For the patient suffering from a rheumatic disease often suffer from constant pain and stiffness in the joints. This makes it difficult if not impossible, to do all kinds of daily activities such as dressing, shopping or work. The result for many patients, not just regular sick leave or disability, but sometimes deprived of a normal social life or can not exercise. Addition means for arthritis patients usually take daily medication, frequent trips to the hospital for medical checks should be included for additional treatments.

To society means that many rheumatic full or partial loss of valuable manpower. And high costs for Dutch health care. Estimated cost rheumatism Dutch society about 13 billion per year. An amount that goes to absenteeism, disability and medical support.

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