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Osteoarthritis, which is also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, is a medical condition caused by the weakening of the connective tissues that act as a protective coating inside the joints of body parts such as hands, feet spine, hips and knees. On suffering from osteoarthritis, swelling results in the affected parts and as a result a person experiences pain, stiffness and even at times restriction in body movement.
A wealth of factors may lead to the occurrence of osteoarthritis in a person and among them Obesity is one of the prominent causes. With gaining of weight, pressure on the knee and other parts of the body increases and as such obese people are more prone to suffer from osteoarthritis. With recent experiments proving weight loss to be a potential solution to the pain induced by Knee Osteoarthritis, cutting down on the flab has emerged as a significant mode of relief for such patients.
A research report submitted at the American College of Rheumatology's annual Scientific Meeting in Washington , DC on November 11 has demonstrated the fact that weight loss is sufficiently capable to stave off the immense pain a person suffers at knee once he becomes a patient of Osteoarthritis.
This report was based on the experiment conducted on 30 white females who were obese and aged in between 50-60. All these participants followed a weight loss program and lost 6.8 kgs on an average after four months of strict dieting, exercising and adopting the recommended lifestyle pattern. Initially, along with weight loss they experienced significant reduction in pain at the knee and other body parts which further encouraged them to stay on the weight loss regimen.
Obesity is inextricably interlinked to osteoarthritis. Various studies conducted on obese and overweight population have found a higher prevalence of this disorder in them. Data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES I) has shown that women who are obese are four times more likely to suffer from Knee Osteoarthritis in comparison to non-obese women. In case of obese men the risk was found to be five times higher. In another study it was confirmed that overweight individuals who did not suffer from knee osteoarthritis might develop the disorder at a later stage in their life.
The only way out for obese people to save themselves from acquiring any form of osteoarthritis is none other than weight loss and there are many avenues available to achieve this objective. Dieting and regular exercises are the foremost measures to adopt but if the BMI (Body Mass Index) of the patient has reached 30 or more, the physician may advise him to opt for a suitable diet pill like Phentermine. Only a carefully chalked out weight loss schedule provide you relief from the clutches of obesity as well as disorders like Osteoarthritis. |
