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    Articulate Cartilage Injuries, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Articulate Cartilage Injuries, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Articulate Cartilage Injuries, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Articulate Cartilage Injuries, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

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    This book describes Articulate Cartilage Injuries, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
    Articular Cartilage Injury is a frequent disorder of the knee or hip or ankle joint caused by injury of the surface of the cartilage covering of the knee or hip or ankle.
    It can also happen from wear and tear through repeated friction of the cartilage leading to chronic wear and tear or direct trauma.
    This term is utilized to describe injury to a type of cartilage in the knee or other joints.
    Cartilage generally is a tissue that is devised to absorb loads and has an almost gelatinous consistency.
    There are 2 types of cartilage that often get injured.
    1. The surface of the ends of the bones that functions as a gliding surface and shock absorber during activities of daily living is made up of cartilage.
    This cartilage is termed articular cartilage, a tough, elastic material that permits the knee joint (or hip joint) to move smoothly.
    The articular cartilage works to allow frictionless movement of the bone against another and acts also as a shock absorber during weight bearing activities.
    2. Another type of cartilage in the knee joint functions as an extra shock absorber and helps to stabilize the knee joint during movement.
    This cartilage is termed meniscus cartilage.
    The function of both types of cartilage is to supply low amounts of friction within the joint and providing shock absorption during weight bearing activities.
    These activities are walking or jogging, climbing stairs, and work or sports related activities.
    After a knee or hip injury, one or both of these types of cartilage can be damaged.
    Causes:
    This disorder happens most often in young adults and can be produced by injury, overuse, parts out of alignment, or muscle weakness.
    Instead of gliding smoothly across the lower end of the thigh bone, the knee cap scrapes against it, thus roughening the cartilage underneath the knee cap
    Generally, the cartilage can tear just from wear and tear.
    This is normally the start of osteoarthritis and is because of mechanical degeneration.
    Another cause for a cartilage tear can be an acute traumatic episode such as a fall, a sudden twist or a direct hit.
    In children and adolescents, a disorder called osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) can induce cartilage to die.
    This can be the cause for small or large cartilage defects.
    Obesity produces more weight bearing effect on the articular cartilage of the joints
    Symptoms:
    1. Pain and swelling of the joint (knee or hip)
    2. Locking or catching
    3. Stiffness and decrease range of motion
    Diagnosis:
    A patient's description of symptoms and a follow-up X-ray or MRI normally help the doctor make a diagnosis.
    Treatment
    A difficult problem for orthopedic surgeons is the treatment of injured joint surface cartilage in the young and active patient.
    Conservative treatment is rest, elevation and ice.
    Conventional treatments have directed on stimulating the bone at the base of a full thickness cartilage defect by drilling, burring, or micro-fracturing with a special pick.
    These treatments cause bleeding and healing with fibro-cartilage or scar cartilage which is not as strong as normal hyaline cartilage.
    Often it becomes necessary to do an arthroscopy to directly look at the articular cartilage injury.
    The orthopedic surgeon will be able to evaluate the true extent of cartilage injury.
    Osteochondral graft transfer is when plugs of cartilage together with the bone base are taken from a less important part of the knee and transplanted to cover the defect
    is when cartilage cells are harvested from the knee, grown and multiplied in the laboratory are transferred back into the joint to cover the defect

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Articulate Cartilage Injuries
    Chapter 2 Causes
    Chapter 3 Symptoms
    Chapter 4 Diagnosis
    Chapter 5 Treat

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateMay 7, 2019
    ISBN9780463104330
    Articulate Cartilage Injuries, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Articulate Cartilage Injuries, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Articulate Cartilage Injuries,

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Diagnosis,

      Treatment

      And

      Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2019 Smashwords Edition

      Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes Articulate Cartilage Injuries, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      (What You Need to Treat Articulate Cartilage Injuries)

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

      My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

      Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

      I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

      This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

      From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

      Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

      For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

      The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

      The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

      Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

      As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

      Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

      I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

      I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

      I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

      Chapter 1

      Articular Cartilage Injury

      What is Articular Cartilage Injury?

      Articular Cartilage Injury is a frequent disorder of the knee or hip or ankle joint caused by injury of the surface of the cartilage covering of the knee or hip or ankle.

      It can also happen from wear and tear through repeated friction of the cartilage leading to chronic wear and tear or direct trauma.

      This term is utilized to describe injury to a type of cartilage in the knee or other joints.

      Cartilage generally is a tissue that

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