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What is (Osteo)Arthritis?
What
Causes Arthritis?
Factors
Affecting Severity
Treatment for Arthritis
Symptomatic Relief
Prevention of Arthritis
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What
is (Osteo)Arthritis?
The rootword "arthr" means joint and the
prefix "itis" means inflammation so the word "arthritis" means inflammation of
a joint.
There are various forms of arthritis, but osteoarthritis is
by far the most common. This is why most people refer to it simply as
arthritis.
Osteoarthritis is also called degenerative joint disease or
DJD. From here on the term arthritis will be used to refer to osteoarthritis.
You will soon learn what causes this inflammation and the excessive
(and unnatural) degeneration of the cartilage of a joint.
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