Gilchrist Adam asked: Arthritis is an inflammatory condition of the joints that can at times disable the patient. The consequences of arthritis include joint disfigurement and constrained joint mobility.Statistics of Americans with arthritis or chronic joint symptoms:• 1985 – 35 million• 1990 – 37.9 million• 1998 – nearly 43 million (1 in 6 people)• 2006 [...]
Alisha Dhamani asked: More than 21 million Americans have osteoarthritis. Approximately 2.1 million Americans suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.The causes of arthritis depend on the form of arthritis. Causes include injury (leading to degenerative arthritis), abnormal metabolism (such as gout and pseudogout), inheritance (such as in osteoarthritis), infections (such as in the arthritis of Lyme disease), [...]
naturalremedies asked: The term ‘Arthritis’ is derived from the Greek words ‘arthron’ meaning ‘joint’ and ‘itis’ meaning inflammation. It refers to more than 100 different types of arthritis conditions. The common denominator for all these conditions is joint and musculoskeletal (bones and muscle) pain. Arthritis is not just a disease of the old though many [...]
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