How common is rheumatoid arthritis? [Archive]

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sam k

11-06-2007, 12:06 AM

How common is rheumatoid arthritis?

hillbillytweetheart

11-06-2007, 05:03 AM

Alot of ppl have it especially after u may have been hurt in different places in ur past history of life. Does anyone in ur family have it? Its not confortable. Yeah I think its common as we get old....Look up in the www.webMD.com and find more information about it.

cintchick

11-06-2007, 05:10 AM

According to the Arthritis Foundation, Rheumatoid Arthritis affects 1 percent of the U.S. population or 2.1 million Americans. I have included a link to this source below.

www.arthritis.org (http://www.arthritis.org/disease-center.php?disease_id=31)