TheI-osteoarthritis ou osteoarthritis, kuthinta umuntu ngamunye ngendlela ehlukile. Amalunga athintekile kanye nokuqina kobuhlungu kuyahlukahluka kumuntu nomuntu:

• izinzuzo ubuhlungu elunga elithintekile ikakhulukazi lapho lihlanganiswa (isb. ubuhlungu bedolo lapho wehla);
• A Ukuzwela inhlanganisela lapho kufakwa umfutho wokukhanya;
• A ukuqina ukuhlangana, ikakhulukazi lapho uvuka noma ngemva kwesikhathi sokunganyakazi. Ukuqina kwasekuseni kuthatha imizuzu engaphansi kwengama-30;
• Ukulahlekelwa kancane kancane kwe Ukuguquguquka ekuhlanganyeleni;
• Umuzwa wokungakhululeki esilungwini ngenxa ukushintsha kwezinga lokushisa;
• "Ama-Creaks", ikakhulukazi ezimweni ze-osteoarthritis yamadolo;
• Ukuqala kancane kancane kwe ukukhula kwamathambo amancane (ama-osteophyte) endaweni ehlangene;
• Akuvamile,ukuvuvukala (ubomvu, ubuhlungu nokuvuvukala kwelunga).