“For probably half of the patients who have it, we don’t have a specific cause.” Doctor Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, notes the many causes of avascular necrosis what also admits that they still have much to learn about the causes.

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“Osteoarthritis affects almost 40 million Americans.” Doctor Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, explains just what osteoarthritis is physically as well as reviewing some symptoms that give it away.

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My fingers are kinda deformed, I havn’t got it bad like Merrick. I was born with them like this. I got them from my mom, and she got it from her dad. My oncle has it too. My toes are realy bad too.

If you don’t see it too well (I always film lo-fi). The pinkie is bent inward, the index is too, and the joints in the middle are a bit bigger than the rest.

I did some reserch on Wikipedia, it that the deformations are symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. RA could result in ulnar deviation or Boutonniere deformity.

A couple famous people have it like: Lucille Ball, Kathleen Turner, Renoir…

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“For the vast majority of people we don’t have a good explanation why it occurs.” Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, explains several common causes for arthritis, while noting that it’s still a relatively mysterious condition.

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“For the vast majority of people we don’t have a good explanation why it occurs.” Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, explains several common causes for arthritis, while noting that it’s still a relatively mysterious condition.

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