| Arthritis is a medical term that comes from a Greek | | | | condition. Rheumatoid arthritis is marked by being |
| word, meaning joint inflammation. Arthritis is in all | | | | tender to touch with warm, swollen and stiff joints. The |
| probability one of the most misunderstood of all | | | | exact causes of rheumatoid arthritis is not known but |
| diseases as it is an umbrella name for a group of | | | | is a disease that primarily affects the linings of the |
| more than 100 diseases that cause pain, stiffness and | | | | joints. |
| (often) inflammation in one or more joints. Time after | | | | Obtaining information and treatment for arthritis is a |
| time, arthritis is a long lasting disease, that can manifest | | | | major key in finding relief from it. Sufferers of |
| itself in different joints in the body, especially in the | | | | osteoarthritis very often feel their condition is worse at |
| knees, hips, and spine affecting people over many | | | | night or following rest but rheumatoid arthritis is |
| years. | | | | generally speaking worse in the morning. There are |
| Arthritis is the largest cause of disability in people over | | | | abundant old folk remedies for arthritis which even |
| the age of 65 but if you imagine that arthritis is | | | | includes drinking raw potato juice! |
| something that only affects older individuals, think again. | | | | My arthritis started at a fairly early age and I've had it |
| Though arthritis is mainly a disease of adults, children | | | | for 14 years as of writing. At first it was little more |
| may also suffer with it. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is | | | | than an annoyance but it has gradually gotten worse |
| arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for | | | | to the point where it has become a real disability. It |
| longer than 6 weeks in a child of 16 years of age or | | | | affects my hands, wrists, shoulders and more recently |
| under. | | | | my elbows. |
| Arthritis isn't a life sentence, but it can be very life | | | | One thing I have learnt from speaking to many other |
| changing and is far more widespread than imagined. It | | | | arthritis sufferers is that the condition affects |
| is a very common medical condition, estimated to | | | | everybody differently. That is, the experience is usually |
| affect around seven million people in the United | | | | changing and VERY personal though many |
| Kingdom alone and is the biggest cause of chronic | | | | comparisons can be drawn between them. It is also |
| disability in the United States. | | | | true of the various remedies available. My Mother |
| Rheumatoid arthritis is among the most debilitating of all | | | | swore by cod liver oil and rubbing her affected areas |
| forms of arthritis, causing joints to ache and throb and | | | | with peppermint oil. I find I get best relief from wrist |
| in due time become deformed and is found more | | | | supports and strapping. Everybody has their favourite |
| commonly in women than in men. Unlike osteoarthritis, | | | | remedy and what works for them won't necessarily |
| which results from general wear and tear on your | | | | work for you. |
| joints over time, rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory | | | | |