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Arthritis
is the leading cause of disability1 (see Figure 1) among Americans
and the third leading cause of work disability, after back disorders
and heart disease.2
Coping with Arthritis
in Its Many Forms
It may begin as
a slight morning stiffness. For the lucky person with arthritis,
that's as far as it goes. But for millions of others, arthritis
can become a disabling, even crippling, disease. Roman Emperor
Diocletian exempted citizens with severe arthritis from paying
taxes, no doubt realizing that the disease itself can be taxing
enough. "Chronic illness impacts a person's entire lifestyle--work, family and recreation," says Gail Wright, Ph.D., a rehabilitation psychologist at the University of Missouri, Columbia. To improve quality of life, doctors and health educators increasingly advise combining drug treatment with education, social support, and moderate forms of exercise. Arthritis
means joint inflammation. In a normal joint, where two bones meet,
the ends are coated with cartilage, a smooth, slippery cushion
that protects the bone and reduces friction during movement. A
tough capsule lined with synovial membrane seals the joint and
produces a lubricating fluid. Ligaments surround and support each
joint, connecting the bones and preventing excessive movement.
Muscles attach to bone by tendons on each side of a joint. Inflammation
can affect any of these tissues . Inflammation is a complex process that causes swelling, redness, warmth, and pain. It's the body's natural response to injury and plays an important role in healing and fighting infection. Joint injury can be caused by trauma or by the wear and tear of aging. But in many forms of arthritis, injury is caused by the uncontrolled inflammation of autoimmune disease, in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. In severe cases, all joint tissues, even bone, can be damaged. The general term arthritis includes over 100 kinds of rheumatic diseases, most of which last for life. Rheumatic diseases are those affecting joints, muscle, and connective tissue, which makes up or supports various structures of the body, including tendons, cartilage, blood vessels, and internal organs. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a wide variety of drugs to treat the many forms of arthritis. The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis, affecting more than 16 million Americans. This degenerative joint disease is common in people over 65, but may appear decades earlier. It begins when cartilage breaks down, sometimes eroding entirely to leave a bone-on-bone joint in extreme cases. Any joint can be affected, but the feet, knees, hips, and fingers are most common. It may appear in one or two joints and spread no further. Painful and knobby bone growths in the fingers are common, but usually not crippling. The disease is often mild, but can be quite severe. Second most common is rheumatoid arthritis, which affects 2.5 million Americans. It can strike at any age, but usually appears between ages 20 and 50. The hands are most commonly affected, but it can affect most joints of the body. Inflammation begins in the synovial lining and can spread to the entire joint. Highly variable and difficult to control, the disease can severely deform joints. Some people become bedridden. Others continue to run marathons. An autoimmune disease affecting the whole body, rheumatoid arthritis can also cause weakness, fatigue, loss of appetite, muscle pain, and weight loss. Blood tests may reveal anemia and the presence of an antibody called rheumatoid factor (RF). However, some people with RF never develop rheumatoid arthritis, and some people with the disease never have RF. In about one in six, the disease becomes severe and can shorten life. Researchers hope to find ways to predict which patients should be treated more aggressively. Two Most Common Forms of Arthritis Compare the appearance of a normal joint with these two most common forms of arthritis. Normal Joint: In a normal joint (where two bones come together), the muscle, bursa and tendon support the bone and aid movement. The synovial membrane (an inner lining) releases a slippery fluid into the joint space. Cartilage covers the bone ends, absorbing shocks and keeping the bones from rubbing together when the joint moves.
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How to Recognize the Signs of Arthritis
Steps:
Common
Types of Arthritis Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis:
In osteoarthritis, cartilage breaks down and the bones rub together.
The joint then loses shape and alignment. Bone ends thicken, forming
spurs (bony growths). Bits of cartilage or bone float in the joint
space. REPORTED FREQUENCIES FOR HELPING Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid
Arthritis: In rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation accompanies
thickening of the synovial membrane or joint lining, causing
the whole joint to look swollen due to swelling in the joint
capsule. The inflamed joint lining enters and damages bone and
cartilage, and inflammatory cells release an enzyme that gradually
digests bone and cartilage. Space between joints diminishes,
and the joint loses shape and alignment. Rheumatoid arthritis result from changes in the body's immune system. For reasons not fully understood, the body's immune system attacks its own organs, in this case the tissues of the joints. This auto-immune
reaction causes inflammation of the joints, particularly of the
synovial membrane that lines them. This causes an over-production
of synovial (joint) fluid which, combined with the inflammation,
causes the joints to become swollen and painful. If the process
continues, damage to the cartilage and other soft tissue can cause
joint deformities.
Gout Ankylosing
Spondylitis
Psoriatic
Arthritis Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus Juvenile
Arthritis Fibromyalgia Other
forms
The
immune system and autoimmunity Because T cells direct normal immunity, it has been thought that autoimmunity starts with T cells mistaking self for non-self. These T cells would then direct the production of autoantibodies by helping B cells which recognise self molecules. This sort of autoimmunity can be created in animals if the animal is immunised with self molecules, but usually dies down after a few weeks. This is quite different from autoimmunity in people and we think that human autoimmunity works in a different way.
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Some
of the greatest physicians in history advocated massage, including
Celsus (25 B.C.-50 A.D.), who wrote De Medicinia, an encyclopedia
of Roman medical knowledge that dealt extensively with prevention
and therapeutics using massage; Galen (131-200), the most influential
physician in the ancient, medieval, and Renaissance worlds, who
addressed techniques and indications for massage in his book De
Sanitate Tuenda (which is translated as The Hygiene, meaning prevention);
and Avicenna (980-1037), a Persian physician who wrote extensively
about massage in his Canon of Medicine, which was considered the
authoritative medical text in Europe for several centuries. A sampling
of other noted advocates includes Ambrose ParJ, who wrote the first
modern textbook of surgery; William Harvey, who demonstrated the
circulation of the blood; and Herman Boerhaave, who introduced
the clinical method of teaching medicine.
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Magnetic Therapy No-one knows exactly how bioelectromagnetic therapy works, but there are several interesting theories. Restoring electro-magnetic balance:- Each cell acts as an electro-magnetic unit producing its own magnetic field. During health, cells vibrate with their own characteristic electromagnetic frequency. During disease, a cell's electromagnetic vibration changes. This effect is used to diagnose heart problems for example. During health, a heart trace (electrocardiogram or ECG) will show a particular pattern. If cells lack oxygen due to reduced blood flow in coronary heart disease, characteristic changes occur in the ECG that help to diagnose the problem. In the most simple terms, magnetic therapy helps to restore health by helping cells regain their natural electromagnetic frequency. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Feb. 23 -- University of Virginia researchers published results from one of the first clinical research studies conducted on magnet therapy for pain in today's issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Although the results of the study were inconclusive, magnet therapy reduced fibromyalgia pain intensity enough in one group of study participants to be "clinically meaningful," the researchers said. more here RIFE ELECTRO BLANKET New research gives hope that early diagnosis, proper medical treatment, and self-management strategies can help optimize function, reduce pain, and improve quality of life. Individuals should consult with a health care provider for advice appropriate to their medical needs. |
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