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No. Arthritis can cause or bring about a situation where inflammation happens In the case of osteoarthritis. in that case the arthritis happens before the inflammation, if there is inflammation.Osteoarthritis is a non inflammatory Arthritis. In the case of rheumatoid arthritis, the actual cause is the inflammation.

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