The Morning Cruise: Medical students from UCT live in the studio to warn us about Arthritis, apparently not only for elders a risk

On Tuesday Bush Radio welcomed in the studio six fourth-year medical students from University of Cape Town; Zigi, Engeziwe, Siyethemba, Tholene, Ayaz Shula, Sinelisiwe, are on their way of becoming doctors in the future.

Almost all of them started studying medicine because they have a passion of helping people, or even seeing people go back home with a smile, knowing that they made a change in their lifes. According to them the journey is very heavy but the goal is totally worth it.

This group of students gave us insight on Arthtritus, with this chilly mornings is the difference between stiff joints and Arthtritus hard to see sometimes. Siyethemba explains to us that it could actually affects many of us, even though a lot of people think that it's a condition only for when you're older, apparently that's not true.

Ajaz Shula and Zigi two of the medical students explain to us that indeed Arthtritis is something that can show up even when we are still very young. Some of those reasons could be obesity or heavy labour where the knees, for example, are having a hard time carrying all that extra weight and that weight pushes down on the joints.

But according to student Tholene, there are options to treat this, there isn't one size fits all treatment but changing your lifestyle a bit, should help already. As an option you could start to exercise more, so there is less weight on the joints, physiotherapy, to keep the range of motion and a balanced diet.

Engeziwe and Sinelisiwe tell us how they have been engaging with communties, including Heideveld, helping them set up a research proposal where they look at the impact of Arthtritus on the household finances, the economical impact. This way, this small group of student can make a big impact here in South-Africa.

Interested about the whole interview? See the video below!