Poly osteo arthritis, a name used, for osteoarthritis and / or wear in several or all joints. It is more common in the elderly. Even it also hurts younger people, witness my story at my 35th broke me. My stories, scattered as diagnoses.

My main disease is aritcular wear, allover. Or, worn out joints, incl.spine and disc's, some doctors try to call it Osteo Arthritis ( artrose ). which is something different. Main thing is changing structure in calcium growth and blood vessel structure around a joint. You may say lot of damaged, or as worn joints, will or could end up as Osteo Arthritis. Why is it important ?. In the Netherlands we have 30.000 patients in local rheumatism organizations. Now are there some different speculations on total amount of patients on 16 million dutch. I have heard in past 5 years; 260.000, 450.000 up to 1,5 million. There are operations such as hinges, iron bars or nerve blockages,but, normally one could say: If a joint is worn out, treatment could be actually: exercise, do not overload. If osteo arthritis occurs, eureka, there are medications... Experimental, temporary or preventative. We, patients, are not an experiment !.