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What's the basic cause for getting affected to arthritis?
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Life: The most common cause of arthritis is osteoarthritis which is a wear and tear arthritis. It is part of life. If you live long enough everyone gets arthritis. Nothing we know of yet that will prevent arthritis.
Answered 4/1/2019
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