The arthritis is a common disease of the old people; it’s the inflammation of one or two joints, which produces the wear of the joints. It characterizes by pain, inflammation, ankylosis or stiffness, deformity and/or limitation of movements. One of 10 people suffers of arthritis and the majority is old people.
The rheumatism is a traditional term, not medical; in general can consider as a symptom that can reach to arthritis or degenerative osteoarthritis. For our use, we can generally name arthritis and rheumatism as similar names
THE ARTHRITIS IS A DISEASE THAT CAN RELIEVE
The human body has joints in the knees, wrists, elbows, fingers, toes, hips and shoulders. The joints compose of three parts: the bones whose extremes are going to articulate; the capsule that covers and produces a liquid (the synovial) that lubricates and protects the joint; and the ligaments, which act as girdles that tighten up the bones between them, allowing the movement. Each time a person moves use one or more joints, and notices almost immediately if there are problems in some of them, being for feeling pain or presenting inability or difficulty to realize any movement. All the joints are linked for fibrous bands called ligaments, which round the fibrous capsule of the joint and the synovial capsule, a thin membrane that produces continuously small quantities of liquid to lubricate the joint. In the place where the bones extremes are in contact, their surfaces are recovered by a strong and fine substance named joint cartilage. During the old age are very frequent the joint illnesses that represents generally the use that has given to each joint, in each stage of the life. When you start to have pains in the joints is when is evident the problem of arthritis..
1. CAUSES AND TYPES OF ARTHRITIS
One of the main causes of arthritis is the immunologic system, which works contradictorily, because it loses the control, identifying antibodies in the parts of the same person, injuring and destroying the parts of the organism, above all the joints. The exposition to some microorganisms can be the unleashing factor for arthritis. more »
2.- OSTEOARTHRITIS
It’s one of the main types of arthritis. It’s produced as result of the joints wear, thing that occurs en many cases, between the sport people and people who have used in excess some of their joints. It can be caused by an injury or by a defect of a protein from which is done the cartilage. Usually it demonstrates during the old age, because it’s about a natural consequence of the process of ageing, and affects above all the bones joints that support weight, like the hips, knees or the spine. The surface of the cartilage from being soft hardens and produces friction, more »
3.- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS / YOUNG RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS:
It’s another of the main types of arthritis. It’s a permanent disease that produces pain in the joints by inflammation of synovial membrane of any joint, which spreads around it, reaching even the bones. The most affected joints are those of the hands and feet, although also can present in wrists, knees, ankles or the neck, among other joints. From another point of view. more »
4.- OTHER TYPES OF ARTHRITIS
There are other types of arthritis that are less known, like this we have ankylosing spondylitis, bursitis, fibrositis, fibromiositis, gout and lupus erythematosus
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5.-TREATMENTS FOR ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATISM
The treatment of rheumatism depends on the underlying disease that causes it. The diagnosis is determined through a physical exploration, different blood analyses and radiographies. Also it can be useful the Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The major part of the cases of non-articular rheumatism improves by themselves or before the obliged rest that keeps because of the pain more »
6.- HOUSE-MADE REMEDIES FOR ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
There is a diversity of natural forms to do a treatment for arthritis. The best house-made treatment for arthritis checked by the world scientific community is with Cat’s Claw. This house-made remedy of Cat’s Claw is used here by Peruvian physicians since 800 years ago. There are other treatments that are also good, but not with the efficiency of Cat’s Claw, but it’s good to put them as complement to the treatment more »
7.- DIET OF ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
Fed in a balanced way and, above all, watch the contribution of vitamin B (integral cereals, beer yeast, vegetables and hortalizes), calcium (milk and derivates), oligoelements (liver, meat, fish, and integral cereals) and vitamin D (air, sun).more »
8.-MEDICINES, MEDICAMENTS AND REMEDIES FOR ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
There is infinity of remedies for arthritis and rheumatism, as are the painkillers: Acetaminophen, to deflate; Motrin or naprosin; In general don’t heal the diseases, but relieve the pain. These medicaments have some contraindications because they develop gastrointestinal hemorrhage, ulcers and renal problems. more »
9.-TREATMENTS OF RHEUMATISM IN THE KNEE
The knee is a joint that is submitted to great efforts and, therefore, exposed to many different types of rheumatism, like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and bursitis, between others.
On the other hand, each knee has two meniscuses; some cartilaginous structures located between the femur and tibia. The meniscuses are usually a source of disorders,
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10.-INSTITUTES, BOOKS, PHYSICIANS FOR ARTHRITIS
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