By: Winston P. McDonald | 2010-09-24 | Wellness I'll bet you don't know that there are over 100 different forms of arthritis; the most common being, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia, in that order. In the course of this text, we will take a brief look at some of the many other forms of arthritis that exist... read more
By: Culbert Campbell | 2011-06-28 | Health & Fitness Arthritis, in the most simplistic terms, affects the joints and bones. Some specialists believe that living in a damp, cold climate increases the likeligood of becoming afflicted with this very painful read more
By: Letha Lashley | 2010-04-01 | Health & Fitness Signs of rheumatoid arthritis may vary from patient to patient. Common manifestations of this degenerative disease are joint pain and stiffness which are felt first in the small joints of the fingers, wrist, hands and feet. read more
By: Greg L Stone | 2010-03-28 | Health & Fitness Antioxidants are truly the secret to your good health. The most important thing is to find a way to get your daily supply of them without spending a fortune. read more
By: Sean S. Coffey | 2012-04-17 | Wellness Many people who want to know how to prevent arthritis often ask, it they can lower the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. Because the exact cause of this condition is unknown, there are no specific guidelines to preventing this particular condition. read more
By: Walter Hart | 2011-04-17 | Disabilities Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease of the joints where they get inflamed and causes sudden pain in the area. This is common to people who are aged 30 and up. This disease of the joint is associated with several rheumatoid arthritis symptoms that helps us determine when we are affected with it. read more
By: Hasan Tahir | 2011-10-28 | Health & Fitness If you are unlucky enough to contract some form of arthritis, so it may seem that your world is suddenly falling apart. read more
By: Benjamin Marble | 2010-09-27 | Health & Fitness Rheumatoid Arthritis affects any joint of the body and the feet has many of them. Dr. Marble outlines symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this common podiatric complaint. read more
By: Anjali Sharma | 2011-12-25 | Alternative Medicine Arthritis is an inflammation of joints. It is derived from two Greek words, athron which stands for joints and it is denoting inflammation. This is a chronic disease where in the early stages, the whole body is completely involved and a joint or two is completely deformed. This leaves the patient completely handicapped and weakened. Shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, knees, ankles and toes are af read more
By: Loveleen Kaur | 2011-07-19 | Diseases and Conditions What aspects can worsen or improve nutritional arthritis? This is a common question of patients to a rheumatologist, and can answer that, above all, it is essential that the diet is balanced to cope with the disorder. read more
By: Bhupinder Kaur Khera | 2011-01-07 | Medicine Celecoxib is one of the medicines used in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, acute pain, painful menstruation and menstrual symptoms, and to reduce the number of colon and rectal polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. It is in a class of NSAIDs called COX-2 inhibitors. It exhibits anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic action due to inhibition of COX-2 enzyme. It works by stopping the body's production of a substance that causes pain and inflamm read more
By: Sl Peter | 2010-03-30 | Health & Fitness Rheumatoid arthritis is a horrible disease, it can strike you at any age, it is always delivering disease flare-ups and often followed by remission. Rheumatoid arthritis can strike numerous joints at one time which can always cause permanent deterioration and deformity. read more
By: YashSingh | 2013-01-25 | Back Pain Rheumatoid Arthritis or RA is mainly a chronic joint disease and causes damages in almost all joints of a patient. It is such a systematic disease that it invariably affects internal organs of our body. read more
By: Samuel Tarwell | 2010-04-01 | Health & Fitness One of the major differences about this type of joint disorder is that it is caused by an autoimmune response in the body. An autoimmune response is when the persons own body begins to attack healthy cells and organs. Not only can rheumatoid arthritis effect joints, but it can also cause damage to other organs in the body. read more
By: Parveenn Kumarr | 2010-04-02 | Health & Fitness Many people and lots of doctors fail to agree with the fact that arthritis is not just a problem with adults but it exists among children as well. For most children who are infected and as well their families it is necessary that the families be educated about this as it is quite essential. read more