Osteoarthritis symptoms often develop slowly and worsen over time.
Signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis include:
️Pain: Affected joints might hurt during or after movement.
️Stiffness: Joint stiffness might be most noticeable upon awakening or after being inactive.
️Tenderness: Your joint might feel tender when you apply light pressure to or near it.
️Loss of flexibility: You might not be able to move your joint through its full range of motion.
️Grating sensation: You might feel a grating sensation when you use the joint, and you might hear popping or crackling.
️Bone spurs: These extra bits of bone, which feel like hard lumps, can form around the affected joint.
️Swelling: This might be caused by soft tissue inflammation around the joint.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that worsens over time, often resulting in chronic pain.
Joint pain and stiffness can become severe enough to make daily tasks difficult.
Hip osteoarthritis is a common cause of hip pain and restriction of motion of lower extermity and limb shortness and stiffness.