Arthritis is the inflammation of one or more joints. It is characterised by pain and stiffness (especially in the morning or after exercise) swelling, deformity and or a diminished range of spurs develop in the affected joints, increasing pain and decreasing mobility. These may be audible cracking or granting noise when the joint moves.
Arthritis is not a modern ailment. It has been with us since the beginning of time. It has been discovered with evidence of disorder in the skeleton of ancient people.
In healthy joints, the synovial membrane is thin, the cartilage that covers the bones is smooth and a thin layer of synovial fluid covers the bone surface. A problem in any of these areas con result in arthritis.
It may appear suddenly or come gradually. Some people feel sharp burning or grinding pain. Others compare the pain to that of a toothache. Moving the joint usually hurts, the swelling and deformity that takes place in arthritics joints can result from a thickening of synovial fluid, enlargement of the bones or some combination of these factors.
These are many different types of arthritis, but the common ones are OSTEOARHRITIES and RHEUMATOID Arthritis. Osteoarthritis, also called degenerative joint diseases involves deterioration of the cartilage protecting the ends of the bones. It is sometimes caused by injury or an inherited defect in the protein that forms cartilage or as a result of the wear and tear of aging, diet and lifestyle. The once-smooth surface of cartilage becomes rough resulting in friction. The cartilage beings to break down and the normally smooth sliding surface become uneven. Osteoarthritis affects the weight bearing joints, the knees, hips and back-most severly, but I also commonly affects the hands and the knuckles.
However, a fracture becomes an increasing risk because osteoarthritis makes the bone brittle (osteoporosis). As it advances, bony outgrowths called ‘SPURS’ end to develop near degenerated cartilage and can only be detected by X-ray.
Osteoarthritis rarely develops before the age of forty, but it affects nearly everyone past the age of sixty. It may be so mild that a person is unaware of it until it appears on the x-ray. Nearly three times as many women as men have Osteoarthritis.
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto-immune disease. This occurs when the immune system begin attacking the cartilage and the synovial lining of the joint. As a result, an unbalanced (i.e unhealthy) inflammatory process begins significant destruction of healthy tissue.
Free-radical production is five times higher in Rheumatoid Arthritis victims than people with normal joints. Thus tremendous oxidative stress at work, causing damage to the joints in those suffering with rheumatoid arthritis. It frequently occurs in people under forty years of age mostly female: juvenile Arthritis is a form of Rheumatoid Arthritis that strikes children under the age of sixteen.
The onset is associated with physical or emotional stress, poor nutrition and bacterial infection. Scientist discovered that the blood of many people with Rheumatoid Arthritis contain antibodies called ‘Rheumatoid factors’ a finding that can aid in the diagnosis of the condition. Osteoarthritis affects individual joints; Rheumatoid Arthritis affects all the body synovial joints.
Arthritis can also be caused by bacterial, viral or fungal infection of a joint. Usually the infection organism travels to the joint through the blood stream from an infection elsewhere in the body.
Arthritis can be reversible and in some cases, curable with proper DIET and LIFESTYLE changes. These simple changes cannot only relieve the inflammation and pain but stop degeneration and rejuvenate the affected joints.
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