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Some organizations define arthritis as a group of more than 100 related diseases, ranging from bursitis to osteoarthritis. But in this book, we use the following classifications, which conform to those widely accepted by the medical community:

 “True” arthritis

 Arthritis as a “major player”

 Arthritis as a “minor player”

 Arthritis as a “companion condition”

In the following subsections, we go over the various types of arthritis and arthritis-related diseases and their classifications. We also discuss each disease in greater detail in Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5. (Check out the sidebar titled “Hypersensitive fingers and toes” later in the chapter to find out about Raynaud’s phenomenon, a particularly chilling form of arthritis.)