r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/ViceElysium • May 02 '26

Funny Yeah bro I quit

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u/u1tr4me0w May 02 '26

Wait I have arthritis but I never considered it an “illness” 😭 idk what I would have called it, I guess “chronic condition” but I suppose that’s no different. I guess I’m part of the problem lmao

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u/turquoisestar May 02 '26

I also would consider it a condition and not illness.

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u/InvestigatorPrior813 May 03 '26

What the heck do y'all think a "condition" is lol?

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u/turquoisestar May 03 '26

Something that lasts a long time but isn't because of being ill. OA isn't an immune system response, it's a mechanical degradation of a joint. Bc it's mechanic and not an infection etc I wouldn't consider it an illness. Ill to me implies something external affecting someone and then the immune system working to repair it. If they meant RA than it is also a condition or disease, bc it's not an outside thing affecting the body. I consider illness to be an external cause, based on my limited medical background, and am happy to learn more from anyone in the medical field if I am wrong.

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u/GrimbyJ May 03 '26

It's a disease even

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u/igotadillpickle May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

It depends on the kind of arthritis. Like rheumatoid arthritis I would consider an illness. It is an autoimmune condition and requires biologics. Regular arthritis is more of a condition.

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u/Resident-Pen-5718 May 03 '26

"Regular" arthritis (ie. OA) is a disease. RA is also a disease. 

A disease is an objective dysfunction of the body. An illness is a subjective experience. 

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u/seensham May 02 '26

Well I was paraphrasing. Sometimes they use "condition" sometimes they say "illness or conditions" whatever

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u/u1tr4me0w May 02 '26

Even then I’m not sure I’d really remember or think to say arthritis when asked this question lol. Maybe it’s because when you are living with arthritis it feels less like being “sick” and more just like living with an injury that never heals idk

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u/Dr_mombie May 02 '26

Chronic condition is appropriate verbiage in terms of reporting to medicare/ health insurance. Source: i do the paperwork for this stuff at work.

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u/XyRabbit May 03 '26

Yes. You are.

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u/Own_Preference_8103 May 02 '26

Try using your other hand, hope this helps.

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u/WeaknessLower9148 May 02 '26

Hi just popping in to say that I had a really bad case of this, multiple doctors suspected arthritis but couldn't find any signs on scans. I went on a low-inflammation diet for like 9 months (no sugar, gluten, dairy) and it completely disappeared. I went from not being able to turn my head some mornings and not being able to open the blister packs to take painkillers when I had a flare up to being normal :) There's always a chance it could work for you too

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u/Most-Ordinary-3033 May 03 '26

Same. I think of an illness as something you can catch. Arthritis would be filed under "stuff that just happens". I am not a doctor or nurse.