Is progressive osteoarthritis an atheromatous vascular disease?

Growing evidence from epidemiological studies suggests that osteoarthritis (OA) is linked to atheromatous vascular disease. This hypothesis article proposes that OA, or at least OA structural progression, may be an atheromatous vascular disease of subchondral bone. Further epidemiological studies, imaging investigations of relevant blood vessels, and trials of the effects of statins on the prev...

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Nodal generalised osteoarthritis is an autoimmune disease.

response of articular tissues to extrinsic or intrinsic insult, or both.4 5 The recognised synthetic activity of osteoarthritic tissues," the radiographic remodelling and favourable outcdone seen in many patients with OA,7-9 and the prevalence of asymptomatic 'disease'3 10 11 support the concept of OA as a repair process.4'5 Like any repair process, OA may succeed or fail when responding to a v...

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Is Osteoarthritis a Deadly Disease?

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com earlier mortality risk [2]. Osteoarthritis, while not classified as an inflammatory arthritis, does have intermittent joint inflammation as a characteristic of the disease process [3]. In line with the evidence of early mortality risk and rheumatoid arthritis, OA of the hip or knee has also been convincingly associated with early mortality risk in d...

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Prevention of atheromatous heart disease.

Five thousand patients of atheromatous heart disease, presented as angina pectoris, were studied over a period of five years. After adding the 'Husk of Isabgol' and 'aloe vera' (an indigenous plant known as ghee-guar-ka-paththa) to the diet, a marked reduction in total serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides, fasting and post prandial blood sugar level in diabetic patients, total lipids and also...

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Is Osteoarthritis a Deadly Disease?

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com earlier mortality risk [2]. Osteoarthritis, while not classified as an inflammatory arthritis, does have intermittent joint inflammation as a characteristic of the disease process [3]. In line with the evidence of early mortality risk and rheumatoid arthritis, OA of the hip or knee has also been convincingly associated with early mortality risk in d...

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Is progressive osteoarthritis an atheromatous vascular disease?

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