Video: Ankle Arthritis Treatment Options. âDegenerative arthritisâ is damage to and inflammation of a joint due to wear and tear and is called osteoarthritis. In general, the term arthritis describes more than 100 different ailments including inflammatory conditions, such as gout, infection, and rheumatoid arthritis.
History & Culture. Vlad Dracula was born in Sighisoara, Romania, in November or December of 1431, though not even the year has ever been positively confirmed. He was the second of three sons.
It's one of those so-called facts that everyone knows: Bram Stoker's character Count Dracula was loosely based on Vlad the Impaler. But while there's no doubt that Stoker took the name from Vlad III's patronymic, it's doubtful that the Impaler was actually the basis for the famous vampire.