam zejjed ("osteophytes").
Il-kura tal-artrite tinvolvi medicini biex jittaffa l-ugiegh li minnhom hawn bosta, fisjoterapija ghal kontra l-ebusija, u f'kazi gravi l-kirurgija. Din tal-ahhar tinvolvi li l-artikulazzjoni affetwata tigi mibdula b'wahda artificjali maghmula mill-metall u l-plastik. Dawn tal-ahhar ghandhom 'hajja' ta' madwar ghaxar snin u mbaghad iridu jinbidlu, ghalhekk l-iktar li jibbenefikaw minnhom huma anzjani li l-artrite tkun qed ittelfilhom ic-caqlieq taghhom.
Ahjar mill-kura hemm il-prevenzjoni. Ghalhekk biex wiehed jevita l-artrite jaghmel tajjeb izomm ruhu sostnut sew, joqghod attent ghal piz, jaghmel ezercizzju moderat regolari u jista' wkoll jiehu pilloli tal-glucosamine li skond certi ricerkaturi tghin biex il-"cartilage" jinzamm b'sahhtu.
Dr A. Cordina
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