Why do Women suffer more from Osteoarthritis

Why do women suffer more from Osteoarthritis?

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint inflammatory disorder that is caused due to loss of cartilage over a period of time. Cartilage is a protein that provides cushioning effect between joints. Friction in the joints increases with a decrease in cartilage percentage leads to degeneration of joints.    

Osteoarthritis is not seen as equal to all genders i.e. women are more prone to it than men as they get old. Among all osteoarthritis patients, women are twice that of the number of men. 

Symptoms of Osteoarthritis begin to appear in women in their 40’s or 50’s.  After 55 i.e. women after entering menopause, these symptoms are more severe in women than men of the same age.

Some studies confirm the fact that women suffer more from Osteoarthritis of the knee than men. The following reasons make them prone to this arthritis:

Knee cartilage volume:

Women and men have some differences in the musculoskeletal system, bone density, and volume. According to a famous study on these differences, knee cartilage volume is the crucial factor for more women prone to Osteoarthritis than men, who have more cartilage volume.

The difference in the knee joint movement: 

There is a difference between women and men in their knee movement i.e. women demonstrate more extension and valgus moments than men which results in abnormal pressure on knee joints that make them more prone to osteoarthritis. Women athletes suffer more because of the same reason.

Hormones:

Hormonal differences between men and women also play a key role in the development of osteoarthritis. After entering into menopause stage, women have decreased estrogen hormone levels that helped them earlier to have strong joints.

Hereditary from Mother

Having a family history of Osteoarthritis raises the risk in both genders. But this connection is stronger in women. If a mother has Osteoarthritis then her daughter likely develop Osteoarthritis at the same age and in the same joints.

Obesity

Obesity is more common in women than men. For example, each extra pound of weight translates into three additional pounds of pressure on knee joints which raises the risk of cartilage erosion and therefore increases the risk of Osteoarthritis.

Causes of Osteoarthritis

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Hereditary
  • Excess Weight
  • Joint injury
  • Overuse of joint
  • Occupation

Symptoms of Osteoarthritis

  • Swelling
  • Stiffness and Pain
  • Warmth and Tenderness
  • Inflammation
  • Cracking sound when the joint bends
  • Difficulty in moving the affected joint

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