When was arthritis discovered?

Arey, yeh jo jodon ka dard hai na, yeh toh bahut purana bimari hai. Humare purane granthon mein bhi iska zikr milta hai. Logon ko pehle bhi takleef hoti thi. Tab log haldi doodh aur tel malish karte the. Par 'arthritis' naam toh angrezon ne diya hoga, angrezi waale. Aise sawalon se toh purani baatein yaad aa jaati hain.

Arthritis has probably been around forever, people just called it different things like 'gathiya' in Hindi. I've tried so many home remedies for joint pain myself! But as for when it was 'discovered' by modern medicine, that's a different story. The actual clinical definition and treatment started becoming clearer much later, in the last few centuries. It just shows how long people have suffered.

Arthritis, as a condition affecting joints, has a very long history, with archaeological evidence found in prehistoric times. The term 'arthritis' itself comes from Greek words 'arthron' (joint) and 'itis' (inflammation), and was used in medical texts much later, around the 17th century, to describe joint inflammation. So while the disease is ancient, its formal medical definition is more recent.

Dude, arthritis is like super old, my grandpa has it. They found signs of it in old mummies and stuff, so like, literally thousands of years ago. The name 'arthritis' and like, proper medical understanding is more recent, from a few centuries back. But the pain, that's been there since forever, I guess.