Q6. What is the most common type of arthritis?
A6. The most common type of arthritis in the UK is osteoarthritis closely followed by rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis FAQs:
- Q1. What is arthritis?
- Q2. How common is arthritis?
- Q3. Does arthritis only affect older people?
- Q4. Why do many more women than men get arthritis?
- Q5. How many types of arthritis are there?
- Q6. What is the most common type of arthritis?
- Q7. Which joints are most likely to be affected by arthritis?
- Q8. What causes arthritis?
- Q9. What are the signs of arthritis?
- Q10. How is arthritis diagnosed?
- Q11. How is arthritis treated?
- Q12. What are anti-inflammatories?
- Q13. How do steroids work?
- Q14. What are disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs?
- Q15. What is methotrexate?
- Q16. What are anti-TNF drugs?
- Q17. What is Prednisolone?
- Q18. How do you cope with arthritis?
- Q19. Can you inherit an arthritis gene?
- Q20. Is there a cure for arthritis?
Guide to Arthritis
- Guide to Arthritis
- Your joints
- What is arthritis?
- Arthritis facts and figures
- Risk factors for arthritis
- Causes of arthritis
- Symptoms of arthritis
- Types of arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Gout
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Fibromyalgia
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Cervical spondylosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Reactive arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Traumatic arthritis
- Hallux limitus
- Treatment for arthritis
- Surgery for arthritis
- Knee replacement surgery
- Hip replacement surgery
- Shoulder and elbow joint replacement surgery
- Hand and wrist surgery
- Other surgery
- Medication for arthritis
- Diet for arthritis
- Exercise for arthritis
- Podiatry for arthritis
- Physiotherapy for arthritis
- Complimentary therapy for arthritis
- Living with arthritis
- Pain relief
- Coping with fatigue
- Counselling
- Healthy lifestyle
- Caring for your joints
- Mobility aids
- Adapting your home
- Independence
- Employment
- Parenting
- Pregnancy
- Financial matters
- Caring for an arthritis sufferer
- Arthritis in children
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Oligoarticular JIA
- Polyarticular JIA
- Systemic onset JIA
- Enthesitis related arthritis
- Arthritis professionals
- Arthritis FAQs
- Glossary