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I have a friend who is saying any problem that affects the joints, no matter how short term, can be classified as arthritis- that arthritis is a blanket term. However I feel this is inaccurate and somewhat invalidates those of us with any form of arthritis. Isn’t arthritis almost always a long term and/or chronic problem? You can’t just have some joint pain for a couple months, not treat it, have it completely go away and never come back, and call it arthritis...can you? I know things like JRA… read more
As I understand it the word arthritis means inflammation of the joints - so any inflammation of a joint could be called arthritis. However, arthritis usually refers to arthritic diseases/disorders of which there are many, each with it own mechanisms that lead to this inflammation, many of these - but not all - are chronic and require long term management.
There are well over 100 types of arthritis. As stated above, some are chronic and some are not.
I agree with Paws/ Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto-immune disease that causes inflammation and Pain. It is just one of many auto-immune diseases such as Lupus, MS, FMS, and many others. Simple arthritis is caused by over used joints and can also be inflamed and painful. It used to be called and old age disease or rheumatism.
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