•Alternative Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is a debilitating, painful autoimmune disease that affects the joints, causing severe pain and discomfort. Patients with RA suffer not only from pain, but stiffness, fatigue, fever, and sleep disorders. According to healthandage.com, RA is a chronic disease that will affect a patient throughout their lifetime, requiring a variety of medicines, physical therapy, and in extreme cases, surgery. While there is no cure, there are several treatment options, including...
•Herbs for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a serious autoimmune illness affecting the joints and bones and other organ systems of the body. Damage to tissues results when the immune system mistakes the body's own tissue as foreign and attacks them. Free radicals are part of the cascade of effects that cause inflammation and eventually can destroy joints. While there are excellent prescription medications used to successfully treat RA, many people prefer to use an all natural approach or to supplement the...
•Knox Gelatin for Arthritis - Knox Gelatine for Arthritis
All that wiggles may not be Jell-O, but it may be medicine for your joints. Gelatin has been found by many to be helpful in decreasing the symptoms of arthritis, increasing mobility and decreasing pain and stiffness. Plain gelatin is most commonly sold in small envelopes as Knox Gelatine, but Knox also sells this product in larger containers as Nutra Joint. This form is intended to be used in hot or cold beverages daily in a 10 gram dose. The plain gelatin can also be mixed in hot beverages...
•Templar Arthritis Explained
You may hear someone complain of being diagnosed with templar arthritis and have wondered how this is possible. After all, the only joint in the temple itself is the fused type composed of skull bones. Most likely, this person is complaining of a condition called "temporal arthritis" which affects blood vessels, not the bones and joints. The other possibility is that their arthritis may have affected the TMJ or temporal-mandibular joint. These are very different conditions and have different...
•Thimbles For Arthritic Hands
It can be so frustrating, the thought that we may have to give up our favorite hobby because our hands simply can't keep up. It used to be that we could sew for hours and hours a day, but our fingers feel weak and sore after just a few minutes, and that soreness can last for days.
Well, don't give up too quickly. Just as there are now can openers and ice cream scoops that are specially made for people who suffer from arthritis in their hands, now there are ergonomically designed tools for...
•What You Can Do If You Have Arthritis Pain
If you were to ask the average person what it means to have rheumatoid arthritis or RA, they would probably think first of deformed joints and pain. Modern therapies have greatly reduced the amount of joint damage for the vast majority of patients, but pain is still an issue. Some medications take considerable time to work and pain control is important early on as well as during flares.
Of course, the best treatment for pain is eliminating the cause of it. In the case of RA, this means...
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