Studies reveals something very surprising about arthritis.
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What is Arthritis?
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation in one or more joints.There are over 100 different forms of arthritis.[3][4] The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease), a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, or age.
for surprising reasons arthritis is not so new disease. Actually the new study had revealed something very surprising about arthritis. here it is..
Scientists have discovered evidence of arthritis in the fossilised elbow of a 70-million-year old duck-billed dinosaur, suggesting the condition is not a modern malady.
The finding is the oldest recorded case of septic arthritis- a condition in which a joint becomes inflamed, often from bacteria or fungus, researchers said. "our duck billed dinosaur seems to have been afflicted with septic arthritis, which completely destroyed the elbow joint," said study lead researcher Jennifer Anne, a doctoral graduate from the University of Manchester in the UK.
"There are signs of both bone destruction and excess bone growth that resulted in possible fusion of the elbow," said Anne.
David Paris, a curator at the New Jersey State Museum, found the fossilised specimen in New Jersey a number of years ago.
Anne and her colleagues studied the fossil using a micro computed tomography(micro - CT) scanner, 'Live Science' reported.
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What is Arthritis?
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation in one or more joints.There are over 100 different forms of arthritis.[3][4] The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease), a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, or age.
Scientists have discovered evidence of arthritis in the fossilised elbow of a 70-million-year old duck-billed dinosaur, suggesting the condition is not a modern malady.
The finding is the oldest recorded case of septic arthritis- a condition in which a joint becomes inflamed, often from bacteria or fungus, researchers said. "our duck billed dinosaur seems to have been afflicted with septic arthritis, which completely destroyed the elbow joint," said study lead researcher Jennifer Anne, a doctoral graduate from the University of Manchester in the UK.
"There are signs of both bone destruction and excess bone growth that resulted in possible fusion of the elbow," said Anne.
David Paris, a curator at the New Jersey State Museum, found the fossilised specimen in New Jersey a number of years ago.
Anne and her colleagues studied the fossil using a micro computed tomography(micro - CT) scanner, 'Live Science' reported.
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