Autoimmune commonest cause of arthritis in society

Arthritis is a disease associated with inflammatory reactions that occur at the joints. There are various types of arthritis; psoriatic arthritis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, arthritis associated with lupus, ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis.  During my past days of general clinical practice, I had clients from various age groups who presented with swollen and painful joints. Like in routine practice I carried out imaging examination and blood tests to rule out other differential diagnoses.   Only a few patients at an advanced age had signs of degenerative disease or osteoarthritis where as the majority of my clients had arthritis test positive with associated reactive proteins.