Arthritis

Arthritis refers to inflammatory joint diseases caused by inflammation, infection, trauma, or other factors, and belongs to the category of rheumatic diseases. It primarily involves inflammatory conditions of the human joints and surrounding tissues, with clinical manifestations including redness, swelling, heat, pain, dysfunction, and joint deformity. There are many causes of arthritis, such as suppurative arthritis caused by bacterial infection, rheumatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis caused by autoimmunity or allergic reactions, gouty arthritis caused by metabolic disorders, and traumatic arthritis caused by injury. It is estimated that there are currently over 100 million arthritis patients in China, and the number is still increasing. According to statistics, half of the population over 50 years old in China has osteoarthritis, and among those over 65 years old, 90% of women and 80% of men have osteoarthritis. The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in China is 0.34% to 0.36%. It is reported that patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis have a reduced lifespan of approximately 10 to 15 years.