article_snippet.sent: Meet Suma, one of Melbourne Zoo's aging orangutans who suffers from arthritis.
article_snippet.sent: Although is not unusual for middle-aged orangutans to have arthritis, doctors had to anaesthetise Suma in order to check how Suma condition has progressed over the past two years.
article_snippet.sent: X-rays were taken in areas where the orangutan has arthritis, the orangutan hips and ankles, as Dr Pirpiris then gave the ape a steroid injection which will reduce the orangutan pain for months and perhaps even years.
article_snippet.sent: Suma, a 36-year-old orangutan, undergoes a health check-up at Melbourne Zoo to assess the progress of the orangutan arthritis .
article_snippet.sent: X-rays were taken in areas where the orangutan has arthritis which includes Suma hips (pictured) and ankles .
article_snippet.sent: In June Suma will turn 37 years old, which is late middle age for an orangutan, so arthritis is not unexpected .
highlights_snippet.sent: Melbourne Zoo's aging orangutan was first diagnosed with the condition in 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 36-year-old orangutan, who turns a year older in June, has arthritis in Suma hips and ankles .
  