Arthritis

Arthritis is the swelling and pain of one or more joints. It comes from too much or too much inflammation without a reason or from wear and tear creating too much inflammation. It causes pain, stiffness, swelling and less use of the joints affected.

It often comes with others issues, like bruises appearing seemingly out of nowhere, difficulty in doing daily tasks, joints slowly moving out of alignment, some joints deformations, hard to keep simple postures in sitting or standing positions and some more.

Arthritis and all is its type tends to get worse with time and is a hard to get rid of type of disease. Most of western medicine goal is to taper off the pain and the loss of range of motion.

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is different than most other types of arthritis in that it’s an auto-immune issue, so the body’s immune system is the cause instead of wear and tear, injury or others. It’s the same as other types in that it creates joints pain, swelling, tenderness and less use or range or motion of the painful joints. It tends to come and go with flares and remissions. Western medicine doesn’t quite cure rheumatoids arthritis, but only ever tries to make it go into remission,

It can damage other parts of the body as well, 40% of people will be affected with more than just joints : skin, eyes, lung, heart and blood vessels, kidney, salivatory glands, nerve tissues

Rheumatoid arthritis comes with the added need for us to control and calm the immune system. Sometimes by making the system less sensitive and prone to attacks on other parts of the body. Which is not something western medicine can do for any type of arthritis.

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is different in what it affects. It causes cartilage, which is the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones where they form a joint, to break down. 

It’s often caused by wear and tear, it basically breaks down the cushion that makes joints frictionless. Which is when we see bone grinding on bone inside a joint. It can also be caused by bone deformities. But also repeated stress, metabolic diseases like diabetes and hemochromatosis (too much iron in blood), by injuries, etc.

It also causes changes in the bones and deterioration, as it is a degenerative disease. 

Osteoarthritis necessitates we go deeper in the joints to help relieve pain, inflammation and stop the degeneration, while also stimulating the body so it can help accelerate regeneration.

Gout

Gout is another common type of arthritis, that is usually a severe and sudden attack of a joint, usually a toe or a knee due to uric acid in the blood. 

One of the way to get rid of it is by changing diet. Try to stop seafood, especially shellfish. It occasionally is the problem and so stopping is the solution. When not the case, then it’s time for treatments.