2. ARTHRITIS- is a painful inflammation of joints that
affects the muscles,tendons,and ligaments
surrounding the joints.
What are the two types of arthritis?
OSTEOARTHRITIS- Normally affects the hips
,knees, and hands with pain,stiffness,or
inflammation. It caused by normal wear and tear
as we age and may be worsened by infections or
injury to joints.
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS- Frequently appears
on hands,wrists and feet, and can also affect other
body parts besides the joints. It is caused by the
body's immune system attacking the tissues of the
body that leads to destruction of both bone and
cartilage inside the joints.
3.
4. What are the signs and symptoms of arthritis?
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
ARTHRITIS
Common symptoms of athritis
include joint
pains,swelling,stiffness,and
inflammation.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
Symptoms of osteoarthritis may
include joint pain and progressive
stiffness that develops gradually.
RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS
Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may
include painful swelling, inflammation,
and stiffness in the fingers, arms, legs,
and wrists occurring in the same joints on
both sides of the body, especially upon
awakening
5. ARTHRITIS
OSTEOARTHRITIS
RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS
What are the causes of arthritis?
CAUSES
An infection or injury to the
joints can exacerbate this
natural breakdown of
cartilage tissue.
It caused by normal wear and tear
as we age and may be worsened
by infections or injury to joints.
It is caused by the body's immune
system attacking the tissues of
the body that leads to destruction
of both bone and cartilage inside
the joints.
6. ARTHRITIS
OSTEOARTHRITIS
RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS
What are the ways to prevent arthritis?
WAYS TO PREVENT
1. Perform physical excercises
that help in strengthening the
muscles around the joint.
2.Lose and keep a healthy weight.
3.Take medicines,like aspirin and
some prescription medicines that
will help alleviate the pain and
other symptoms.
4. Take hot baths that can help
reduce swelling and pain.
5. Do not smoke.
7. How do DOH disseminate information in
the country?
By using the
media,television,radio, and
etc.They're making commercials
in television such as the
tubercolosis and how to prevent
or treat it by using TB DOTS.
8. What do programs and policies do the DOH have
in reducing the number of deaths causes by
Athritis?
PROGRAMS FUNCTION
1. Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program
(AFAP)
A water exercise program created by the
Arthritis Foundation and the Y-USA for
people with arthritis and related
conditions. The classes are conducted by
a trained instructor and include joint
range of motion, stretching, breathing,
and light aerobic activities. The classes
typically meet two or three times per
week for one hour.
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2. Pilipinas Go for Health
Nationwide healthy life style
movement spearheaded by DOH
and its partner.
3. "The National Healthy
Lifestyle"
A venture of the Philippine Heart
Association ,DOH,and the
Healthy Lifestyle coalition to
promote national health
awarness.
4. "May HL( Healthy Lifestyle)
Tayo"
Aims to underscore the need for
Filipinas to practice healtier
Lifestyle.
10. PROGRAMS FUNCTION
5. Arthritis Foundation Exercise
Program (AFEP)
AFEP is a community-based
recreational exercise program
developed by the Arthritis Foundation.
Trained AFEP instructors cover a
variety of range-of-motion and
endurance-building activities,
relaxation techniques, and health
education topics. All of the exercises
can be modified to meet participant
needs. The program's demonstrated
benefits include improved functional
ability, decreased depression, and
increased confidence in one's ability to
exercise. Classes typically meet two or
three times per week for an hour. To
find out about availability in your area,
locate your state arthritis program
11. PROGRAMS FUNCTION
6. Fitness & Exercise for People with
Arthritis (FEPA)
Multi-component exercise program
with additional emphasis on aerobic
conditioning along with strength and
balance exercises. The program was
developed at San Diego State
University, and has implementation
materials available in both English
and Spanish.
12. DOH have different programs in any
Noncommunicable Diseases (ATHRITIS),including:
Pilipinas Go for Health
"The National Healthy Lifestyle"
"May HL( Healthy Lifestyle) Tayo"
Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program (AFAP)
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program (AFEP)
Fitness & Exercise for People with Arthritis (FEPA)
These programs help many people with
noncommunicable diseases to survive and to
prevent it.
13. In your opinion,what programs and policies of DOH regarding
noncommunicable diseases need to be promotes more and given
more focus?Why?
For us, the Pilipinas Go for Health, because
itis said in here that more Filipinos from
different places in the Philippines should be
informed and encouraged to practice healthy
lifestyle by making a personal commitment to
physical activities, proper nutrition and
prevention or cessation of smoking and
alcohol consumption, because some patients
get noncommunicable dissease due to wrong
lifestyle habits.
