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The nagging pains and physical limitations of the more than 100 forms of arthritis are common to millions of people. Rheumatoid arthritis is among the most debilitating of all forms, causing joints to ache and throb and eventually become deformed. Sometimes these symptoms make even the simplest activities - such as opening a jar or taking a walk - difficult to manage.
Unlike osteoarthritis, which results from wear and tear on your joints, rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition. The exact cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, but it's believed to be the body's immune system attacking the tissue that lines your joints (synovium).
Rheumatoid arthritis is two to three times more common in women than in men and generally strikes between the ages of 20 and 50. But rheumatoid arthritis can also affect young children and adults older than age 50.
There's no cure for rheumatoid arthritis. But with proper treatment, a strategy for joint protection and changes in lifestyle, you can live a long, productive life with this condition.
The signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may come and go over time. They include:
Pain and swelling in your joints, especially in the smaller joints of your hands and feet
Generalized aching or stiffness of the joints and muscles, especially after sleep or after periods of rest
Loss of motion of the affected joints
Loss of strength in muscles attached to the affected joints
Fatigue, which can be severe during a flare-up
Low-grade fever
Deformity of your joints over time
General sense of not feeling well (malaise)
Rheumatoid arthritis usually causes problems in several joints at the same time. Early in rheumatoid arthritis, the joints in your wrists, hands, feet and knees are the ones most often affected. As the disease progresses, your shoulders, elbows, hips, jaw and neck can become involved. It generally affects both sides of your body at the same time. The knuckles of both hands are one example.
Small lumps, called rheumatoid nodules, may form under your skin at pressure points and can occur at your elbows, hands, feet and Achilles tendons. Rheumatoid nodules may also occur elsewhere, including the back of your scalp, over your knee or even in your lungs. These nodules can range in size - from as small as a pea to as large as a walnut. Usually these lumps aren't painful.
In contrast to osteoarthritis, which affects only your bones and joints, rheumatoid arthritis can cause inflammation of tear glands, salivary glands, the linings of your heart and lungs, your lungs themselves and, in rare cases, your blood vessels.
Although rheumatoid arthritis is often a chronic disease, it tends to vary in severity and may even come and go. Periods of increased disease activity - called flare-ups or flares - alternate with periods of relative remission, during which the swelling, pain, difficulty sleeping, and weakness fade or disappear.
Swelling or deformity may limit the flexibility of your joints. But even if you have a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis, you'll probably retain flexibility in many joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis causes stiffness and pain and may also cause fatigue. It can lead to difficulty with everyday tasks, such as turning a doorknob or holding a pen. Dealing with the pain and the unpredictability of rheumatoid arthritis can also cause symptoms of depression.
Rheumatoid arthritis may also increase your risk of developing osteoporosis, especially if you take corticosteroids. Some researchers believe that rheumatoid arthritis can increase your risk of heart disease. This may be because the inflammation that rheumatoid arthritis causes can also affect your arteries and heart muscle tissue.
In the past, people with rheumatoid arthritis may have ended up confined to a wheelchair because damage to joints made it difficult or impossible to walk. That's not as likely today because of better treatments and self-care methods.
MEDICAL TREATMENT
Treatments for arthritis have improved in recent years. Most treatments involve medications. But in some cases, surgical procedures may be necessary.
Medications - Medications for rheumatoid arthritis can relieve its symptoms and slow or halt its progression
Surgical or other procedures - Although a combination of medication and self-care is the first course of action for rheumatoid arthritis, other methods are available for severe cases.
Prosorba column.
Joint replacement surgery.
NATURAL HEALING WITHOUT SURGERY
Usually patients have emotional imbalance or negative feelings in their early life affecting the functions of the brain making glandular system disorder hormone imbalance affecting the adrenals. The adrenals could not produce the correct amount of cortisone. With the cortisone deficiency the patient will develop arthritis. Adrenal function degeneration the patient will develop low blood pressure. Loss of hair and skin color will be affected. If the adrenal is to strong the patient will grow more hair on the body.
With the use of our Hi-Tech Energy machine and our other related services, i.e. herbs. This will help joint pain. We will help balance the patient's emotional condition. Help circulation, anti inflammation.. This will help the swollen bones become smaller.
We will take away all the poison from the bones to heal all joints.
Provide correct exercises for the patient to do.
Medication will be necessary to help mental balance.
There's no cure for rheumatoid arthritis. But with proper treatment, a strategy for joint protection and changes in lifestyle, you can live a long, productive life with this condition.
The signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may come and go over time. They include:
Rheumatoid arthritis usually causes problems in several joints at the same time. Early in rheumatoid arthritis, the joints in your wrists, hands, feet and knees are the ones most often affected. As the disease progresses, your shoulders, elbows, hips, jaw and neck can become involved. It generally affects both sides of your body at the same time. The knuckles of both hands are one example.
