On 12 October every year World Arthritis Day is celebrated. Actually it is a global initiative established in 1996 by Arthritis and Rheumatism International (ARI). The main aim of the day is to raise awareness among people about rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). This event is very important as it not only create awareness among people but also help them to educate how to deal with it. Today mainly aged people suffered from arthritis but people should know about it as anyone can be in situation to deal with it.They should know the symptoms,effects,steps for prevention and also the importance of early diagnosis of these diseases. From this type of event people are getting lots of confident to deal with diseases like arthritis as they know the problem properly.
The theme for the World Arthritis Day 2023 is “Living with an RMD at all stages of life” and the theme for 2022 was “It’s in your hands, take action” .People have started to give importance to this event as they know the importance of it and today for everyone there health is very important than other things. Living healthy life is very important as for every one it is very important and people know what type of pain they will have to go if they suffer from diseases like arthritis. Although many people can think that they will not effected by this disease but still there close one can also get this disease. So today is very special day and it should be given importance.