Kashin-Bek Disease

Kashina-Beck is a common skeletal disorder that causes pain, weakness, and discomfort in the knee joint as well as other joints in the body. It was discovered by Russian physician Nikolai Kashin and his colleague Evgeniy Bek in the 19th century.

Kashin-Bek disease -

**Kashina-Beck disease** is a chronic disease of the musculoskeletal system, which is associated with dysfunction of the joints and bone deformities. It is found mainly in regions with a deficiency of calcium and vitamin D. Kashina-Beck disease is manifested by aching pain in the joints, stiffness of movement, crunching when moving, deformation of the joints and disruption of the functioning of important organs and systems of the body.

This disease was named after two outstanding domestic doctors - Nikolai Ivanovich Kashin and Evgeniy Vladimirovich Bek. In 1854, N.I. Kashin described this disease, calling it “Urovsky disease.” Oste