Arthritis disease among more than a hundred disease affecting the joints. Victims suffer arthritis pain, stiffness and swelling in the joints. And many people are sick with arthritis disability.
And uses the term arthritis and rheumatism substitute for one another. Whatever the case, the word rheumatic more general, refers to many types of diseases of the joints, muscles and connective tissue.See: rheumatism. The two main forms of arthritis are rheumatoid arthritis bone (osteoarthritis), which is the most common, and rheumatoid arthritis, which is the second common species.
