#1 Rheumatoid Arthritis mainly affects the elderly.
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Although arthritis is a common disease, there are several common misconceptions that I will try to clear up in this blog.
#1 Rheumatoid Arthritis mainly affects the elderly.Approximately 2.1 million Americans have rheumatoid arthritis.
Approximately 300,000 children in the U.S. have some form of arthritis. The most common of these is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Women are affected approximately 3:1 over men, and girls with JRA are affected about twice as often as boys.
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