New Delhi, March 5 (IANS). According to a recent study, cases of osteoarthritis of women undergoing menopause and disability related to it have increased greatly in the last three decades. According to the global study, it has registered an increase of more than 130 percent.
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Osteoarthritis is a condition in which the loss of cartilage of the joints, which causes rebuilding bones, relaxation in the joints and chronic pain.
In 2020, an estimated 595 million people were affected by the situation, which is about 8 percent of the world’s population. Women (especially after menopause) battles this disease.
In 2021, 14,258,581 new cases of osteoarthritis were reported and the number of current cases was 278,568,950. According to this study published in BMJ Global Health, 99,447,16 healthy life years (DALY) have been destroyed since 1990, showing an increase of 133 percent, 140 percent and 142 percent.
Chinese researchers say one of the reasons for this is that female hormone estrogen levels fall during menopause. Skental health is affected by estrogen deficiency, and also affects the function of the joint system. Additional weight also causes disability. Researchers also stated that cases of osteoarthritis are continuously increasing in menopaus women.
Researchers at Hangzo Medical College and Jhejiang University in China said that after menopause, cases of osteoarthritis are increasing in women.
He said that lifestyle changes should be promoted to control BMI and need immediate measures for strict monitoring and management of risk factors. Along with this, policies should be applied that take care of socio-dominated inequalities, so that the burden of osteoarthritis can be effectively reduced in menopause women.
To better understand the global effect of osteoarthritis in menopausal women, researchers resorted to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study. They analyzed data from 204 countries and regions from 1990 to 2021 from 1990 to 2021 for new and current cases of knee, hip, hand and osteoarthritis and lost years (DALYs) of knee, hip, hand and ‘other’ types of osteoarthritis in 55 years and above menopausal women.
The study found that osteoarthritis of the knee was the most common type and lost the most years of healthy life (1264.48/100,000 people), followed by hands and ‘other’ osteoarthritis. The osteoarthritis of the hip was the lowest common and the rate of loss of life year was the lowest.
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