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What is arthritis? Causes:- 1. Is your age is 40 or above 40 years? 2. Are you feel swelling in bones, Knees etc.? 3. Are you feel pain in Knees and shoulders? 4. Are you feel pain while fold your legs? 5. Are you feel pain while standing from the floor? Q. 1. What is O. A. or Osteoarthritis? Answer. A type of arthritis that occurs when flexible tissue at the end of bones wears down. Due to this a patient feels joint pain and swelling in the knees. Symptoms of this disease occur in the age of 20 to 30 years in these days. Q. 2. Why Arthritis of Knees increase in India? Answer. There are many causes behind it, like genetic reasons, modern life styles, less exercise, improper food habits etc. Q. 3. Which types of patient need surgery? Answer. Generally aged patients, if their joints get damaged. If they are arthritis patient, A surgery is performed with a goal to relieve pain and increase Knee functions. Q. 4. When a patient need surgery? Answer. If you feel pain in your knees which is not tolerable by you. If you feel pain while standing, walking, sitting and folding your knees. Even you feel pain at night then you need TKR (Total Knee Replacement). Q. 5. What is Joint replacement operation? Answer. TKR (Total Knee Replacement) is a kind of operation in which part of the knee joint are replaced with artificial part. The new knee typically has a metal shell on the end of the femur a metal and plastic trough on the tibia and sometimes a plastic button in the knee cap. Q. 6. What is the age of artificial joint replacement? The age of artificial joint replacement is 25 to 30 years.