Flare Up – Arthritis Relief https://arthritisrelief.org Natural Arthritis Pain Relief Thu, 05 Jul 2018 23:26:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.16 What Causes Osteoarthritis to Flare Up https://arthritisrelief.org/cause/what-causes-osteoarthritis-to-flare-up/ Sun, 01 Jul 2018 16:00:36 +0000 http://arthritisrelief.org/?p=416 Mitigate Pain By Understanding What Causes Osteoarthritis to Flare Up Osteoarthritis also called degenerative or wear-and-tear arthritis is inflammation caused by abnormal wear of the cartilage cushion in the joints. When a joint is affected by osteoarthritis, this wear and tear lead to the degeneration of cartilage and the body is unable to replenish its supply of cartilage. Inflammation causes joint pain, stiffness, swelling in a joint, a reduced range of motion in the joint, fatigue, and difficulty sleeping due to pain. When these symptoms increase suddenly in between periods of calm is what is referred to as a flare up. Related: What is

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