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Arthritis?

Is arthritic changes in the hip arthritis? If so what kind?
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Thanks.. The doctor had his med assistant tell me the results and weren't very clear.
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In the absense of a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (the autoimmune kind), what you're seeing is probably osteoarthritis (the wear and tear kind).  Rheumatoid arthritis can lead to osteoarthritic changes, but OA does not mean you have RA. RA and OA are two completely different conditions, but many symptoms of both cross over so it's easy to confuse the two.
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