About 43.1 million Americans have arthritis. They believe they have arthritis but have not yet seen a physician to be sure. By the year 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that arthritis prevalence will increase to 60 million Americans. Women are affected by arthritis more than men. At least 26.8 million women of all ages have arthritis.
Arthritis is the number one cause of disability in America.
The term arthritis refers to more than 100 separate conditions that can damage joints and muscles and also affect other parts of the body. Overview of Arthritis Patient Fact Sheets from the American College of Rheumatology all forms of Arthritis , including Ankylosing Spondylitis, Giant Cell Arthritis, Gout, Lyme Disease, Sjogren's Syndrome, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Psoriatic Arthitis, Juvenile Arthritis, Myopathies, and much much more. Information about scleroderma from the Scleroderma Foundation. Still's Disease from MedicineNet. This site has good free fact sheets about arthritis pain, avascular necrosis, knee problems, shoulder problems, Raynaud's Phenomenon, Rheumatoid Arthritis and more.