about 2 to 3 million people and about everyone in tthere life time will be affected by some type of arthritis
There is no evidence that diet has anything to do with arthritis. however there are many people that claim there is a conection.
Yes, you can actually be born with arthritis. Most of the people born with arthritis are born with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
It is not known what causes arthritis so the environment that would bring it about is also not known . However many people with arthritis have anecdotal theory's on this subject.
There is no place in the world where there is not some form of arthritis It is evenly spread.
Many people can feel changes in weather due to their arthritis. This is because cold and rainy weather inflames the joints.
Arthritis usually affects the human joints, when the joints of the legs are affected, one may end up in a wheelchair.
As arthritis comes in many forms, it all depends on what part or parts of the body are effected. however with the use of modern drugs ans and technology's people with arthritis can usually look forward to a relatively normal lifestyle.
There are many chronic diseases that can disable people Arthritis is just one of them.
People that have rheumatoid arthritis often also have a high RF However not always. There are also many people with a high rheumatoid factor that never develop rheumatoid arthritis, so unless the person is showing the symptoms of RA it should have no effect.
The problem you are faced with is that there are over a hundred different forms of arthritis. The bigest one being osteoarthritis which is often associated with the results of wear and tear or trauma. this is non inflammatory arthritis then you have inflamatory forms of arthritis like rheumatoid arthritis which is an autoimmune disease, a different disease altogether, there is also gouty arthritis which happens when there is exes uric acid in the blood and the list goes on and on. You will have to find out what the average is for every different form of arthritis. The one advantage in your favor is that arthritis of every kind is evenly distributed throughout the world with Usualy little difference between nationalitys.
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