The most prevalent kind of arthritis is osteoarthritis, also known as a degenerative joint disease (DJD). As people get older, they are more prone to acquire osteoarthritis. Changes in osteoarthritis often develop gradually over several years, with few exceptions. Dr. David Greene Arizona discusses osteoarthritis in this presentation.

1. Stem Cell Therapy
for Osteoarthritis
Dr. David Greene Arizona

2. What is osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is a very common condition
which can affect any joint in the body. It’s
most likely to affect the joints that bear
most of our weight, such as the knees and
feet. Joints that we use a lot in everyday
life, such as the joints of the hand, are also
commonly affected.
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3. Symptoms
The main symptoms of osteoarthritis are
pain and sometimes stiffness in the
affected joints. The pain tends to be worse
when you move the joint or at the end of
the day. Your joints may feel stiff after rest,
but this usually wears off fairly quickly
once you get moving.
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4. Which joints are affected?
Osteoarthritis of the knee is very common. This is
probably because your knee has to take extreme
stresses, twists and turns as well as bearing your body
weight. Osteoarthritis often affects both knees.
Osteoarthritis of the foot generally affects the joint at
the base of your big toe. However, osteoarthritis of the
mid-foot is also quite common. The ankle is the least
commonly affected part of the foot.
Osteoarthritis of the hip is also common and can
affect either one or both hips. The hip joint is a ball-
and-socket joint which normally has a wide range of
movement. It also bears a lot of your weight. Hip
osteoarthritis is equally common in men and women.
The elbow joint isn’t commonly affected by
osteoarthritis. When it is affected, it often follows
either a single serious injury or a number of more
minor injuries.
The knee The foot and ankle
The hip The elbow

5. What tests are there for
osteoarthritis?
There’s no blood test for osteoarthritis, although your
doctor may suggest you have them to help rule out
other types of arthritis.
X-rays aren’t usually helpful in diagnosing
osteoarthritis, although they may be useful to show
whether there are any calcium deposits in the joint.
In rare cases, an MRI scan of the knee can be helpful
to identify other possible joint or bone problems that
could be causing your symptoms.
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6. Managing symptoms
Although there’s no cure for osteoarthritis yet, there
are treatments that can provide relief from the
symptoms and allow you to get on with your life.
These include:
• lifestyle changes
• pain relief medications
• physical therapies
• supplements and complementary treatments.
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7. Can stem cells help treat
osteoarthritis?
Stem cell therapy has been demonstrated to induce profound
healing activity in animals with various forms of arthritis. For
example, the company Vet-Stem routinely utilizes stem cells in
horses with various joint deformities to accelerate healing.
Besides healing of damaged tissues, stem cells have the
unique ability to modulate the immune system so as to shut off
pathological responses while preserving ability to fight off
disease.

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