Among the many types of joint pathologies that ultimately lead to complete loss of cartilage tissue in the joint, one of the most common is deforming osteoarthrosis of the interphalangeal joints of the hands.
Patients with metabolic-dystrophic disorders accompanied by cartilage destruction, proliferation of bone elements and curvature of the shoulder are often diagnosed with deforming osteoarthritis of the shoulder joint.
In cases of progressive dystrophic and degenerative processes in the musculoskeletal system against the background of damage to the cartilage of the hip joint, the doctor diagnoses coxarthrosis.
A progressive degenerative process, accompanied by changes in the knee bones, damage to cartilage and osteoarticular degeneration, is deforming osteoarthritis of the knee joint.
Systemic osteoporosis is a complex multifactorial disease, usually characterized by slow, asymptomatic progression until bone fractures occur, which in most cases are the first reliable signs of osteoporosis.
Osteoarthritis is one of the causes of pain and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. Secondary osteoarthritis of this joint is most common due to inflammatory arthropathies.
Osteoarthritis of the apophyseal joints of the spine (spondyloarthrosis, osteoarthrosis of the spine) and degeneration of the intervertebral discs (osteochondrosis) are different diseases.
Unfortunately, osteoarthritis of the hand joints has not been studied as thoroughly as gonarthrosis and coxarthrosis. This is likely due to the relatively benign nature of osteoarthritis in this location.
