What Is Degenerative Joint Disease?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
6. Old Age
Degenerative joint disease is a condition that develops gradually over many years. Most people with the condition once had perfectly healthy joints throughout much of their lives. Many were even athletes, or had jobs or hobbies that required a great deal of physical activity.
It is because the condition onsets gradually that young people tend not to be affected. They have simply not been using their joints for long enough for the problem to begin to show. It also appears to be more prevalent in women than it is in men, but we are not quite sure why that is.
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