Archive for the ‘Rheumatoid Arthritis’ Category

Rheumatoid Arthritis and your joints – Part II

Monday, June 30th, 2008 |

We have looked at how rheumatoid arthritis affects arms, wrists, shoulders and elbows in our previous post. In this post, we will further explore how rheumatoid arthritis affects your lower parts of the body.
If you ask any person suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, their first complaint would be pain in the feet. But luckily for some [...]

Rheumatoid Arthritis and your joints – Part I

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 |

Joint pain is a common complaint among all people suffering from arthritis. Let’s explore more in to the subject to understand where it affects when one suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and why.
Hands and wrists would be one of the most severely affected areas as an side effect of rheumatoid arthritis. During early stages of the [...]

Physical therapy is a must for arthritis patients

Friday, February 15th, 2008 |

Arthritis is a disease of pain and disability. The fatigue caused by the two is more painful and have very damaging effects on one’s life. Physical therapy can help patients cope with pain and disability caused by arthritis and thus helps to live a better and happy life. Because there is no cure for arthritis, [...]

Risk factors of arthritis

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 |

A risk factor is condition or an activity either external or internal which increases your likelihood of developing a disease. So we have to say “The more risk factors you have the higher the risk of developing that disease.” Let us discuss briefly about the risk factors of arthritis.
Determining the cause of arthritis can be [...]

Differences between Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Saturday, January 5th, 2008 |

Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are two main types of arthritis. Although both cause severe pain in joints, the root cause of pain is different. The first one has mechanical cause, whereas the second one has a chemical cause. Let us discuss the differences in detail.
Osteoarthritis (OA) Disease:
This type of arthritis arises from “ware [...]

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Sunday, September 9th, 2007 |

There is no known cure for rheumatoid arthritis however there are plenty of treatments available for it. Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis using medication is broken into two categories, fast acting and slow acting. We will take a closer look at these in more detail later.
If you go to see your local doctor and he [...]

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

Sunday, September 9th, 2007 |

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that typically attacks the linings of the joints. If somebody has rheumatoid arthritis then the main symptom will be aching and painful joints. The disease can start by affecting any joint, but typically it will start attacking the smaller joints, your fingers for example. A curious thing is [...]

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