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Arthritis is a painfull and at times a debilitating disease. as a result of this a sufferer of this illness can be forgiven for becoming a bit depressed from time to time. On the bright side however the treatments that are available today to ease the pain and the damage done not to mention the ability to replace many of the joints that can be destroyed is certainly a lot better situation then existed not too many years ago.

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