Arthritis and osteoporosis are both chronic, long-term conditions that affect your bones. Arthritis causes swelling, inflammation, and pain in your joints. Osteoporosis develops as a result of decreased bone mass and density, and can lead to fractures.

While the risk of developing certain types of arthritis and osteoporosis can increase with age, both conditions have genetic and environmental components. It’s also possible to have both at the same time.

Arthritis symptoms

There are more than 100 types of arthritis. However, since all of them affect the joints in some way, there are often shared general symptoms.

These include:

• pain and stiffness in joints
• swelling in joints (sometimes warm to the touch)
• fatigue