Genetic factors may also play a part in a familial continuation and the development of arthritis. The causes are multi-faceted. They include the body's reaction to food allergies. They also directly relate to the health of the intestines, and also the infiltration of various infectious microorganisms, viruses, bacterias, yeast, etc. There is a particular mind set that accompanies arthritis.
Stress plays a part as well.
Certain kinds of diets make arthritis prevalent. The American diet, for example, has high amounts of the wrong kinds of fats and low amounts of the right kinds of facts, and it is laden with dairy products. One other factor is imbalanced hormones. Women tend to develop osteoarthritis at a much higher rate than men. Hormones, or an imbalance between the estrogenic and progesteronic hormones can cause arthritis.