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by Mark Borigini
Dr. Mark Borigini is a board-certified rheumatologist who has devoted his career to treating, and training others to treat, a wide variety of illnesses that cause chronic pain and disability. See full bio
February 5, 2009, Health

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A Whole Lotta Hurtin’ In Our Future

By Dr. Mark Borigini on February 5, 2009 in Overcoming Pain

In an issue last year in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, we are all reminded of one of the costs of living longer: having more arthritis in our midst.

Currently, rheumatic conditions, including arthritis, lupus, and fibromyalgia, affect approximately 46 million adults in the United States. As a society, the cost in treatment and time lost from work totals $128 billion each year.

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thank you for sharing this

Submitted by Becky on February 5, 2009 - 11:13pm.

thank you for sharing this with us.

There are about 300 million

Submitted by Mark on February 6, 2009 - 2:03pm.

There are about 300 million people in the US. let's assume around 200 million are adults. So that means about 1 in 4 people suffer from an auto-immune disease? That seems unbelievable to me. Are these numbers made up?

A "rheumatic condition" is

Submitted by Dr. Mark Borigini on February 6, 2009 - 4:23pm.
A "rheumatic condition" is not necessarily an autoimmune disease.

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