I know it's been a couple weeks...oh well. I started summer school, and between that and working weekends and trying to venture to Fort Wayne to see Tom, I don't have a lot of free time. I was actually just studying out of my bio book; we're on a chapter covering the skeletal system. What prompted me to blog was that there's this short synapsis on osteo versus rheumatoid arthritis. Of course it interested me, since people are always asking me what the difference is. I'll recap what the book says. Osteoarthritis is where "cartilage repair does not keep up with degeneration, and the cartilage wears out." Rheumatoid arthritis is "an autoimmune disease" where "the synovial membrane thickens and becomes inflamed. Synovial fluid accumulates, causing pressure, pain, stiffness, and progressive deformity, leading to loss of function." So there you go, the difference.
I can't believe how fast summer school is going...2 weeks down, only 4 to go. I'm glad I'm doing it, though it's a lot of work. Okay enough blogging, I really need to finish this chapter and get to bed. Exciting!
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