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Disordered eating, amenorrhea and osteoporosis make female athlete triad syndrome¹. The syndrome came into notice of health care professionals during 1980’s. Endurance competition for women, like First Women Olympic Marathon held in 1984 and first 10,000 meter race was held in 1988. The fashion for thinness also began in the same era leading to anorexia nervosa. Intense training and disordered eating habits in these athletes are considered to be etiological factor. The syndrome begins with disordered eating then amenorrhea and osteoporosis occurs³. The Incidence of amenorrhea varies in different type of sports and shows training intensity, calories taken and age group involved as associated factor in endurance sports.

Rheumatoid Arthritis is the most common disease of bones and joints and about 1% population of UK is affected by RA. It usually starts at middle age and affects more females than males. Three out of every four patients are females. It is an immunological disease that is triggered by favorable environmental factors in genetically predisposed people. The disease runs variable course in patients and has remissions and relapses.

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