Sponsored by Assistant Professor Dr. Majid Asghar Al-Nawab, Dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Basra, and under the supervision of Assistant Professor Dr. Sondos Baqir Dawoud, Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs and the Continuing Education Unit on arthritis and osteoarthritis of the knee joint, in which the teacher, Dr. Muhammad Abdel Reda Akbar, a faculty member at the college, lectured. The workshop included types of arthritis.
How osteoarthritis occurs and the clinical symptoms and signs of patients.
The workshop also dealt with laboratory and radiological tests for diagnosing types of arthritis. The workshop also touched on the most important conservative and pharmacological treatment methods to treat them, as well as the most important surgical treatment methods for arthritis.
Akbar emphasized that there are different types of arthritis, pointing out that a doctor should be consulted when there is pain in the joints, as not every joint pain is considered osteoarthritis, stressing that early intervention limits the aggravation of the disease, stressing the importance of spreading health culture and urging people to undergo periodic examinations to discover Problems and solve them early
