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Who is most at risk?

Osteoarthritis is not hereditary, but the following factors increase the risk of:

- Obesity: Being overweight for several years and can overload the joints worn.

- Overloading of the joints caused by occupational activities.

- Overloading of the joints caused by physical activity and aging.

- The joint damage caused by previous fractures, especially when they affect the normal joint congruity (the joint surfaces must fit each other) or produce an overload by becoming a member longer than the other or be rotated about its axis .

How is osteoarthritis diagnosed?

- Through the clinical history and physical examination by a physician.

- X-rays reveal whether a patient has osteoarthritis. But often there is no relationship between the intensity of pain felt by the patient and the radiographic severity of osteoarthritis. The pain and limited movement possible to orient the diagnosis.

- You can do blood tests to rule out other inflammatory diseases that also have joint pain and who have a different cause and treatment.

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