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Arthritis is a general term for conditions that affect the joints and surrounding tissues. Joints are places in the body where bones come together, such as the knees, wrists, fingers, toes, and hips. Two common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Difference in cause and symptoms. Osteoarthritis normally affects weight bearing joints such as knee joint, hip joint and vertebral column whereas rheumatoid arthritis begins in smaller joints such as wrist joint, ankle joint, knuckles of fingers, toes and as disease advances it affects larger joints.n cases of rheumatoid arthritis along with NSAIDS, steroids are prescribed to reduce inflammatory process, disease modifying agents (DMARDs) such as chloroquine sulphate, folitrex and leflunomide are used. SUMMARY: Arthritis is a common term used for pain, stiffness and inflammation of joints.