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OSTEOARTHRITIS
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- Joint pain that is aggravated by movement and relieved by rest.
- Stiffness, especially in the morning or after exercise; loss of flexibility in the affected joints.
- Knobby overgrowths on the joints closest to the fingertips (Heberden's nodes) or on the fingers' middle joints (Bouchard's nodes).
- Audible crackling noises upon movement of the joints.
- Changes in gait.
- Rarely, redness, warmth, and swelling of a joint.
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