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Visit your doctor if you feel any pain in the joint that is continuously bothering you. Let them do a proper examination of the joint. There many also be urine examinations, blood tests, and radiographic X rays done to ascertain arthritis.

The aims for the treatment of arthritis are to delay the occurrence of the disease, stop or slow down the progression of the condition and to rehabilitate the patient.

Medications include analgesics, glucosamine and chondroitin, NSAIDS (Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), DMARDs (Disease Modifying Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) and steroids.

Other than the medication, physiotherapy forms an integral part of treatment for the patients of arthritis. This may include weight reduction, local heat therapy, joint mobilization exercises, or a muscle strengthening program. Occupational therapy has also been beneficial for arthritic patients in life style modification. Surgical intervention like joint replacement may also be done in the later stages of arthritis.

Arthritis is an inflammation of a joint. It is characterized by the pain, swelling and limitation of joint movement. Other symptoms may include limited join range, joint stiffness, redness, and warmth around the joint area. 

There are a variety of forms of arthritis among which osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are most commonly occurring types.

Arthritis can be classified into two main groups: monoarthritis or polyarthritis. Monoarthritis includes Pyogenic Arthritis, Tubercular Arthritis, Hemophilic arthritis, and secondary osteoarthritis. Polyarthritis includes rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, juvenile chronic polyarthritis, primary osteoarthritis, and sero-negative spond-arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammation of the joint. It is non-suppurative in nature while osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that is classified into primary and secondary OA.

Arthritis may occur in all the men, women, children and the elderly. Nearly half of the people below the age of 65 years are affected with the arthritis of one or the other kind.