osteoarthritis, hand
MONDO:0006632Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names osteoarthritis, hand yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Osteoarthritis of the hands usually happens as part of nodal osteoarthritis (a form of osteoarthritis that runs in families). This mainly affects women and often starts in your 40s or 50s, around the menopause (the time when menstruation ends and it’s no longer possible to have children).
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006632), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of