AboutRusty Ford Expertise I can answer questions about most types of arthritis and the drugs and procedures used to treat them.
Experience I manage the one of largest arthritis websites on the internet http://arthritis-symptom.com/ I have been involved with publishing artritis research for 15 years and aswering questions related to almost any type of arthitis.
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Arthritis Foundation
Expert: Rusty Ford Date: 4/3/2008 Subject: I might have arthritis
Question I started cracking my fingers when I was like 8 and now I am 16 years old.Now, my fingers have fat size at joints and one finger has turned a little left and shape of the skin at joints is very bad. Is this a kind of arthritis?
Answer Cracking your fingers does not cause arthritis. This is an old wives tale. It is typical to have a finger or two that is turned one way or the other and it is also typical for fingers not to be strait.
Many people have finger joints that are larger than other peoples. This is not a sign of arthritis.
The shape of your skin has nothing to do with arthritis.
